1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:04,520 Speaker 1: He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the paths 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:10,079 Speaker 1: of righteousness for his Name's sake. Soul twenty three three. 3 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:14,040 Speaker 1: Thank you, Lord, you desire to restore my soul and 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: bring healing to my life. You are a God who heals, 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:21,400 Speaker 1: and by the strips that wounded you, you heal me. 6 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: Your wisdom leads me in the path that is right 7 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: for me. You know what is best for me and 8 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: will help me make the decisions. 9 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:31,159 Speaker 2: That are right for me. 10 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: Discontent and distrust proceed from unbelief and causes my walk 11 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: to be unsure. Help me develop the confidence to believe 12 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: that I am covered in your righteousness and I no 13 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: longer need to be condemned by guilt or shame from 14 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: my past, but can come boldly before your throne with joy. Amen. 15 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to pray dot COM's nightly prayer. 16 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 1: To experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep. 17 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick 18 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: word from our sponsors. 19 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on grace and gratitude. To 20 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,119 Speaker 2: get the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray 21 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 2: dot com every day and make prayer a priority in 22 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:40,760 Speaker 2: your life. Our goal for today's meditative prayer is grace 23 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 2: and gratitude. Head to a location where you can let 24 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: your guard down and relax. Tune out everything else. Take 25 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: a moment to slow down and decompress. Breathe in deep 26 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 2: through your nose and exhale out through your mouth. Let 27 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:19,160 Speaker 2: go of the tension coiled in your body. Reach out 28 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 2: towards God with a ready mind and an open heart. 29 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 2: We will be meditating on Romans six, verse fourteen from 30 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 2: the King James version. For sin shall not have dominion 31 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: over you, for ye are not under the law, but 32 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 2: under grace. Take a moment to pour out your adoration 33 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: to God. 34 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: God. 35 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,519 Speaker 2: I praise you for your grace given through Jesus Christ, 36 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 2: your wondrous grace that gifts us all with freedom. I 37 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 2: worship you for your grace that delivers me from the 38 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 2: clutches of sin. For you have called me to greater 39 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:21,240 Speaker 2: things and for a higher purpose. I thank you that 40 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:29,520 Speaker 2: through Christ, your grace abounds in me. Freedom is found 41 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 2: in grace. In this world God created. You exist under 42 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 2: one of only two conditions. You are either under God's 43 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 2: grace or God's law. The law exists because of sin. 44 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: Its purpose is to expose sin and its price. Where 45 00:03:54,120 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 2: grace is limitless, the law has limited terms. The law 46 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 2: does not provide restoration, quite the opposite. It throws into 47 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 2: stark clarity, the deficit between you and God created by 48 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 2: your sins. It may be unpleasant and difficult to acknowledge, 49 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 2: but the truth is that sin is real, and it 50 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 2: demands recompense. It carries consequences, and it has a price. 51 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 2: And the price of sin cannot be ignored or denied. 52 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: It cannot be cheated or parceled, nor can it be 53 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 2: somehow thwarted. It must be paid in full. God's grace 54 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 2: is the only thing that will afford you the ability 55 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 2: to live outside the punishment of the law and the 56 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 2: control of sin. For what you are indebted to has 57 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:03,480 Speaker 2: legal power over you and will have its yoke upon 58 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 2: your life. Never forget sin is an unforgiving and cruel master. 59 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 2: It will consume your heart, and debt your soul and 60 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 2: control your mind. Its damage is complete, and it will 61 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 2: never willingly release you. You struggle with the weight of 62 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,919 Speaker 2: sin because you are relying on self merit when you 63 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:37,599 Speaker 2: should be relying on God's grace. Sin will always demand 64 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 2: payment you cannot afford, but Jesus can, and he did. 65 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 2: Jesus Christ settled the debt between humanity and sin once 66 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 2: and for all. The blood of Jesus paid it all. 67 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 2: And he offers you this gift not by your merit 68 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 2: or right, but simply because He loves you. This is 69 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 2: your opportunity to be honest with God and to seek 70 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:17,880 Speaker 2: his help. Confess to Him your sins. Think for a 71 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 2: minute of all the times God's grace provided you freedom. 72 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 2: Thank Jesus that sin is no longer your master. Thank 73 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 2: Him that you no longer live beholden to a cycle 74 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:38,479 Speaker 2: of wrongdoing and punishment. Thank God for his grace that 75 00:06:38,640 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 2: grants you constant and eternal freedom. Freedom to love and 76 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:49,839 Speaker 2: to be loved by God. Freedom to live out all 77 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,559 Speaker 2: the dreams and promises God has placed within your heart. 78 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 2: Thank God that his grace knows no bounds and is unending. 79 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 2: God is present and he is listening to you. The 80 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 2: Holy Spirit is on your side. He wants to help you, 81 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 2: So take advantage of this opportunity and ask him. Ask 82 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit to open your heart to God's goodness. 83 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 2: Ask him for acceptance and understanding of God's word. Ask 84 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 2: him to help you walk in the fullness of God's 85 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 2: mercy and love. Ask him to enable you to receive 86 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 2: God's grace to break away from the control of sin. Remember, 87 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,960 Speaker 2: sin will not rule over you because you are not 88 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 2: under law, but under grace. You do not have to 89 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 2: give in to temptation, nor be controlled by unrighteous impulses. 90 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,720 Speaker 2: Christ died to give you freedom from the cycle of sin. 91 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 2: His grace upon your life breaks sin's power over you. 92 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 2: Seize this day and be free from the weight of sin. 93 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 2: Trust God, Trust in the power and promise of his word. 94 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 2: Don't forget. God loves you. He wants to bless you 95 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 2: and to give you freedom everlasting. Thank you for completing 96 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 2: today's meditative prayer on pray dot com. By incorporating this 97 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 2: healthy habit as a daily practice, you are making prayer 98 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 2: a priority and strayngthening your walk with God. 99 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:10,160 Speaker 1: M HM.