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Sleep Meditation for Calming an Overactive Mind, Abide Sleep GUIDE A HEART RENEWED - Abide Meditation App · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Find rest as you listen to this peaceful bedtime story.
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  Speaker 2: How would you consider tenderness a weakness or a strength? Unfortunately,
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  Speaker 2: it seems in our culture that tenderness is often portrayed
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  Speaker 2: as weakness. But Ephesians four thirty two says, be kind
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  Speaker 2: to one another, tender hearted forgiving one another, as God
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  Speaker 2: in Christ forgave you. So according to this verse, God
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  Speaker 2: was tender hearted towards you when he forgave you. Yet
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  Speaker 2: no one would consider God as weak, would they. It
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  Speaker 2: takes strength to be tender hearted and kind towards those
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  Speaker 2: who've wronged you or hurt or even disappointed you. Without
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  Speaker 2: a tender soft heart, it's impossible to forgive others, and
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  Speaker 2: your relationships will end up suffering. Now take an honest
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  Speaker 2: look at the condition of your heart. Is it tender
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  Speaker 2: towards God and towards others? Or is it calloused and
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  Speaker 2: hardened from life's challenges. Remember, God wants to renew your
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  Speaker 2: heart and make it tender towards Him and others. He
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  Speaker 2: wants to remove your stony heart and give you a soft,
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  Speaker 2: tender heart that feels compassion and love and life. Will
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  Speaker 2: you allow Him to renew your heart today? This time
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  Speaker 2: of meditation will be guided, but always feel free just
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  Speaker 2: to pause the app if you sense that the Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit wants you to explore something more deeply with him. Now,
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  Speaker 2: begin to still your mind, body, and heart before the
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  Speaker 2: Lord as we pray together. Father, I want to be
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  Speaker 2: tender hearted, kind and compassionate like you. Would you please
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  Speaker 2: renew my heart? Remove any hardness, unforgiveness, or bitter root
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  Speaker 2: that's there, and would you please replace it with your presence,
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  Speaker 2: healing your life. Thank you for always being tender towards me,
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  Speaker 2: for caring and loving me.
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  Speaker 3: Help me to.
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  Speaker 2: Always treat others the way that you have so graciously
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  Speaker 2: and tenderly treated me. And it's in your name, I pray, Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Cultivating a tender heart is all about letting God pour
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  Speaker 2: his tenderness into you so you can pour it out
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  Speaker 2: on others. Take a few moments as we begin and
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  Speaker 2: just allow God's tenderness to overwhelm you. You don't need
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  Speaker 2: to do anything right now, just be and receive. Take
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  Speaker 2: some deep breaths, and become more aware of his deep
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  Speaker 2: compassion and his tenderness towards you. Now take some time
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  Speaker 2: to evaluate your attitudes, your thoughts, your actions. Is there
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  Speaker 2: anything that may be keeping you from connecting with God.
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  Speaker 2: Ask him to forgive you and make you new. Let
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  Speaker 2: him renew your mind, your heart, and your body. Then
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  Speaker 2: thank Him for cleansing you and making you write with him.
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  Speaker 2: Thank him for his tenderness towards you. God is full
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  Speaker 2: of tenderness towards his creation, and his tenderness never runs
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  Speaker 2: out on you. Begin to center yourself on the tender
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  Speaker 2: mercy and compassion of Christ. He's our perfect example of
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  Speaker 2: both strength and tenderness. Let yourself experience new levels of
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  Speaker 2: that tender compassion. As I read Ephesians four thirty two,
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  Speaker 2: be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving one another,
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  Speaker 2: as God in Christ forgave you. What stood out to
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  Speaker 2: you from that passage. Listen closely again Ephesians four thirty two.
