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Speaker 1: I will praise thee O Lord with my whole heart.

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Speaker 1: I will shew forth all thy marvelous works Psalm nine One.

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Speaker 1: Dear God, it is my heart's desire to praise you

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Speaker 1: and give you all of me. But I confess that

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Speaker 1: there are competing desires within me. The worries of the day,

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Speaker 1: bad habits, and sinful desires weigh me down and hinder

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Speaker 1: my reach toward you. If you are going to have

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Speaker 1: all of my heart, it will require an upheaval of

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Speaker 1: my flesh. It will require radical submission to your holy spirit.

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Speaker 1: I pray that you would seize my wandering heart and

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Speaker 1: perform marvelous things in me and through me. In Jesus' name, Amen,

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Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on morning Gratitude To get

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Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is morning gratitude. So

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Speaker 3: take a minute this morning to get your thoughts quiet,

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Speaker 3: your spirit, accommodate yourself into a comfortable state, close your eyes,

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Speaker 3: breathe nice and easy, and now turn your heart and

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Speaker 3: fix your attention on what God has for you for

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Speaker 3: this day, My friends, let us take time to adore

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Speaker 3: God for his wonderful works this morning. God, I look

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Speaker 3: to the skies and praise you, for you have created

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Speaker 3: the stars. You lead them, and you count each one,

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Speaker 3: and you call them by name, by your might and

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Speaker 3: the strength of your power. Not one of them goes missing.

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Speaker 3: Seeing praises to you alone, who does great wonders. For

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Speaker 3: your path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds

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Speaker 3: are the dust beneath your feet. I worship you for

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Speaker 3: your loving kindnesses great above the heavens, and your truth

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Speaker 3: reaches to the skies. Doing anything with your whole heart

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Speaker 3: requires complete commitment, and commitment requires concentration. And the world

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Speaker 3: is filled with distractions. Constant issues and complications are clamoring

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Speaker 3: for your attention. You have deadlines and duties to attend to,

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Speaker 3: like trying to carve a straight arrow from crooked wood.

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Speaker 3: Praising God with your whole heart can seem like fighting

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Speaker 3: against nature. Your heart may want to bend under the

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Speaker 3: pain and pressures of daily life, Yet still God expects

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Speaker 3: you to hit the mark. Do not be discouraged or disheartened.

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Speaker 3: Lay down your arrow at the feet of Jesus. Tell

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Speaker 3: him about the knots in your heart, the curves and

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Speaker 3: bend in your arrow that keep it from flying true,

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Speaker 3: the imperfections you face which keep you from praising with

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Speaker 3: your whole heart. Confess and asked your concerns onto Christ,

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Speaker 3: because He cares for you. Take a moment to dwell

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Speaker 3: on the marvelous craftsmanship of God in your life. Give

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Speaker 3: thought to the wonders and miracles God has performed over you.

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Speaker 3: Thank Him for going before you and beside you, for

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Speaker 3: carving out your path and your future. Thank Him for

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Speaker 3: working out all the notts, the bumps in the burls.

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Speaker 3: Think back to all the times your heart was filled

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Speaker 3: with joy and wonder for God. Think how it felt

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Speaker 3: to be wholeheartedly praising Jesus and allowed that joy to

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Speaker 3: come upon you. Right now, God is present and he's

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Speaker 3: listening to you. God knows it is not possible to

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Speaker 3: be committed wholeheartedly at all times. So if at first

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Speaker 3: you don't succeed, my friends, try again. Think now of

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Speaker 3: the aim your arrow is trying to take. You're closer

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Speaker 3: to the mark than you think. Ask the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 3: to help you commit your whole heart to praising Christ

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Speaker 3: and ask him to fill your heart with the wonder

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Speaker 3: of who he is. Remember, God has called you to

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Speaker 3: praise Him with all of your heart and to speak

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Speaker 3: of his marvelous works. God cares for you, and he

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Speaker 3: loves you. God has amazing and awesome adventures appointed for you.

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Speaker 3: You cannot even begin to fathom the goodness He has

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Speaker 3: in store for your life. So do not be afraid.

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Speaker 3: Take aim and let your arrow fly. Let your whole

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Speaker 3: heart sore with praise, and declare the wonders of the Lord.

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Speaker 3: you are making prayer priority and strengthening your walk with God. Again.

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