1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 1: Lay not wait o wicked man against the dwelling of 2 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:10,879 Speaker 1: the righteous, spoil not his resting place. Proverbs twenty four fifteen. 3 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 1: Dear Lord, your wisdom is sweet and comforts my soul. 4 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: When I understand your word, this world starts to make 5 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: more sense. I realize that I am not fighting against 6 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: flesh and blood, but powers and principalities in high places. 7 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:31,720 Speaker 1: Your word gives me hope that will never be cut off, 8 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 1: and I know you will protect me from the wicked one. 9 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 1: Even if I fall, You will recover me and make 10 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: me stronger than before. Greater are you, Lord, who lives 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: in my heart than the one fighting against me in 12 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: this world. Thank you that your angels go before me 13 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: and are my rear guard. You keep the wicked from 14 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: disturbing my rest. Amen. 15 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer 16 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,679 Speaker 2: to experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. 17 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick 18 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:25,160 Speaker 2: word from our sponsors. 19 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,520 Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on better marriage. To get 20 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 3: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot 21 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 3: com every day and make prayer a priority in your life. 22 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is better marriage. Take 23 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 3: a moment to wind down, go to a place where 24 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 3: you can repose and relax. Close your eyes and steady 25 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 3: your breathing. Allow the realization that God is waiting to 26 00:01:55,880 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 3: speak with you to fill your thoughts. Open your heart 27 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 3: and invite the Holy Spirit to come and refresh your 28 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 3: soul with God's word. We will be meditating on Proverbs 29 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 3: chapter twelve, verse four from the King James version. A 30 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 3: virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. But she 31 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 3: that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. Let 32 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 3: us take time to adore God Father. I praise you 33 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 3: for the wisdom found in your word. You reveal to 34 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 3: us your mysteries and make known to us your ways. 35 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 3: I worship you, Jesus, You are crowned with many crowns. 36 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 3: You have taken me from the dust and seated me 37 00:02:54,760 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 3: with kings and princes. There is none like you. I 38 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 3: praise you for you are good. You can be a crown, 39 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 3: or you can be wrought. Marriage is a living representation 40 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 3: of the covenant between the Church and God, and the 41 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 3: church is to treat Christ with honor, to be the 42 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 3: physical representation of Christ. 43 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 2: On the earth. 44 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 3: The church is to bring glory to Christ, to be 45 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 3: a beacon of his love and grace. When people look 46 00:03:30,520 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 3: at the church, they are to see Christ's wishes in action, 47 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 3: his will being done with reverence and humility. Whether husband 48 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:47,119 Speaker 3: or wife, each spouse has a responsibility to bear. As 49 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 3: a wife, your behavior can either attract blessings to your 50 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 3: home or deter them. Man is the head of the woman, 51 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 3: as Christ is the head of the Church. The Word 52 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 3: of God's says that man is the crown of creation, 53 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 3: so is the wife the crown of her husband. God 54 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 3: has given the woman an important and crucial role in marriage, 55 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 3: to be the herald of honor and authority. A king 56 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 3: is not a king without a crown, and the wife 57 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 3: decides through her actions whether she brings honor to her 58 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 3: husband or rot to his bones. The wife decides if 59 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 3: she builds a beautiful kingdom to live in, or if 60 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,800 Speaker 3: she hollows out a grave for herself and her family. 61 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 3: For God has not made women powerless, quite the opposite. 62 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:47,040 Speaker 3: Her actions can invite respect and prosperity or shame and decay. 63 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 3: Perhaps you have not been respectful and diligent in your 64 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: relationship to your spouse. Perhaps you've been creating a kingdom 65 00:04:56,160 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 3: of rot for yourself and your family. Regardless us of 66 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 3: your situation, this is your chance for change and improvement. 67 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:10,240 Speaker 3: Take this opportunity to start building a kingdom of prosperity 68 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 3: and righteousness for your family. So come before God and 69 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:21,839 Speaker 3: confess your sins. Ask for his forgiveness, receive the spirit 70 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 3: of submission, and humble yourself before him. Now take a 71 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 3: moment to dwell on the blessings of God in marriage. 72 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 3: Think of how God created man and woman to walk 73 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 3: in His infinity. Think of how they exhort and build 74 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:47,600 Speaker 3: each other up. Thank God for his Holy Spirit, who 75 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 3: imbuse your marriage with love and respect. Thank God for 76 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 3: the treasure He has given you in your husband or wife. 77 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:03,159 Speaker 3: God is present and he is listening to you. This 78 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 3: is your chance to come before the Lord and to 79 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 3: make your needs known to him. Ask God to help 80 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:14,680 Speaker 3: you build up your marriage and to bring honor to 81 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 3: your spouse, the one who God asks you to serve. 82 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 3: Ask for Christ's love to fill you and empower you 83 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:28,279 Speaker 3: to be selfless. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you 84 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 3: appreciate this relationship. Ask him to teach you to be 85 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 3: a sign of honor and not of disgrace. Remember, a 86 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 3: good wife is like a crown for her husband, but 87 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,760 Speaker 3: a shameful wife is like a disease in his bones. 88 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 3: Wives have the power to bring blessing and favor to 89 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 3: her husband and her home. Allow the Holy Spirit to 90 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 3: fortify your inner man and draw with love. Choose this 91 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 3: day to open your heart to the wisdom God has 92 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 3: spoken over marriage. To have your character molded to look 93 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:18,000 Speaker 3: more like Christ's. Be confident in God's Holy Spirit, watch 94 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 3: as He blesses you and makes you a blessing. Thank 95 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 3: you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. 96 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 3: By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you 97 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 3: are making prayer a priority and strengthening your walk with God.