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  Speaker 2: Be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving one another,
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  Speaker 2: as God in Christ forgave you. What's God speaking to
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  Speaker 2: you today through this verse? Meditate more deeply on that
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  Speaker 2: forgiveness comes from a heart that's kind and tender. If
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  Speaker 2: your heart isn't soft and compassionate toward others, You may
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  Speaker 2: find it's more difficult to forgive. You may find it's
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  Speaker 2: harder to let go of past hurts and disappointments. If
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  Speaker 2: you're in a place where you're finding it hard to forgive,
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  Speaker 2: could it be because your heart isn't tender? Over the
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  Speaker 2: next few moments, why don't you allow the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: to reveal the condition of your heart today? Let him
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  Speaker 2: work in you as you rest in him. Now listen
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  Speaker 2: to Ephesians four thirty two from the Amplified Bible. Be
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  Speaker 2: kind and helpful to one another, tenderhearted, compassionate, understanding, forgiving
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  Speaker 2: one another readily and freely, just as God in Christ
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  Speaker 2: also forgave you. Did you hear something different this time?
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  Speaker 2: Focus on that in deeper meditation for a few moments.
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  Speaker 2: According to this verse, being tenderhearted includes being compassionate and
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  Speaker 2: understanding toward others. This can be a lot easier said
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  Speaker 2: than done, can it. Well, that's where crying out to
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  Speaker 2: the Lord for his grace comes in. Just ask He
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  Speaker 2: wants to empower you to do what you know you
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  Speaker 2: can't do on your own. Is there someone you need
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  Speaker 2: to be more compassionate and understanding towards. Ask God to
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  Speaker 2: show you that person, and then allow his strength to
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  Speaker 2: infiltrate your life heart. When you feel like someone understands you,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, really understand you, there's a deeper connection, isn't there.
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  Speaker 2: There's no one who understands you better than God. He
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  Speaker 2: understands your deepest hopes and fears, your hurts and disappointments.
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  Speaker 2: Rest for a few moments in his presence right now,
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  Speaker 2: letting his peace and compassion flood you with a thankful heart.
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  Speaker 2: Now one last time, listen to Ephesians four thirty two
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  Speaker 2: from the message translation, be gentle with one another, sensitive,
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  Speaker 2: forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in
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  Speaker 2: Christ forgave you. Take a moment and consider this. Are
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  Speaker 2: you gentle and sensitive toward others? What about those who
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  Speaker 2: are closest to you, like your family? Allow God to
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  Speaker 2: shine his light his truth into your heart. Forgiving others
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  Speaker 2: as quickly and thoroughly as God forgave you is far
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  Speaker 2: from easy, isn't it? But that's exactly what this passage says.
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  Speaker 2: Is it easy or difficult for you to forgive quickly
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  Speaker 2: and thoroughly?
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  Speaker 3: And why.
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  Speaker 2: When we get our eyes off of what the other
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  Speaker 2: person did and onto how compassionate and tender God has
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  Speaker 2: been toward us. It's a lot easier to let things
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  Speaker 2: go for the next few moments. Focus on God's tremendous,
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  Speaker 2: tenderhearted compassion in your life. In Ezekiel thirty six, twenty six,
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  Speaker 2: God promises to give you a new heart and a
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  Speaker 2: new spirit. He said, I will take out your stony,
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  Speaker 2: stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart. Do
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  Speaker 2: you need to allow God to do this for you?
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  Speaker 2: See yourself lying down on his heavenly operating table. Just
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  Speaker 2: relax as he does a heart transplant in you. Spiritually speaking,
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  Speaker 2: see him remove your stubborn, unforgiving and harsh heart. Can
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  Speaker 2: you feel him pouring in his tenderness and compassion in
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  Speaker 2: its place. Let's close our time together with a word
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  Speaker 2: of prayer. Precious Father, I am so thankful for your
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  Speaker 2: tenderness and compassion towards me. No one cares for me
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  Speaker 2: like you do. I love you, Lord, but I also
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  Speaker 2: realize I'm not as tender hearted and gentle as I
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  Speaker 2: know you want me to be, So please forgive me.
