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Speaker 1: Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for

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Speaker 1: anger resteth in the bosom of fools Ecclesiastes seven nine. Lord,

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Speaker 1: help me rule over my emotions and keep them in check.

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Speaker 1: I have a difficult time controlling my anger when people

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Speaker 1: have a bad attitude or act foolishly. Help me keep

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Speaker 1: Keep me from being easily offended, so I can walk

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Speaker 1: in peace and not fall into sin with my words

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Speaker 1: and actions. There is too much unrest in the world.

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Speaker 1: Please keep me from adding to it. Teach me to

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Speaker 1: be a peacemaker as I go through my day. Help

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Speaker 1: me encourage others with your love and your peace. Show

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Speaker 1: me who needs a special touch of your love today. Amen,

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Speaker 1: Thank you for listening to prey dot COM's nightly prayer

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Speaker 1: to experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick

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Speaker 1: in your life. Our goal for today's meditative prayer is

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Speaker 1: improved confidence. Take a break, go to your secret place,

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Speaker 1: a place where you can relax and let your guard down.

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Speaker 1: Tune out everything else. Breathe in deep through your nose

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Speaker 1: and exhale out through your mouth. Reach out towards God

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Speaker 1: with your mind, mind, and your broken heart. We will

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Speaker 1: be meditating on Romans chapter eight, verse twenty eight from

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Speaker 1: the King James version. And we know that all things

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Speaker 1: work together for good to them that love God, to

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Speaker 1: them who are the called according to His purpose. Take

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Speaker 1: a moment to pour out your adoration to God, Heavenly Father.

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Speaker 1: I praise you for your fierce love and mighty grace.

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Speaker 1: You are the one who gives power to the weak

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Speaker 1: and to those who have no might. You increase strength. Jesus,

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Speaker 1: I worship your greatness, for in your hands nothing is

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Speaker 1: ever wasted. I bless your name, for you bring beauty

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Speaker 1: from ashes. You are great and greatly to be prayed

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Speaker 1: with God. Nothing is wasted. God can use everything and

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Speaker 1: anything in your life for good, no exceptions. If things

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Speaker 1: happen to you that never should have happened, if people

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Speaker 1: do things to you that never should be done. If

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Speaker 1: you fail, if you fall short, no matter what, God

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Speaker 1: will use that too. God will even utilize your pain

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Speaker 1: as an instrument of his mercy to bring good to you.

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Speaker 1: You can be confident at all times with God, because

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Speaker 1: God always has the final word. God will turn what

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Speaker 1: was used for evil into good. He will transform what

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Speaker 1: was meant to be a curse into a blessing. The

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Speaker 1: Bible shares the story of an Israelite man in the

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Speaker 1: land of Egypt. Joseph was betrayed by his brothers and

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Speaker 1: sold into slavery in a foreign land with foreign people,

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Speaker 1: and deprived of every right. Still, he chose to dream

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Speaker 1: and serve the Lord. His confidence came not from self,

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Speaker 1: but from God. For many years, Joseph's life was stagnant

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Speaker 1: and filled with sorrow until it wasn't until God changed everything.

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Speaker 1: In one day, God took Joseph from Egypt's dungeon to

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Speaker 1: its throne. He became second in command to Pharaoh alone.

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Speaker 1: God provided more than restitution. He redeemed Joseph's time and

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Speaker 1: fulfilled his dreams from ages past. God turned what was

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Speaker 1: meant for evil in his life into good. This is

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Speaker 1: your moment to bring to mind all your struggles, the

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Speaker 1: dreams long dead and buried deep inside your heart. Confess

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Speaker 1: your burdens to God, lay everything at his feet. No

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Speaker 1: matter the season you are in, there is always a

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Speaker 1: reason to be thankful. Take a moment to set aside

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Speaker 1: all hurt and to acknowledge your blessings. The dreams and

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Speaker 1: desires you once believed impossible and unattainable, none the less

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Speaker 1: God manifested them in your life. Thank God for the

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Speaker 1: daily deliverances He grants to you, with you being none

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Speaker 1: the wiser, Give thanks for the small blessings, the big ones,

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Speaker 1: and the ones in between. The reality is God is

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Speaker 1: good all the time, so thank Him that you can

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Speaker 1: trust he will work all things out for good. Thank

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Speaker 1: God and be grateful for the blessings already received and

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Speaker 1: the ones still to come. God is present and he

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Speaker 1: is listening to you. Be mindful of his promises. Be

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Speaker 1: bold and ask the Holy Spirit to fill you with

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Speaker 1: his strength and confidence to convict you of the grace

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Speaker 1: of God. Ask him for assurance of the blessings to come,

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Speaker 1: for encouragement to persevere. Ask him to give you hope

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Speaker 1: in your hour of need. Ask him to increase your

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Speaker 1: faith in His word, in the truth of who Christ is.

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Speaker 1: Ask him to help you acknowledge God's goodness every day

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Speaker 1: and in every way. Remember, all things work together for

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Speaker 1: the good of those who love God, those who are

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Speaker 1: auld according to His purpose. When you live your life

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Speaker 1: with God, when you seek to love and obey Him,

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Speaker 1: he will bring good out of everything that happens. No

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Speaker 1: matter what, even the bad stuff, He will give meaning

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Speaker 1: to God won't let it all be for nothing. He

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Speaker 1: will make it count. Trust in Him today, be confident

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Speaker 1: that He loves you and he is on your side.

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