1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,640 Speaker 1: Who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, 2 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:12,040 Speaker 1: we should live together with him first the Salonians five ten. Lord, 3 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 1: when I realize how great your sacrifice of love was 4 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: for me, I am reduced to tears and humble repentance. 5 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:25,159 Speaker 1: You paid the price for my sins and died in 6 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: my place. No one has ever or will ever love 7 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: me the way you do. It is hard to comprehend 8 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: the magnitude of that kind of love. I have no 9 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 1: reference point to that kind of sacrificial love, because all 10 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: I have ever known has been conditional love. Let me 11 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: swim in the glory of your love and feel the 12 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: joy of such freedom and acceptance. I am forever grateful that, 13 00:00:54,080 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: whether awake or asleep, we will live together forever. Thank 14 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer to 15 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. 16 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick 17 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: word from our sponsors. 18 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on relief stress. To get 19 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray dot com 20 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: every day and make prayer a priority in your life. 21 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is to relieve stress. 22 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 2: Take a minute to gather your thoughts and to quiet 23 00:01:54,480 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 2: your spirit. Accommodate yourself into a comfortable position, close your 24 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 2: eyes and begin to breathe slow and steady. Now turn 25 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,680 Speaker 2: your heart to God and focus on what He has 26 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 2: for you. This day we will be meditating on Hebrews 27 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 2: chapter six, verses nineteen through twenty, from the King James version. 28 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:29,880 Speaker 2: Which hope we have is an anchor of the soul, 29 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 2: both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within 30 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 2: the vale whither the forerunner is for us entered even 31 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 2: Jesus made a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. 32 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 2: Let us take time to adore Jesus Christ, our high priest. Jesus, 33 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: I worship you and bless your name, for you go 34 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 2: before me, and you have made a way. You steady 35 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 2: my heart and my mind. You lift up my weary head. Jesus, 36 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 2: you are the good shepherd of my soul, and you're 37 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 2: my faithful strength. Hope in Jesus will anchor your soul. 38 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 2: Few things in this life are guaranteed, but assurance for 39 00:03:31,320 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 2: the soul through God is one of them. At the cross, 40 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ, fulfilled a beautiful and glorious promise salvation, and 41 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 2: in doing so, Jesus gave us the blessed affirmation of 42 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 2: our eternity with Him. So no matter what is happening 43 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 2: in your life, hope in Him will ancher your soul. 44 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 2: For Christ all ready one, he ran this race and 45 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 2: decimated the finish line. Because of the truth of Christ, 46 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:15,960 Speaker 2: you can trust in God's provision and his grace, for 47 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 2: Jesus has already gone before you and conquered your victory. 48 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 2: He has conquered peace for your soul. He has conquered 49 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 2: your physical healing. He has conquered your mental well being. 50 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 2: He has conquered your every financial need you will ever have. 51 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 2: So no matter how the storm may rage and rise, 52 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 2: you will be able to say, it is well with 53 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 2: my soul. Be encouraged. Jesus is your high priest. He 54 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 2: intercedes with God on your behalf. This is your opportunity 55 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 2: to pres sent yourself before the throne of Grace. Approach 56 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 2: boldly and confident in the knowledge that the way has 57 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 2: already been made. Confess your sins to God and pour 58 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 2: out your heart before him. Cast your concerns on Christ, 59 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:26,040 Speaker 2: because He cares for you take a moment to dwell 60 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:30,640 Speaker 2: on the glorious grace of God for your life. Give 61 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 2: thought to the prosperity and provision God has already given you. 62 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 2: Thank Him for going before you and beside you, for 63 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 2: guaranteeing your salvation and your future. Thank Him for working 64 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 2: his confidence in your heart. For his unending faithfulness. Think 65 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:59,480 Speaker 2: back to times of turmoil where God steadied you. Think 66 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 2: of how He sustained you when you could no longer 67 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 2: go on. Thank God that He is trustworthy. Today and always. 68 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 2: God is present and he is listening to you. God 69 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,160 Speaker 2: knows this world is filled with hardships and that this 70 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 2: world is not your final home. God longs to assure 71 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 2: you of his care over your life and over your future. 72 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 2: This is your chance to call upon him. Ask the 73 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit to minister to your mind, to banish your 74 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 2: fears and your anxieties. Ask him to testify the truth 75 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 2: of God's word, of his promise of eternity to your heart. 76 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,039 Speaker 2: Ask the Holy Spirit to anchor your soul to the 77 00:06:55,160 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 2: hope found in Jesus Christ. So no matter how the 78 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:05,640 Speaker 2: storm rages or how high the waves crash, you will 79 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:12,960 Speaker 2: not be moved. Remember you have this hope as an 80 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 2: anchor for the soul. Sure and strong. Jesus already entered 81 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: the most holy place in heaven ahead of us and 82 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 2: for us. He has become the high Priest forever. You 83 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 2: can hope in Him, and that hope will sustain you 84 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:36,640 Speaker 2: no matter what you go through. You do not have 85 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 2: to live with anxiety for the future, because God has 86 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 2: already secured it. So do not be afraid. God cares 87 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 2: for you, and he loves you. You cannot even begin 88 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: to fathom the goodness He has in store for you. 89 00:07:56,120 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 2: God has amazing blessings for you, both here and for 90 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 2: all eternity. Find rest in Jesus Christ. Let his peace 91 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 2: assure your heart to day. Thank you for completing to 92 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 2: day's meditative prayer on pray dot com. By incorporating this 93 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 2: healthy habit as a daily practice, you are making prayer 94 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 2: a priority and strengthening your walk with God.