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  Speaker 2: I need you to do a deep work in my
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  Speaker 2: heart and I open myself up to your transforming power.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you for helping me to be kind, forgiving, and
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  Speaker 2: tender towards others in Jesus name. Amen, you may face
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  Speaker 2: the situation today that requires you to be tender and compassionate, understanding,
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  Speaker 2: and gentle instead of harsh and impatient. Why don't you
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  Speaker 2: spend a little more time with the Lord right now
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  Speaker 2: and soak in his presence. Just allow his tenderness and
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  Speaker 2: compassion to completely infiltrate your heart and be still before
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  Speaker 2: him as you listen to the music or journal about
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  Speaker 2: what he's showing you today, as you continue to abide
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  Speaker 2: in him. Are you judging or condemning others with your words, thoughts,
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  Speaker 2: or actions. Have you ever served on a jury. It's
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  Speaker 2: a huge responsibility when you think about it, having the
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  Speaker 2: power to judge and condemn another person to jail or death.
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  Speaker 2: But this is exactly what we're doing every time we
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  Speaker 2: judge another person. Jesus taught in Luke six point thirty seven.
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  Speaker 2: Judge not and you will not be judged. Condemn not
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  Speaker 2: and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will
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  Speaker 2: be forgiven. Condemning someone includes disapproving of them or declaring
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  Speaker 2: them guilty because you have judged them. When you judge
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  Speaker 2: and condemn others, you're basically saying you're better than they are.
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  Speaker 2: And this is pride. Pride is something God warns us
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  Speaker 2: about over and over in the Bible. If you spend
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  Speaker 2: time digging up the root of your sin, you'll find
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  Speaker 2: that pride is at the heart of it. Pride tells
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  Speaker 2: us we are better, we deserve more, or that we're
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  Speaker 2: entitled to something that others are not. What a deceiver
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  Speaker 2: pride is, and what a divider it is. If you
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  Speaker 2: make it a habit to criticize others, then you can
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  Speaker 2: be sure they're going to treat you the same way.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, no one likes to feel condemned or judged
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  Speaker 2: by others, So if you feel like people are especially
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  Speaker 2: critical or judgmental towards you, it might be a good
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  Speaker 2: idea to spend some time doing a heart check on yourself.
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  Speaker 2: God wants you to be free to love without judgment.
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  Speaker 2: If you're in the habit of finding fault with others,
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  Speaker 2: open your heart and your spirit to the Lord today.
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  Speaker 2: He has transforming power. Block out every distraction over the
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  Speaker 2: next few minutes and quiet yourself before him. As we prepare,
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  Speaker 2: let's go to the Lord in prayer together. Father, I
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  Speaker 2: don't like it when people are critical or judgmental towards me,
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  Speaker 2: So I don't want to be like that toward others.
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  Speaker 2: I know better than anyone else, and I don't want
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  Speaker 2: to act like I think I am. I submit myself
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  Speaker 2: to you and ask you to renew my heart, my spirit,
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  Speaker 2: and my mind. Help me to step out of the
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  Speaker 2: jury box and encourage others instead. In Jesus' name and
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  Speaker 2: for his glory.
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: I really hope this time of longer meditation will help
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  Speaker 2: you explore some deeper areas of your heart and that
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  Speaker 2: you'll connect with God through deeper truths. So as we begin,
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  Speaker 2: take a few deep and centering breaths. Just focus on
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  Speaker 2: the mercies of God and on the closeness of His presence.
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  Speaker 2: Place your hand on your heart as a symbol of
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  Speaker 2: your openness and willingness to receive all that He has
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  Speaker 2: for you.
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  Speaker 3: Today.
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  Speaker 2: We often think of God as our savior and Lord,
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  Speaker 2: but he's also our judge. When the blood of Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is applied to your life, you stand uncondemned. What areas
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  Speaker 2: of your life do you need the blood of Jesus
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  Speaker 2: to cover for you? Why don't you confess your sins,
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  Speaker 2: your shortcomings and failures to Him right now, allow his
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  Speaker 2: blood to wash away all the guilt and shame, and
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  Speaker 2: just rest in these few moments in his redeeming love.
