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Speaker 1: Upon this I awaked and beheld, and my sleep was

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Speaker 1: sweet unto me Jeremiah thirty one, twenty six. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: give me your sweet sleep tonight, that I may awake

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Speaker 1: with joy in my heart and energy to bounce into

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Speaker 1: the new day with expectancy. Yesterday is gone and tomorrow

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Speaker 1: is not here, so all I have is today. Let

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Speaker 1: to day be filled with wonder as I become more

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Speaker 1: aware of your presence. Help me flow in harmony with

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Speaker 1: your Holy Spirit and be a useful vessel for your purposes.

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Speaker 1: I remember the comfort of your love in the night time,

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Speaker 1: and that gives me the courage to step out in

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Speaker 1: obedience to do your will to day. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: inviting me on this adventure with you and showing me

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Speaker 1: great and mighty things. Amen. Thank you for listening to

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Speaker 1: pray dot COM's nightly prayer to experience a pocket of

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Speaker 1: peace before you go to sleep. Stay tuned for our

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Speaker 1: free meditative prayer after this quick word from our sponsors.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to your meditative prayer on morning gratitude. To get

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Speaker 1: the most out of your spiritual journey, use pray dot

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Speaker 1: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is morning gratitude. This morning,

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Speaker 1: go to your secret place, a place where you can

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Speaker 1: relax and let your guard down. Tune out everything else.

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Speaker 1: Breathe in deep through your nose and exhale out through

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Speaker 1: your mouth. Reach towards God with your mind and your heart.

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Speaker 1: We will be meditating on Psalm chapter ninety two, verse

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Speaker 1: one from the King James's version. It is a good

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Speaker 1: thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing

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Speaker 1: praises unto Thy name, O, most High, Take a moment

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

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Speaker 1: worship you, for you are the God of Gods and

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Speaker 1: the Lord of lords, the Great, the Mighty, and the

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Speaker 1: awesome God. I praise you. For all that is in

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Speaker 1: the heavens and the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom,

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Speaker 1: O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.

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Speaker 1: You are the king of all kings, and you are

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Speaker 1: to be feared above all gods. You are great and

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Speaker 1: greatly to be praised. The Bible teaches us that gratefulness

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Speaker 1: towards God is a good thing. However, being grateful isn't

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Speaker 1: always easy, as life isn't always good. Life is filled

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Speaker 1: with challenges and chaos, unexpected circumstances and unforeseen laws. Things

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Speaker 1: happen that make life seem unfair and unjust. Sometimes you

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Speaker 1: feel you are carrying the weight of the world on

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Speaker 1: your shoulders. Sometimes you even try to. You should not.

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Speaker 1: You were not made to carry this burden. It does

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Speaker 1: not belong to you. Lift up to God those situations

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Speaker 1: that seem to be getting the best of you. Be

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Speaker 1: honest and open with God in prayer. Confess to Him

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Speaker 1: what is hurting you and hampering your gratitude towards him.

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Speaker 1: Think for a minute on all the times God poured

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Speaker 1: out his goodness over you, unattainable and undeserved blessings God

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Speaker 1: gave you simply because He loves you. Think of past

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Speaker 1: challenges that seemed impossible and improbable, none the less God

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Speaker 1: made you the victor over them. Think of past situations

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Speaker 1: with no way out until God made a way. Moments

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Speaker 1: you thought would be your last, yet somehow you survived.

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Speaker 1: The reality is God is good all the time. So

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Speaker 1: thank Him for all the past blessings He has bestowed

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Speaker 1: upon your life. Thank Him for all the promises He

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Speaker 1: has made you, and for all the fulfillments to come.

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Speaker 1: God is present and he is listening to you. Be

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Speaker 1: mindful that being grateful is a commandment and a choice.

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Speaker 1: God never said life would be easy, but he promised

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Speaker 1: to be there every step of the way. He sent

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Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit to be your helper. He wants you

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Speaker 1: to succeed. So ask the Holy Spirit to help you

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Speaker 1: be grateful. Ask him for willingness to press on even

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Speaker 1: when life gets rough. Ask him to teach you to

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Speaker 1: recognize God's greatness in your life in all circumstances. Ask

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

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Speaker 1: in every way. Remember it is a good thing to

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Speaker 1: be thankful to God and to sing his praises even

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Speaker 1: in the midst of hardship. God is still good and

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Speaker 1: he is still in control. God promised he would always

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Speaker 1: care and provide for you. He promised his blessings will

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Speaker 1: overrun you, So do not be afraid. Live in gratitude

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Speaker 1: to God and watch his blessings manifest in your life.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com.

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