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Speaker 1: Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days

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Speaker 1: of my life, and I will dwell in the house

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Speaker 1: of the Lord forever Psalm twenty three six. Thank you, Lord,

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Speaker 1: I have full confidence that your goodness and mercy will

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Speaker 1: chase me down every day of my life, and I

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Speaker 1: will remain settled in the house of my Lord forever.

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Speaker 1: There is no one like you, and you are the

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Speaker 1: only one worthy of my adoration. Your awesome majesty is

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Speaker 1: beyond my comprehension. The fact that you love me so

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Speaker 1: intensely and want to pour out your blessing on me

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Speaker 1: is a humbling revelation. No one will ever love me

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Speaker 1: as you do. My desire is to always be near you,

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Speaker 1: and I will follow you all the days of my life.

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Speaker 1: You are my precious Lord. Amen.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer

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Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on grace and gratitude. To

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Speaker 3: get the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray

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Speaker 3: dot com every day and make prayer a priority in

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Speaker 3: your life. Our goal for today's meditative prayer is grace

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Speaker 3: and gratitude. Take a moment to relax, find a place

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Speaker 3: where you can get comfortable and be still, a place

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Speaker 3: where your focus can be completely on this moment of

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Speaker 3: reflection with the Lord. Close your eyes and take a

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Speaker 3: dee breath as you exhale, Let go of all distractions

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Speaker 3: and concentrate on receiving from God. We will be meditating

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Speaker 3: on Hebrews chapter twelve, verse twenty eight from the King

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Speaker 3: James version. Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved.

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Speaker 3: Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably,

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Speaker 3: with reverence and godly fear. Now, take a moment to

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Speaker 3: pour out your adoration to God for his grace. God,

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Speaker 3: I worship you for making me a citizen of heaven

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Speaker 3: and for calling me your child. I glorify your holy

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Speaker 3: name for your promises and provision over my life. I

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Speaker 3: praise you Lord for your grace that is more than

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Speaker 3: enough for me. God, your grace that enables me to

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Speaker 3: overcome all circumstances, all fears and doubts. The purpose of

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Speaker 3: grace is twofold. Grace is given not just to bless you,

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Speaker 3: but so that you may also be a blessing in

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Speaker 3: turn for God's purposes. You obtain membership to God's unshakable

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Speaker 3: kingdom by grace, and by the same grace you are

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Speaker 3: able to offer eternally acceptable sacrifice unto God, never forget

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Speaker 3: grace is to be used in a way that pleases

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Speaker 3: the Lord. So if God's favor is upon your life

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Speaker 3: and is opening doors for you, receive those blessings and

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Speaker 3: utilize them to give glory to your heavenly Father. Testify

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Speaker 3: of God's grace and goodness in your life. Share what

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Speaker 3: He has bestowed upon you with others, both for encouragement

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Speaker 3: and for profit. Unto God's Kingdom, don't just receive grace,

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Speaker 3: be a constant conduit of it. Let it flow unrestricted

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Speaker 3: and unrestrained from you, unto all. Pour it out so

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Speaker 3: that your brothers and sisters in Christ may receive and

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Speaker 3: also pour out to others as well. Be faithful to

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Speaker 3: what grace is given you, and use it with wisdom

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Speaker 3: and love. Never use grace upon your life as leverage

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Speaker 3: over anyone or as a means to coerce people into

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Speaker 3: doing your bidding. Use grace to worship God in a

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Speaker 3: way that pleases him to worship him with respect and fear.

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Speaker 3: For the Bible says, unto whom much is given, much

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Speaker 3: shall be required. Be mindful that you will have to

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Speaker 3: give accountability for how you apply the grace of God

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Speaker 3: given to you. Let us now reflect for a moment

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Speaker 3: on the grace you have received and what you've done

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Speaker 3: with it. This is your opportunity to present yourself before

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Speaker 3: the Lord. Tell him if your application has not been

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Speaker 3: in accordance with his word. Share your struggles with managing

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Speaker 3: his grace. Confess your sins to God. Take a moment

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Speaker 3: now to dwell on previous blessings of grace. You have

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Speaker 3: enjoyed blessings over past relationships, situations, and circumstances. Thank God

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Speaker 3: for the opportunities and blessings you did not deserve yet

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Speaker 3: received because of His grace over your life. Thank God

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Speaker 3: for unmerited favor in difficult situations and with difficult people.

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Speaker 3: Thank Him that his grace allows you to overcome this

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Speaker 3: word and to be a blessing unto others. God is

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Speaker 3: present and he is listening to you. This is your

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Speaker 3: chance to ask Him to minister to your soul. Ask

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Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit to fill your heart with gratitude for

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Speaker 3: God's grace. Ask him to teach you to not only

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Speaker 3: receive grace, but to serve God through it. Ask the

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Speaker 3: Holy Spirit to empower you to serve with respect and

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Speaker 3: wonder for him to enable you to turn the grace

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Speaker 3: bestowed upon you into honor for the Lord. Remember, since

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Speaker 3: you are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, hold

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Speaker 3: on to grace. By that grace, you may serve God acceptably,

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Speaker 3: with reverence and awe for this gift given to you

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Speaker 3: is not to be wasted or squandered, but rather received

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Speaker 3: and used to give honor to God. God has bestowed

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Speaker 3: grace upon you so you may be blessed and be

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Speaker 3: a blessing. In turn, open your heart to God's grace

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Speaker 3: this day. Allow his blessing to come upon you, to

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Speaker 3: overflow from your life into His kingdom. Thank you for

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Speaker 3: completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. By incorporating

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