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  Speaker 3: God is the.
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  Speaker 2: Judge, and only he has the power and the wisdom
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  Speaker 2: to declare us guilty for the wrongs that we've done.
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  Speaker 2: But because of Jesus and his perfect sacrifice on that cross,
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  Speaker 2: we are no longer condemned. We're free. There's no condemnation
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  Speaker 2: for those who are in Christ. So reflect on the
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  Speaker 2: freedom that you have in Christ and rejoice in it
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  Speaker 2: as you listen closely to James five nine. Judge not,
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  Speaker 2: and you will not be judged. Condemn not, and you
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  Speaker 2: will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven.
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  Speaker 2: What caught your attention in that passage as I read
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  Speaker 2: it today? Why don't you listen carefully again James five nine,
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  Speaker 2: Judge not, and you will not be judged. Condemn not,
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  Speaker 2: and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will
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  Speaker 2: be forgiven. Reflect here on what God is saying to
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  Speaker 2: you through this verse, declaring that someone is guilty or
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  Speaker 2: at fault is a position of pride. You're putting yourself
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  Speaker 2: over the other person by judging their thoughts, their words,
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  Speaker 2: or actions. And after you've major judgment, you sentenced them
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  Speaker 2: as being a certain type of person or having certain motives.
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  Speaker 2: The problem with this is that only God can see
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  Speaker 2: their heart. He's the only one who can judge the
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  Speaker 2: things of a person's life because only He is all knowing.
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  Speaker 2: Pause and reflect. How can judging others backfire on you?
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  Speaker 3: Now?
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  Speaker 2: Listen to Luke six point thirty seven from the contemporary
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  Speaker 2: English version. Jesus said, don't judge others and God won't
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  Speaker 2: judge you. Don't be hard on others, and God won't
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  Speaker 2: be hard on you. Forgive others, and God will forgive you.
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  Speaker 2: Did you hear something different this time?
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  Speaker 3: Why don't you.
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  Speaker 2: Quietly focus there in deeper meditation? According to this verse,
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  Speaker 2: there's a clear connection between how you treat others and
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  Speaker 2: how God treats you. Do you struggle with feeling condemnation
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  Speaker 2: from God instead of mercy? Could it be possible that
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  Speaker 2: you feel this way because you may be judging or
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  Speaker 2: finding fault, blaming and not forgiving others. Why didn't you
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  Speaker 2: reflect on this for a few moments. Refusing to condemn
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  Speaker 2: and judge others can help you to live a more
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  Speaker 2: peaceful life. Earlier in Luke's six, Jesus says, due to
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  Speaker 2: others as you would like for them to do to you,
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  Speaker 2: and you must be compassionate, just as your father is compassionate.
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  Speaker 2: When you treat others compassionately how you want to be treated,
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  Speaker 2: there's so much less drama and a lot more peace
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  Speaker 2: in your life. How do these verses relate to not
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  Speaker 2: condemning others? Listen one last time to Luke six point
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  Speaker 2: thirty seven, this time from the amplified Bible. Judge not
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  Speaker 2: neither pronouncing judgment nor subjecting to censure, and you will
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  Speaker 2: not be judged. Do not condemn and pronounce guilty, and
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  Speaker 2: you will not be condemned and pronounced guilty. Acquit and
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  Speaker 2: forgive and release, give up resentment, Let it drop, and
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  Speaker 2: you will be acquitted and forgiven and released. Acting as
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  Speaker 2: judge over other people takes a lot of energy, and
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  Speaker 2: it steals your joy, robs your peace, and invites chaos
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  Speaker 2: and criticism. Instead, choose to release everyone from your judgment
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  Speaker 2: and declare everyone innocent. Take a few moments and let
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  Speaker 2: every judgment go. Later on, in Luke chapter six, Jesus
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  Speaker 2: describes how people try to remove a speck from their
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  Speaker 2: brother's eye while they have a log in their own eye.
