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Speaker 1: And hope maketh not ashamed, because the love of God

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Speaker 1: is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost,

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Speaker 1: which is given unto us Romans five five. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: you demonstrate your love to us in the depths of our.

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Speaker 2: Loneliness and shame. Even when we feel overwhelmed by what

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Speaker 2: life has brought us, your grace still abounds. What wonderful

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Speaker 2: news it is that we can take refuge in you.

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Speaker 2: In It is a peace that guides us through the

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Speaker 2: depths of our darkest hours. It brings us the comfort

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Speaker 2: that no other can provide and fills us with an

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Speaker 2: assurance that all will be made right in your timing.

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Speaker 2: We thank you for your grace, mercy, and never ending

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Speaker 2: love that lifts us up when we feel weighed down

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Speaker 2: by shame, guilt, and loneliness. In Jesus' name, Amen, thank

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Speaker 2: you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's

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Speaker 2: free podcast, Meditative Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where you

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Speaker 2: can draw clothes to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on Conquering Loneliness. To get

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

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Speaker 3: com every day and make prayer priority in your life.

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Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is on conquering loneliness.

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Speaker 3: Hope you'll take a moment to slow down, maybe getting

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Speaker 3: your favorite chair, Maybe you're in bed, someplace where you

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Speaker 3: feel comfortable. Maybe grab a warm blanket and a pillow

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Speaker 3: to hug. Put up beside you if you'd like. Now,

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Speaker 3: tune out your doubts and your fears. Once you're able

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Speaker 3: to relax, turn your thoughts toward God and what He

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Speaker 3: has for you today, press into his spirit. We're going

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Speaker 3: to be meditating on Romans chapter five from the King

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Speaker 3: James version. It says, now, hope maketh not ashamed, because

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Speaker 3: the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts

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Speaker 3: by the Holy Ghost, which is given to us. Hey,

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Speaker 3: take a moment today, right now, to pour out your

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Speaker 3: love and your adoration toward God. God. I praise you

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Speaker 3: for you're always there with me. Your comfort and consolation

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Speaker 3: have plans for me, plans for a hope and a future,

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Speaker 3: plans for good and not harm. I exalt you, for

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Speaker 3: you are the great and mighty and awesome God. My

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Speaker 3: trust is safe when placed in you. You will never

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Speaker 3: let me down. You know God gives you hope through

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Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit. When Jesus went up to heaven, he

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Speaker 3: told his disciples that they would not be left orphans

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Speaker 3: in this world. Jesus promised that he would send a comforter,

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Speaker 3: the Holy Spirit, to stay with them until he returned

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Speaker 3: to bring them back to his father's house. The gift

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Speaker 3: of salvation is your promise and seal that God's love

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Speaker 3: for you will never end, and salvation grants you the

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Speaker 3: gift of communion with God's Holy Spirit. It opens the

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Speaker 3: door for a relationship and companionship of God's manifested love

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Speaker 3: in your life. The Holy Spirit's a guarantee and the

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Speaker 3: means things through which you experience God's love here on earth.

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Speaker 3: There's no limit or restriction on how much of himself

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Speaker 3: He is willing to pour out over you. We are

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Speaker 3: not ashamed to hope in him because he will never

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Speaker 3: let us down. We can trust him without fear because

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Speaker 3: he won't feel us. Put your trust in God today,

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Speaker 3: confess your sins to him and reach out without fear.

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Speaker 3: Now consider for a moment the Holy spirits care and

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Speaker 3: thank him for it. God's love for you has never

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Speaker 3: and will never fail. He will always be there to

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Speaker 3: comfort and guide you. Thank God that you are not

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Speaker 3: bound to anxiety. You are free to receive God's love

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Speaker 3: without measure. Thank God for past situations where he confirms

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Speaker 3: his love to you. Thank God because He's good and

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Speaker 3: he will always be good. Thank God for his consolation

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Speaker 3: and tenderness that he has shown you. I love that

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Speaker 3: God is present and that he's listening. Never forget God

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Speaker 3: wants you to not just exist, but to live, to

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Speaker 3: enjoy life to its full potential. The Bible warns that

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Speaker 3: worry is futile because each day will hold its own challenges.

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Speaker 3: Reach out to God then for his peace. Ask the

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Speaker 3: Holy Spirit to walk with you in your journey, one

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Speaker 3: step at a time. Ask him to help you to

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Speaker 3: leave tomorrow's struggles to its own day. And remember this

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Speaker 3: hope will never disappoint us because God has poured out

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Speaker 3: his love to fill our hearts. God gave us his

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Speaker 3: love through the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to us.

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Speaker 3: You have God's Spirit to help you and guide you.

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Speaker 3: He will never leave you nor abandon you. The Lord

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Speaker 3: is with you. Thank you for compleating today's meditative prayer

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Speaker 3: a daily practice, you are making prayer priority and strengthening

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Speaker 3: your walk with God. I'm doctor Tim Clinton, President of

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