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Speaker 1: him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his

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Speaker 1: neck and kissed him. Luke fifteen twenty. Dear Lord, thank

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Speaker 1: you for never giving up on me. You have never

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Speaker 1: allow me to return and welcome me with love and grace.

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Speaker 1: I pray you would imbue me with the same unrelenting

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Speaker 1: there is nothing they can do to make me or

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Speaker 1: you stop loving them. May my unwavering affection for them

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Speaker 1: be an image of your love.

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Speaker 2: Lord.

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Speaker 3: May they intimately know your love for them because of

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Speaker 3: the way I treat them. In Jesus' name, Amen, thank

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Speaker 3: you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's

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Speaker 3: free podcast Meditative Prayers with doctor Tim Clinton, where you

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Speaker 3: can draw close to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on Great Parenting. To get

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

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Speaker 2: Every day, make prayer priority in your life. Our goal

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Speaker 2: for today's meditative prayer is great parenting. I hope you'll

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Speaker 2: take a moment to calm down, get to a place

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Speaker 2: where you can recline, maybe relax, close your eyes, breathe easy.

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Speaker 2: Let the realization that God is waiting and wanting to

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Speaker 2: speak with you fill your thoughts. We're going to be

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Speaker 2: meditating on Luke fifteen, verse twenty from the King James version.

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Speaker 2: I love this story. And he arose, and he came

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Speaker 2: to his father. But when he was yet a great

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Speaker 2: way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and

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Speaker 2: ran and fell on his neck, and he kissed him.

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Speaker 2: Let's take a time to adore God for his unending compassion.

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Speaker 2: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ,

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Speaker 2: the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort,

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Speaker 2: who comforts us in all of our affliction. God, I

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Speaker 2: praise you that you are my compassion father. Your love

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Speaker 2: is always willing to receive me when I call on you.

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Speaker 2: I worship you, for you have forgiven all my sins,

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Speaker 2: and you have cast them, and every one of them,

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Speaker 2: into the sea of forgetfulness. You know, our heavenly Father

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Speaker 2: teaches us to show compassion in the face of contrition,

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Speaker 2: expecting perfection from your child pretty illogical and impractical. Your

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Speaker 2: child's going to make mistakes. Some mistakes will be an accident,

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Speaker 2: some will be on purpose. Still, God expects you to

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Speaker 2: be compassionate and caring. The prodigal son return home was

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Speaker 2: the result of his repentance. His father had every reason

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Speaker 2: to reject him, yet he embraced him. The father saw

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Speaker 2: the child's contrition and had compassion on him. Past sins

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Speaker 2: were forgiven and were forgotten. Perhaps you're struggling with having

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Speaker 2: compassion towards your child's sin. Confess your shortcomings to God.

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Speaker 2: Your heavenly Father isn't waiting. Your heavenly Father is waiting

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Speaker 2: to embrace you. Now take a moment to dwell in

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Speaker 2: the compassion of God in your life. Give thought to

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Speaker 2: your seasons of rebellion and recklessness, the times when you

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Speaker 2: knowingly and willingly walked away from your heavenly Father. Think

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Speaker 2: about how he patiently waited for your return. Remember how

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Speaker 2: he lovingly welcomed you home, regardless of where you'd been

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Speaker 2: or what you had done. God rescued and renewed you.

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Speaker 2: Thank Him for his past, loving kindness and compassion towards you.

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Speaker 2: Thank him because he will never change. Thank him because

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Speaker 2: he will always love you and take you back. You

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Speaker 2: know what I love that God is present and that

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Speaker 2: He's listening to you right now. And if you're struggling

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Speaker 2: in your efforts to raise your child, don't give up.

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Speaker 2: Lean heavily on your heavenly Father and learn from him.

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Speaker 2: Don't allow the daily struggles of life to impact your

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Speaker 2: love your child as He loves you. Ask the Holy

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Speaker 2: Spirit to teach you to be patient and kind. Ask

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Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit to help you push past the hurt,

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Speaker 2: the chaos and into His healing hands. To let go

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Speaker 2: of your child's mistakes when they show you recognition and repentance.

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Speaker 2: Remember God has called you to show compassion in the

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Speaker 2: face of contrition. When your child comes to you and remorse,

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Speaker 2: don't ever send them away. Embrace them. Show your child

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Speaker 2: the same love and compassion and acceptance that God has

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Speaker 2: shown you. Children are a blessing from the Lord, and

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Speaker 2: the Lord will help you raise them. Be confident in

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Speaker 2: the love and compassion your heavenly Father has toward you,

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Speaker 2: and allow his everlasting love to flow through you into

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Speaker 2: your relationship with your child. Thank you for completing today's

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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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