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  Speaker 2: He finished, first, take the log out of your own eye,
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  Speaker 2: and then you'll see clearly to take out the speck
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  Speaker 2: that's in your brother's eye. Are you guilty of trying
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  Speaker 2: to help someone with a minor flaw while you may
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  Speaker 2: have an enormous fault? Clearly, there are times when we
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  Speaker 2: should lovingly help others with a fault in their life.
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  Speaker 2: But it's important that we examine ourselves first and make
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  Speaker 2: sure our motives are pure. It's important that we know
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  Speaker 2: that we're doing it to make right, not to be right.
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  Speaker 2: How can you ensure your motives are right?
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  Speaker 3: Now?
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  Speaker 2: Remember the last time that you may have condemned someone,
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  Speaker 2: perhaps you blamed someone at work for something, or faulted
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  Speaker 2: a family member at home at tension and unrest that
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  Speaker 2: it caused between the two of you, and visualize yourself
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  Speaker 2: responding with compassion next time and enjoying peace with God
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  Speaker 2: and others as a result. Let's close our time together
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  Speaker 2: with prayer. Precious Father, I know that condemning and judging
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  Speaker 2: others is not my place. I have no right to
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  Speaker 2: criticize anyone, and it only causes strife and trouble between
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  Speaker 2: me others.
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  Speaker 3: And you.
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  Speaker 2: Help me to always treat others the way I want
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  Speaker 2: to be treated. Would you please remove any pride from
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  Speaker 2: my heart and transform and renew my mind with your word?
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  Speaker 2: Thank you Lord.
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Try to remain here with the Lord as long as
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  Speaker 2: you need to, and just listen to the music or
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  Speaker 2: journal what he's placing on your heart. Allow him to
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  Speaker 2: do a deep work in your heart of renewing and
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  Speaker 2: transforming work. It may be painful, but it's worth it.
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  Speaker 2: You may feel tempted to condemn or criticize someone today,
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  Speaker 2: so in that moment, just remember what the Lord has
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  Speaker 2: taught you in these moments with him, and ask the
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  Speaker 2: Lord to give you strength, to fill you with his presence,
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  Speaker 2: and to help you as you abide in him. Does
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  Speaker 2: it seem impossible to offer unlimited forgiveness to those who've
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  Speaker 2: hurt or sinned against you? When was the last time
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  Speaker 2: you went to the beach. Maybe you walked through the
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  Speaker 2: sand with your bare feet. What a great feeling, right?
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  Speaker 2: But what if I told you, hey, count the grains
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  Speaker 2: of sand under your feet. You'd think I was crazy,
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't you? Well? In Matthew eighteen twenty one through twenty two,
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  Speaker 2: Peter thought Jesus was crazy too. Here's the situation. Then
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  Speaker 2: Peter came up and said to him, Lord, how often
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  Speaker 2: will my brother sin against me? And I forgive him
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  Speaker 2: as many as seven times? Jesus said to him, I
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  Speaker 2: do not say to you seven times, but seventy seven times.
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  Speaker 2: So did Jesus really mean that you're supposed to forgive
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  Speaker 2: someone seventy seven times? No, what he meant was that,
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  Speaker 2: no matter how often they sin against you, you should
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  Speaker 2: forgive people. Does this seem unreasonable to you or even impossible?
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  Speaker 2: As impossible as counting the grains of sand on the seashore? Exactly?
