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Speaker 1: Finally, Brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,

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Speaker 1: whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things

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Speaker 1: are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report. If there

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Speaker 1: be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think

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Speaker 1: on these things. Philippians four eight. Dear Heavenly Father, we

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Speaker 1: come to you in humble prayer as we kneel before

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Speaker 1: your throne of grace. May the peace of Christ be

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Speaker 1: with us. We thank you for the good gifts that

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Speaker 1: bless our lives, and ask that you help us to

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Speaker 1: think on those things which are true, honorable, just, and pure.

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Speaker 1: May our hearts and minds be filled with thoughts of

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Speaker 1: your goodness and the beauty of your truth. Help us

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Speaker 1: to experience the peace that surpasses understanding. Open our eyes

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Speaker 1: to see You in all things, so that we may

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Speaker 1: continually exalt You above all else. Let our hearts overflow

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Speaker 1: with joy, and our spirits be lifted in the knowledge

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Speaker 1: of your great and glorious presence. In Jesus's name, Amen,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for

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Speaker 1: today's free podcast Meditative Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where

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Speaker 1: you can draw close to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on how to sleep better.

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

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

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is to sleep better.

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Speaker 2: Go to your secret place, place where you can relax

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Speaker 2: and experience intimacy with God. Tune out everything. If you'll

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Speaker 2: breathe in deep, maybe through your nose, slowly exhil through

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Speaker 2: your mouth. Calm yourself and lift your heart and your

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Speaker 2: mind to the presence of the Holy One. We're going

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Speaker 2: to be meditating on Proverbs one nineteen, verse fifty five

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Speaker 2: from the King James version. I have remembered thy name,

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Speaker 2: O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law. Hey,

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Speaker 2: take a moment right now to pour out your love,

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Speaker 2: your adoration for God, who will not fear, O Lord,

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Speaker 2: and glorify your name. For you alone or holy, all

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Speaker 2: nations will come and worship you, for your righteous acts

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Speaker 2: have been revealed. I will bless your name forever, for

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Speaker 2: you alone are worthy to receive honor, all the glory

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Speaker 2: and all the praise. Stress and insomnia are not conducive

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Speaker 2: to good rest. Let me do it again. Stress and

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Speaker 2: insomnia are not conducive to good rest. However, God's holy

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Speaker 2: presence is. In his presence, there's peace of mind and

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Speaker 2: a heart that can find rest. Seeking God and spending

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Speaker 2: time with Him before bed will improve the quality of

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Speaker 2: your life. It'll help you to have better sleep and

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Speaker 2: to live out God's word during the day. If you

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Speaker 2: find yourself tossing and turning, unable to drift off, reach

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Speaker 2: for the scriptures. King Solomon is attributed with being the

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Speaker 2: wisest man to have ever walked the earth. He credited

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Speaker 2: this ability of obedience and blessing to his nightly recollection

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Speaker 2: of God. With God, there's no respect of persons. He

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Speaker 2: treats everyone the same. If you follow King Solomon's footsteps,

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Speaker 2: there might be major blessings in them. Perhaps you have

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Speaker 2: been lapsed in your evening fellowship with the Lord. This

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Speaker 2: is your chance to recognize and change that.

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Speaker 1: Hope.

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Speaker 2: You take a few moments to reach out to God.

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Speaker 2: Confess to him what's been holding you back, what's been

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Speaker 2: keeping you from communion with Him? Each night, Think for

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Speaker 2: a minute of all the seasons when God was with you.

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Speaker 2: Think of all the times in your life where you

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Speaker 2: were filled with His holy presence. Reminisce on how God's

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Speaker 2: spirit filled your heart with his overwhelming peace. Recall how

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Speaker 2: joy became your strength. The reality is is God is

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Speaker 2: good all the time. So thank Him for all the

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Speaker 2: past blessings that He has bestowed on your life. Thank

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Speaker 2: him for watching over you and for providing you with

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Speaker 2: sound sleep, for always sustaining you. Hope you'll never forget

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Speaker 2: God's present and that He's listening to you. Be mindful

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Speaker 2: that seeking God's company is a choice. Take time to

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Speaker 2: do that right now. Call out to God and invite

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Speaker 2: him to draw near to you. Tell him he is

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Speaker 2: desired and welcomed in your space. Ask the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 2: to settle his sweet presence upon your heart. Ask him

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Speaker 2: to renew and refresh your mind and your body as

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Speaker 2: you sleep. To help you to be obedient to God's

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Speaker 2: word during your day. And remember you are to think

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Speaker 2: of God at night and to obey his laws during

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Speaker 2: the day. To do so will bring honor and well

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Speaker 2: being to your life. Creating a nightly routine of spending

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Speaker 2: time with God can take some real time and effort,

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Speaker 2: but it's well worth it. Through repetition, you will develop

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Speaker 2: a habit and with a habit. You're going to cultivate

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Speaker 2: and nourish a healthy Godly relationship having frequent fellowship with

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Speaker 2: God God. I think it'll improve your sleep at night

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Speaker 2: and bring blessings to your day. Thank you for completing

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Speaker 2: today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. By incorporating this

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Speaker 2: healthy habit as a daily practice, you're making prayer priority

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Speaker 2: and strengthening your walk with God. I'm doctor Tim Clinton,

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Speaker 2: President of the American Association of Christian Counselors, and we

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