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Speaker 1: For now. Should I have lain still and been quiet,

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Speaker 1: I should have slept then, had I been at rest

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Speaker 1: Job three thirteen. Lord, Sometimes I get so frustrated. I

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Speaker 1: think I would be better off dead. I wouldn't have

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Speaker 1: to worry about anything anymore. But then I realize how

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Speaker 1: weak my flesh is and how little I am trusting

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Speaker 1: in you. Forgive me, Lord, for thinking about the easy

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Speaker 1: way out instead of the courageous way through this life

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Speaker 1: with you. When I depend on myself to manage my problems,

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Speaker 1: I am overcome with weariness because I do not trust you.

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Speaker 1: Help me, Lord, to believe that you can do for

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Speaker 1: me what I cannot do for myself. Help me rest

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Speaker 1: in You instead of obsessing about every detail of my problems.

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Speaker 2: Revive me. Oh Lord, Amen. Thank you for listening.

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Speaker 1: To pray dot COM's nightly prayer to experience a pocket of.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on becoming present. To get

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Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is to become present.

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Speaker 3: Go to your place of peace and comfort. Relax and

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Speaker 3: let your guard down. Tune out everything and seek God.

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Speaker 3: Focus on this moment of reflection with the Holy Spirit.

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Speaker 3: Breathe in deep through your nose and exhale out through

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Speaker 3: your mouth. Prepare your mind and heart to receive from God.

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Speaker 3: We will be meditating on First Chronicles, chapter sixteen, verse eleven,

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Speaker 3: from the King James version. Seek the Lord and his strength.

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Speaker 3: Seek his face. Continually. Take a moment to pour out

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Speaker 3: your adoration to God, Heavenly Father. I worship you, for

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Speaker 3: you are the God of Gods and the Lord of Lords,

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Speaker 3: the Great, the Mighty, and the awesome God. There is

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Speaker 3: nowhere on earth I can flee from your presence. I

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Speaker 3: praise you, for you will never leave me nor forsake me.

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Speaker 3: You Jesus died in my place so that I may

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Speaker 3: always have the Holy Spirit at my side. Seek God continuously.

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Speaker 3: We spend our lives chasing things that don't matter. In

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Speaker 3: the moment, the things we are running after seems so important,

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Speaker 3: But soon those moments slip away and we are left

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Speaker 3: feeling empty. That's not what God has for you. God

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Speaker 3: has a life of fullness and joy for you. God's

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Speaker 3: manifest presence here on earth is the only place you

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Speaker 3: will feel fulfilled, and you receive life and this joy

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Speaker 3: through God's Holy Spirit. You cannot live the life God

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Speaker 3: has called you to live without the Holy Spirit, as

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Speaker 3: there is no way to experience a reciprocal relationship with

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Speaker 3: God without him. That is why you must constantly be

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Speaker 3: seeking Him. Through the Holy Spirit. You enjoy the fullness

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Speaker 3: of what God has for you, So you must seek

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Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit his presence continually. For in his presence

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Speaker 3: you will find his love, his grace, his correction, his forgiveness,

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Speaker 3: and his goodness. Whatever you are in need of today,

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Speaker 3: you will find it in His way presence. For God

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Speaker 3: alone can sustain you. You will anchor your soul. He

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Speaker 3: will resolve your past, and He will plan your future

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Speaker 3: and enable you to live in the present. Perhaps you

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Speaker 3: have been struggling in your relationship with the Holy Spirit,

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Speaker 3: perhaps you have been ignoring him. Regardless of your circumstance,

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Speaker 3: this is your chance to fix your situation. Take this

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Speaker 3: opportunity to present yourself before God. Approach boldly and confident

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Speaker 3: in the knowledge that the way has already been made.

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Speaker 3: Confess your sins to God. Run to the shelter of

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Speaker 3: his wings and trust that there you will find everything

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Speaker 3: you need. Think for a minute on all the times

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Speaker 3: God poured out his mercy over you. Think of past

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Speaker 3: undeserved blessings God gave you simply because He loves you.

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Speaker 3: Moments of difficulty and despair, that He delivered you from

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Speaker 3: situations and circumstances, that God worked to your advantage to

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Speaker 3: bless your life. The reality is God is good all

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Speaker 3: the time. So thank Him for his unfailing compassion over you,

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Speaker 3: for his loving kindness. Thank God for all the past

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Speaker 3: goodness and favor He has bestowed upon your life, and

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Speaker 3: for what is still to come. God is present and

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Speaker 3: he is listening to you. God never said life would

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Speaker 3: be easy, but He promised to be there every step

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Speaker 3: of the way. He sent the Holy Spirit to be

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Speaker 3: your helper. He wants you to succeed. So ask the

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Speaker 3: Holy Spirit to help you overcome stress. Ask him for

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Speaker 3: willingness to press on even when life gets rough. Ask

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Speaker 3: him to teach you to recognize God's mercy in every

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Speaker 3: season of your life. Ask him to help you acknowledge

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Speaker 3: God's goodness every day and in every way. Remember The

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Speaker 3: Lord's love never ends and his mercies never stop. They

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Speaker 3: are new every morning. For the Lord's loyalty is rate.

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Speaker 3: You have the Lord, so no matter what you lose,

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Speaker 3: you still have hope, for even in the midst of hardship,

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Speaker 3: God is still good and he is still in control.

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Speaker 3: God promised he would always care and provide for you.

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Speaker 3: He promised his blessings will overrun you, So do not

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Speaker 3: be afraid. Live with confidence in God's word and watch

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Speaker 3: his blessings manifest in your life. Thank you for completing

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