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Speaker 2: Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction

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Speaker 2: of things not seen Hebrews eleven. One, Heavenly Father, we

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Speaker 2: come to you with a prayer for faith. We humbly

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Speaker 2: ask you to increase our faith so that we can

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Speaker 2: have the courage to step out and into the unknown

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Speaker 2: with bravery. Give us the strength to trust in you

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Speaker 2: and make us comfortable with the unfamiliar. Help us walk

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Speaker 2: by faith, not by sight, confident that you will lead

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Speaker 2: the way. Give us a spirit of endurance, so that,

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Speaker 2: regardless of what obstacles come our way, we will persevere,

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Speaker 2: knowing that you are our faithful companion. Grant us the

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Speaker 2: assurance that you will reward those who diligently seek you,

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Speaker 2: and entrust us with the courage to face our future

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Speaker 2: with joy. In Jesus' name, we pray Amen. Thank you

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Speaker 2: for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's free podcast,

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Speaker 2: Meditative Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where you can draw

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Speaker 2: close to God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to your meditative prayer on sustained faith. To get

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Speaker 1: the most out of your spiritual journey, youspray dot com

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Speaker 1: every day and make prayer priority in your life. Our

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Speaker 1: goal for today's meditative prayer is sustained faith. Take a

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Speaker 1: moment to maybe pull away, rest, find a quiet, secluded

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Speaker 1: place where you can really focus your heart and mind,

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Speaker 1: close your eyes, maybe take a couple of deep cleansing,

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Speaker 1: feel the doubt, maybe fear leaving your body. And now

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Speaker 1: turn your gaze towards Jesus, open up your hearts of

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Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit. Ask him to minister to you. We're

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Speaker 1: going to be meditating on Hebrews eleven to one from

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Speaker 1: the King James version. Now, faith is the assurance of

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Speaker 1: things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Hope

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Speaker 1: you'll take a moment with me to pour out your love,

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Speaker 1: your adoration to God. Jesus, I praise you that you

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Speaker 1: are a man of your word. I give you all

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Speaker 1: honor and glory, for there is none like you. You're a

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Speaker 1: covenant seeking God, and all your words are true. I

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Speaker 1: worship you, for you and you alone are worthy of

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Speaker 1: my praise. Your faithfulness knows no end, you know. Faith

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Speaker 1: is belief in God. Faith is the knowledge that He

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Speaker 1: will do what he says he will do. Faith is

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Speaker 1: the intangible substance that fuels our relationship with God. It

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Speaker 1: can't be seen, but its effects can be seen. One

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Speaker 1: who has faith waits on God, trusts God to work

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Speaker 1: out his purposes for good. Is it hard sure? One

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Speaker 1: who has faith will remain in the fire and not

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Speaker 1: be burned. One who hasks faith will sleep in the

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Speaker 1: storm and know that no harm will come to him.

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Speaker 1: One who has faith will say, to the mountain, move

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Speaker 1: and it will move. Faith is the knowledge that at

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Speaker 1: some fixed point in the future, God's promises will manifest

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Speaker 1: in your life. Just as your past is a fixed

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Speaker 1: point behind you, your faith will see its fruits at

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Speaker 1: a fixed point in the future. It doesn't matter that

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Speaker 1: you don't know when it is. What matters is that

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Speaker 1: you believe it as surely as you know what happened before.

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Speaker 1: That's as certain you should be about what is to come.

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Speaker 1: That is faith. If you struggle with unbelief, I want

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Speaker 1: to say, you're not alone. Tell God, reach out to him,

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Speaker 1: confess your sin and unbelief to him. He's tender hearted

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Speaker 1: toward those who struggle in this area. Take a moment

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Speaker 1: now to dwell on God's faithfulness. Join with me and

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Speaker 1: thank God for the times when He increased your faith,

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Speaker 1: when you called out and asked him to help you

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Speaker 1: in your unbelief. Remember the times in the past when

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Speaker 1: you could see God's hand in motion. Think how far

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Speaker 1: your faith has stretched in the past, and how faithful

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Speaker 1: you've been to that Now. Thank God for his care

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Speaker 1: and the steadfastest in your life. Give thanks for the

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Speaker 1: moments when you saw God's promises manifest before your eyes.

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Speaker 1: Hope you never forget the God's present that He's listening

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Speaker 1: to you, and this is your opportunity to come before

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Speaker 1: Him and ask him for more faith. To ask the

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Speaker 1: Holy Spirit to minister the truth of God's carecharacter, and

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Speaker 1: identity to you. To ask him to enable you to

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Speaker 1: see your heavenly Father for who he truly is. Ask

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Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit to set you free from the clutches

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Speaker 1: of unbelief. Ask him to enable your heart to have

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Speaker 1: strength in moments of weakness and doubt. Ask the Holy

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Speaker 1: Spirit to enable you to let go of the fear.

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Speaker 1: To empower you to know and to live in the

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Speaker 1: truth of God, in the truth of his word, of

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Speaker 1: his promise, and his seal. Remember, faith means being sure

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Speaker 1: of the things we hope for. Faith means knowing that

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Speaker 1: something is real even if we don't see it. God

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Speaker 1: expects you to have faith in his word, to trust

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Speaker 1: that He is who he says as he is, and

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Speaker 1: to know that He will do what he promised. So

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Speaker 1: don't fear, don't let doubt overwhelm your heart and rob

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Speaker 1: you of your blessings. Be filled with faith in Christ,

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Speaker 1: and watch as that faith transforms your life. Thank you

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Speaker 1: prayer priority and strengthening your walk with God. I'm doctor

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