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Speaker 1: The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, YEA,

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Speaker 1: I have loved THEE with an everlasting love. Therefore, with

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Speaker 1: loving kindness have I drawn thee Jeremiah thirty one three.

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Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, we come before you today to praise you

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Speaker 1: for your enduring love and faithfulness. You never leave us

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Speaker 1: nor forsake us, even when we feel isolated and lonely.

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Speaker 1: We are deeply thankful that you will draw near to

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Speaker 1: those who you call out to you in despair. Thank

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Speaker 1: you for loving us despite our shortcomings and mistakes. Help

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Speaker 1: us to find solace in your presence as we remember

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Speaker 1: that you are always near, even when loneliness threatens to

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Speaker 1: overtake us. May the knowledge of your never end love

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Speaker 1: bring us comfort. We pray all this in the name

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Speaker 1: of Jesus Christ. Amen. Thank you for joining me in prayer.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for today's free podcast, Meditative Prayers with Doctor

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Speaker 1: Tim Clinton, where you can draw close to God and

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Speaker 1: find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on Conquering Loneliness. To get

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

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

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Speaker 2: goal for today's meditative prayer is to conquer loneliness. Hope

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Speaker 2: you take a second to relax. Slick for a quiet place,

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Speaker 2: comfortable place, and place your focus in this moment so

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Speaker 2: you can have deep reflection. Close your eyes, take a slow,

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Speaker 2: deep breath, focused all your attention on God's word, and

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Speaker 2: prepare to receipt from his spirit. Allow his presence to

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Speaker 2: permeate your spirit. We're going to be meditating on Jeremiah

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Speaker 2: thirty one, verse three from the King James version the

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Speaker 2: Bible says, the Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, kay,

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Speaker 2: I have loved THEE with an everlasting love. Therefore, with

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Speaker 2: loving kindness have I drawn THEE. Now take a moment

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Speaker 2: and pour out your adoration to God for his love.

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Speaker 2: I praise you God, for your love outlasts the earth itself.

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Speaker 2: You love me before I was formed in my mother's womb. Jesus,

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Speaker 2: I worship you, for you have offered yourself in my

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Speaker 2: place before I was even born. You'd love me while

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Speaker 2: I was yet a sinner, despite all my weakness, my sin,

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Speaker 2: I worship you for your love rescued me and redeemed me.

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Speaker 2: There is none like you, you know, God loves you,

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Speaker 2: and his love is eternal. Human love is pretty finite.

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Speaker 2: Our relationships with each other are eventually ended by quarreling, distance,

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Speaker 2: or death. This can be a sobering and difficult truth

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Speaker 2: to swallow. But the equally sobering and more powerful truth

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Speaker 2: is this. It's that God loves you and that his

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Speaker 2: love has no end. His love for you began before

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Speaker 2: the foundations of the world, before you were even formed

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Speaker 2: in your mother's womb, before Christ died for you, before

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Speaker 2: you found yourself alone. The Holy Spirit, who was said

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Speaker 2: by Jesus to be our comforter, has been by your side.

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Speaker 1: The whole time.

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Speaker 2: Jesus did not just die so that we would be

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Speaker 2: with God in heaven. His death gave us access to

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Speaker 2: God in the land of the living. He sent the

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to be with us. The Holy Spirit is

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Speaker 2: the one who convicts of sin and invites us into

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Speaker 2: a deeper relationship with Jesus. The Holy Spirit is the

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Speaker 2: one who convinces us of our salvation w we accept

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Speaker 2: Jesus as our savior. The Holy Spirit is the one

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Speaker 2: who seals us for the day of the Lord, so

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Speaker 2: that we will find our place among the saints. When

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Speaker 2: Jesus returns You are not alone. The everlasting God, who

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Speaker 2: stands from age to age, desires to have a relationship

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Speaker 2: with you, and he is drawing you to himself even now.

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Speaker 2: He loved you before you even knew to love him back.

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Speaker 2: Let yourself be drawn to him. Come before him, confess

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Speaker 2: your sins, leave your burdens at his throne, commune with him.

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Speaker 2: Take a moment right now to thank God for his

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Speaker 2: loving kindness. Thank God that he turned his heart toward

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Speaker 2: you while you were yet a sinner, and thank God

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Speaker 2: for loving you, for having a purpose and a plan

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Speaker 2: for your life. Thank Him for his kindness and his

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Speaker 2: care for watching over you. And give thanks for the

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Speaker 2: moments he spent ministering to you and drawing you to himself.

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Speaker 2: And don't forget God is present and that he's listening

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Speaker 2: to you. He desires to draw you near and to

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Speaker 2: love you. Let him. Pray for his Holy Spirit to

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Speaker 2: fill you with the assurance of your place in his heart.

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Speaker 2: Pray to hear him more clearly. Ask him to fill

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Speaker 2: your heart with comfort and peace. Ask the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 2: to teach you to trust God's faithfulness to know he

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Speaker 2: will love you beyond time. Itself, and remember the love

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Speaker 2: of God. That love he has for you is eternal.

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Speaker 2: His love exists outside of time and goes beyond its end.

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Speaker 2: He will never stop offering his love or withdraw it.

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Speaker 2: Know that God is with you and that he will

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Speaker 2: never fail you. So choose you this day to let

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Speaker 2: go of your brokenness, your loneliness. Choose to experience God's

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Speaker 2: presence in your life. Trust the Lord, and hold on

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Speaker 2: to his love this day in all days to come.

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Speaker 2: Isn't it great to love and be loved? Thanks for

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