1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,320 Speaker 1: Six days, shalt thou work. But on the seventh day 2 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:09,760 Speaker 1: thou shalt rest. In airing time, and in harvest, thou 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: shalt rest. Exodus thirty four twenty one. Okay, Lord, I 4 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: get it. Rest and trust in you. You are my provider. 5 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 1: I need to learn how to rest and enjoy the 6 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 1: work of my hands and be satisfied. I think the 7 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 1: most important lesson your teaching me is to trust you. 8 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 1: I am your child, and you are responsible for my needs. 9 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:39,879 Speaker 1: You open doors of opportunities and give me favor. You 10 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 1: bring forth the rain to water the ground, and you 11 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,400 Speaker 1: cause the seeds to sprout. Sometimes your ways seem opposite 12 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: to mine, and that is when I need greater trust 13 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,639 Speaker 1: when I don't understand. Thank you that your ways are 14 00:00:54,720 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: higher than mine and so much better. Amen. Thank you 15 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer to experience 16 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. Stay 17 00:01:14,760 --> 00:01:18,759 Speaker 1: tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick word 18 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:19,759 Speaker 1: from our sponsors. 19 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on spiritual fitness. To get 20 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot 21 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: com every day and make prayer a priority in your life. 22 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is spiritual fitness. Take 23 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:52,919 Speaker 2: a second to relax. Look for a cozy and comfortable place, 24 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 2: a place where your focus can be on this moment 25 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 2: of fellowship with God. A few slow, deep breaths, close 26 00:02:06,280 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 2: your eyes, open your heart and mind to what the 27 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit has prepared for you. To day, we will 28 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 2: be meditating on John chapter fifteen, verse five, from the 29 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: King James version. I am the vine. You are the branches. 30 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it 31 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 2: is that bears much fruit. For apart from me you 32 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 2: can do nothing. Now take a moment to pour out 33 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 2: your adoration to God, for who he is. God. I 34 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:57,120 Speaker 2: will sing of your strength. I will sing out loud 35 00:02:57,160 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 2: of your steadfast love. For you have been to me 36 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 2: a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. 37 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 2: And my spirit rejoices in Christ, my Savior, Holy Spirit. 38 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,079 Speaker 2: I know that in your hands I can rest assured, 39 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 2: for you will teach me and guide me. You will 40 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 2: keep me safe from all evil. Only God can provide 41 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 2: spiritual well being. The Bible teaches that humans are composed 42 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 2: of a soul, a body, and a spirit. Your soul 43 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 2: is the essence of who you are. It is what 44 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: makes you you. Your body is the vessel provided by 45 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 2: God for your soul to move about in this physical world. 46 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 2: Your spirit is given by God and it is what 47 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 2: breathes life into and animates your body. As your spirit 48 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 2: comes from God. There is no spiritual well being outside 49 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ. The Book of Colossian says that all 50 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:15,160 Speaker 2: things were created through Christ and for Christ. So if 51 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 2: you wish to experience spiritual well being, to live long 52 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 2: and prosper, then you must be planted in Jesus Christ. 53 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,919 Speaker 2: If you wish to withstand the storms of life, to 54 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 2: have access to water in the drought seasons, and to 55 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: bear much fruit, then you must be rooted in Christ. 56 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: When you draw from Christ, you have infinite access to 57 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 2: the source, and your spirit can thrive no matter your circumstance. 58 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,160 Speaker 2: Do not forget you are created in God's image and 59 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 2: likeness for a purpose and a plan. You have a 60 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 2: God shaped hole within yourself that nothing and no but 61 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: God can fill and satisfy. And in Christ you have 62 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 2: access to all the spiritual blessings and the well being 63 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 2: you will ever need. Perhaps you've been living unaware of 64 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 2: this truth. Perhaps you have resisted accepting it. No matter 65 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,560 Speaker 2: where you are or what is happening in your life, 66 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 2: God can work out all things and cause your spirit 67 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 2: to thrive. Take a moment to open yourself up to 68 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit, confess your sins to him and ask 69 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 2: for his forgiveness. Take a moment now to dwell on 70 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:48,719 Speaker 2: God's promise to dwell with us. Thank Him for always 71 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:53,279 Speaker 2: being with you, for watching over you. Think of the 72 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 2: comfort that comes with knowing his attention over you will 73 00:05:56,839 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 2: never slip or folder. Thank God for allowing us to 74 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 2: draw from Him, for giving us water in dry seasons, 75 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,920 Speaker 2: for helping us bear fruit. Thank God for his loving 76 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 2: kindness and his compassion over your life. Give thanks for 77 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 2: the moments He spent ministering to you and keeping you 78 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 2: safe from harm. Thank Him for the peace and tranquility 79 00:06:25,279 --> 00:06:32,720 Speaker 2: that comes from knowing He cares for you. Do not forget. 80 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 2: God is present and he is listening to you. Jesus 81 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 2: is the well that will never run dry. When we 82 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 2: are planted in Him, we will bear fruit. Ask Jesus 83 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 2: to nourish and sustain you. Let your roots run deep 84 00:06:52,720 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 2: in Him, to bless you with a multiplication and much fruit. Remember, 85 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 2: Jesus is the vine, and you are the branches. If 86 00:07:07,440 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 2: a person remains in Christ and Christ remains in him, 87 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:16,320 Speaker 2: then he produces much fruit. But without Christ he can 88 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 2: do nothing. Everything we are and all we do is 89 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 2: rooted in Jesus. So choose this day to reach out 90 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 2: to the Holy Spirit for guidance and care. Choose to 91 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 2: wait on the Lord and to be blessed by Him 92 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 2: this day and all days to come. Thank you for 93 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: completing to day's meditative prayer on pray dot com. By 94 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 2: incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you are 95 00:07:49,600 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 2: making prayer a priority and strengthening your walk with God.