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Speaker 1: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be

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Speaker 1: spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans eight six. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: you have called us to be like minded and focus

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Speaker 1: on the things above. Help us to set our minds

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Speaker 1: on the things that are good and pleasing in your sight.

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Speaker 1: Let not our thoughts dwell upon carnal or foolish matters,

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Speaker 1: but direct us always towards righteousness and truth. Help us

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Speaker 1: to keep our eyes fixed upon You that we may

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Speaker 1: avoid the snares of sin and not be led astray

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Speaker 1: by our own selfish desires. Guide us in your ways

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Speaker 1: and fill our hearts with love for you, so that

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Speaker 1: we may live in holiness, being trans formed into your likeness.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus's name, we pray 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 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on having a positive mindset.

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Speaker 2: To get the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is having a positive mindset.

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Speaker 2: I hope you'll take a moment to unwind. Look for

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Speaker 2: an enjoyable place, a position that allow you to relax

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Speaker 2: and now focus your time with God. Allow your mind

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Speaker 2: to drift towards the throne of the Lord and to

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Speaker 2: be filled with his word. We'll be meditating on Romans,

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Speaker 2: chapter eight, verse six from the King James version. For

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Speaker 2: to be carnally minded as death, but to be spiritually

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Speaker 2: minded is life and peace. I hope you'll let your

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Speaker 2: worship rise up to the Lord God. I praise you

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Speaker 2: because your word is life and your spirit gives peace.

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Speaker 2: I adore you because you are good, you are kind,

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Speaker 2: and your mercies endure forever. I praise you for your

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Speaker 2: endless grace. I worship you because you're great and there

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Speaker 2: is no one else like you. The only positive mindset

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Speaker 2: is a Godly mindset. Thoughts in themselves are not harmless,

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Speaker 2: they're powerful. This world, too, is not just the physical,

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Speaker 2: and it's a spiritual world as well. And in the

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Speaker 2: spiritual realms, forces of evil and good battle for control

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Speaker 2: over your mind. The choice of which influence you will

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Speaker 2: live under is yours. God has literally given you the

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Speaker 2: power to control life and death in your own body,

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Speaker 2: and to affect the physical world around you. You exercise

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Speaker 2: this power through the mindset. You choose to dictate your thoughts.

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Speaker 2: For whatever your mind ruminates on is manifested in your

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Speaker 2: life through your actions. If your thoughts dwell on pleasures

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Speaker 2: and desires of the flesh, your acts will follow. If

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Speaker 2: your thoughts dwell on holy things and on Godly desires,

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Speaker 2: your acts will follow suit. If your thoughts are controlled

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Speaker 2: by your sinful self, then your actions will produce death,

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Speaker 2: both spiritually and physically. However, if your thoughts are led

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Speaker 2: by God's spirit, your actions will produce good fruit both

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Speaker 2: in your spiritual and physical life. I know it sounds

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Speaker 2: easy in theory, that seems hard to do, but as

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Speaker 2: with all things, again, practice makes perfect, perfect, practice makes perfect.

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Speaker 2: The more you put this principle into practice, the easier

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Speaker 2: it will become to continue doing so. Perhaps you're currently

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Speaker 2: struggling with this area of your life. Perhaps you find

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Speaker 2: yourself surrounded by a lot of darkness and searching for light.

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Speaker 2: This is your opportunity to present yourself before the Lord,

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Speaker 2: confess your sins to God, ask him to minister to

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Speaker 2: your mind, body, and soul. Now take a moment to

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Speaker 2: thank God for his holy Spirit. Thank God for his word.

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Speaker 2: Thank God that his word is truth, that it is

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Speaker 2: a constant and does not change. Thank God that he

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Speaker 2: is who he says he is. Thank you for sending.

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Speaker 2: Thank God for sending you his own Holy Spirit, through

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Speaker 2: whom he grants power, you the power to change how

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Speaker 2: you think. Thank the Holy Spirit for having loved you

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Speaker 2: in spite of all the times that you win against him,

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Speaker 2: that you quench the Spirit of Christ, that you quenched

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Speaker 2: His spirit, and for continuously working God's transformative grace into

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Speaker 2: your life. Hope you'll never forget the God's present and

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Speaker 2: that he's listening to you. Come before him, Ask him

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Speaker 2: for a godly mindset. Ask the Holy Spirit to kill

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Speaker 2: the carnality, to kill your carnal mentality. Ask the Holy

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Speaker 2: Spirit to renew your mind and ask you to read

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Speaker 2: his word. Ask the Holy Spirit for you to know him.

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Speaker 2: Ask to be overwhelmed by him, and for his presence

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Speaker 2: to overtake your heart. Remember, if a person's thinking it's

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Speaker 2: controlled by the sinful self, then that leads to darkness

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Speaker 2: and death. But if you're thinking it's controlled by the

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Speaker 2: Spirit of God, it brings life and peace. So do

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Speaker 2: not fear God. Has already given you the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 2: to transform you through the renewing of your mind. So

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Speaker 2: choose to yield to God. Choose to yield to God

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Speaker 2: and to change the way you think. Choose life. Choose

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Speaker 2: peace for this day and for the ones to come.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on prayer dot com.

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Speaker 2: By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you're

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Speaker 2: making prayer priority and strengthening your walk with God. I'm

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Speaker 2: doctor Tim Clinton, President of the American Association of Christian Counselors,

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