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Speaker 1: time to dance Ecclesiastes three one and four. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: you have made everything beautiful in its time. Help us

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Speaker 1: we may not understand why you ordain every season of

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Speaker 1: life for a purpose, with your guidance we can find

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Speaker 1: joy even in the hard times as well as the easy.

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Speaker 1: We know that if we wait patiently on you, you

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Speaker 1: will renew our strength and grant us hope. We give

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Speaker 1: ourselves to you, trusting that in due time you will

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Speaker 1: address all that concerns us. Thank you for the gift

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Speaker 1: of faith that enables us to look forward with trust

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Speaker 1: and hope. In Jesus' name. Amen, Thank you for joining

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Speaker 1: me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's free podcast Meditative

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Speaker 1: Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where you can draw close

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Speaker 1: to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on letting Go. To get

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Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray dot com

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Speaker 2: every day and make prayer priority in your life. Our

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Speaker 2: goal for today's meditative prayer is letting go. Hope you'll

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Speaker 2: take a second to relax, look for a quiet place,

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Speaker 2: welcoming place, the place where you can focus and you

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Speaker 2: can be present in this moment of reflection. Hope you'll

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Speaker 2: close your eyes now and take slow, deep breaths and

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Speaker 2: focus all your attention on God's word and prepare to

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Speaker 2: receive from this Holy spirit. We're going to be meditating

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Speaker 2: on Ecclesiastes three, verses one and six from the King

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Speaker 2: James version. To everything, there is a season and a

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Speaker 2: time to every purpose under heaven. Time to get, a

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Speaker 2: time to lose, time to keep, and a time to

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Speaker 2: cast away. Now take a moment and pour out your

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Speaker 2: adoration to God for who he is. God, I enter

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Speaker 2: your gates with thanksgiving and your courts with praise. I

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Speaker 2: give thanks to you and magnify your name. God. I

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Speaker 2: praise you for you are good and your love endures forever.

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Speaker 2: Your faithfulness continues through all time. I give you glory

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Speaker 2: for all your wonderful deeds. There is a time for everything.

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Speaker 2: Throughout your lifetime, you are going to experience many seasons.

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Speaker 2: Some of tremendous joy and great gladness, others of immense

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Speaker 2: sorrow and deep grief, moments of victory and defeat, small moments,

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Speaker 2: big moments, moments in which you'll have to press in,

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Speaker 2: press on, persevere, and moments where you will have to

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Speaker 2: let go and accept that the end has come. No

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Speaker 2: matter what season you find yourself in, one theme is

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Speaker 2: present in all of them. Letting go is never easy.

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Speaker 2: Those experiencing hope and happiness will wish for one thing

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Speaker 2: more time, more time to live, more time to laugh,

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Speaker 2: more time to love, more time to experience goodness. Those

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Speaker 2: going through the process of saying goodbye will always wish

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Speaker 2: for one thing more time, more time, more time to

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Speaker 2: say thank you, more time to say I love you,

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Speaker 2: more time to make up for lost time, more time

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Speaker 2: to say goodbye. The common thread between good and bad

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Speaker 2: moments is that nothing lasts forever, neither sorrow nor joy.

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Speaker 2: So if you're experiencing a time of hap happiness, enjoy

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Speaker 2: every moment while it lasts. If you're struggling to overcome sadness,

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Speaker 2: know that this too shall pass. Whatever season in your

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Speaker 2: life that has reached its end, let it go. Do

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Speaker 2: not harm yourself worrying over what you cannot change or control.

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Speaker 2: Letting go is not easy, but it's necessary. This is

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Speaker 2: your opportunity to present yourself before the Lord. When you

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Speaker 2: come into his presence, confess your sins to God. Tell

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Speaker 2: him the areas that you're struggling in and struggling maybe

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Speaker 2: a moment to thank God. Thank God for his time,

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Speaker 2: he is perfect, and that he is in control of

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Speaker 2: all things. Thank God for loving you, for having a

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Speaker 2: purpose and a plan for your life. Thank Him for

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Speaker 2: his kindness and his care for watching over you. And

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Speaker 2: give thanks for the moments He's spent ministering to you

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Speaker 2: and teaching you to let go. Thank God for past

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Speaker 2: seasons of personal growth, and, by the way, for those

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Speaker 2: present and that he's listening to you. He desires to

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Speaker 2: So let him Pray for his Holy Spirit to fill

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Speaker 2: Ask him to fill your heart with patience and peace

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Speaker 2: beyond measure. Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to

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Speaker 2: have confidence in God, to know he has a purpose

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Speaker 2: see it. Remember there's a time for everything. For everything

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Speaker 2: hurt to let go and it's hard, you must do so.

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Speaker 2: Can be painful, but it can also bring growth in

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Speaker 2: new life. Trust that God is in control and he

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Speaker 2: has what's best for you. Choose this day to let

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Speaker 2: go of what's been holding you back. Choose to experience

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Speaker 2: God's goodness in your life. Trust the Lord, and live

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Speaker 2: each season of your life to its fullest. Thank you

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