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  Speaker 2: That's the point. Do you limit how many times you
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  Speaker 2: forgive others? Or do you offer unlimited forgiveness just like
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  Speaker 2: your heavenly fire. As you continue with this time of
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  Speaker 2: guided meditation, remember you are always free to pause the
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  Speaker 2: app as often as you need to. We want you
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  Speaker 2: to focus on what the Holy Spirit is speaking to
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  Speaker 2: your heart personally. Now, begin to quiet yourself before the
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  Speaker 2: Lord and open your soul and your spirit to receive
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  Speaker 2: as we pray together. Father, I can't thank you enough
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  Speaker 2: for forgiving me over and over again. I know you
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  Speaker 2: want me to do the same thing when people hurt
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  Speaker 2: or sin against me, but it can be so hard sometimes,
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  Speaker 2: so I humbly ask you to pour your grace into
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  Speaker 2: me so I'll have the power to offer that unlimited
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  Speaker 2: forgiveness like you give to me. I receive your love
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  Speaker 2: and your strength right now in Jesus name.
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: Extending unlimited forgiveness to others starts with really grasping the
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  Speaker 2: limited forgiveness that God gives you. So as you prepare
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  Speaker 2: for this time of longer meditation, focus on his limitless forgiveness.
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  Speaker 2: Just breathe in his unlimited love and peace. Allow your body,
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  Speaker 2: your mind, and your spirit to find their home in
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  Speaker 2: His presence right now, and let your awareness of all
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  Speaker 2: that He is increase in these few moments. Now, take
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  Speaker 2: some time to confess to the Lord anything that may
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  Speaker 2: be trying to hinder you from this time with him.
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  Speaker 2: Ask the Holy Spirit to show you any thoughts or
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  Speaker 2: actions or even attitudes that violate His standards, and then
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  Speaker 2: thank Him for his unlimited forgivenes towards you. He's always
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  Speaker 2: willing to forgive you no matter how many times you
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  Speaker 2: need his forgiveness. God's forgiveness and love are endless. They're limitless.
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  Speaker 2: Let go of everything else that's trying to distract you
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  Speaker 2: today and just center yourself on the truth of his endless,
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  Speaker 2: limitless forgiveness and love. There's nothing you can do to
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  Speaker 2: earn it or even deserve it. It's just who he
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  Speaker 2: is and what he does. So allow gratitude to rise
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  Speaker 2: deep within you as you prepare to listen carefully to
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  Speaker 2: Matthew eighteen twenty one through twenty two. Then Peter came
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  Speaker 2: up and said to him, Lord, how often will my
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  Speaker 2: brother sin against me? And I forget him as many
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  Speaker 2: as seven times? Jesus said to him, I do not
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  Speaker 2: say to you seven times, but seventy seven times? What
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  Speaker 2: stood out to you from that passage here? Listen closely
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  Speaker 2: again Matthew eighteen twenty one through twenty two. Then Peter
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  Speaker 2: came up and said to him, Lord, how often will
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  Speaker 2: my brother sin against me? And I forgive him as
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  Speaker 2: many as seven times? Jesus said to him, I do
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  Speaker 2: not say to you seven times, but seventy seven times?
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  Speaker 2: What is God saying to you through this verse today?
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  Speaker 2: Why don't you meditate more deeply on that? Jesus's answer
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  Speaker 2: to Peter's question must have shocked him a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Peter thought he was being spiritual so godly if he
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  Speaker 2: was going to forgive someone up to seven times. But
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  Speaker 2: being godly is forgiving without limit, isn't it without judging
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  Speaker 2: or keeping a record of how many times someone wrongs you?
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  Speaker 2: Why don't you pause and reflect?
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  Speaker 3: Now?
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  Speaker 2: Does that describe you? Do you forgive freely without limit?
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  Speaker 2: Or do you keep track of how many times someone
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  Speaker 2: wrongs you? Now? Listen to Matthew eighteen twenty one through
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  Speaker 2: twenty two from the message translation. At that point, Peter
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  Speaker 2: got up the nerve to ask Master, how many times
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  Speaker 2: do I forgive a brother or sister who hurts me? Seven?
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  Speaker 2: Jesus replied, seven, hardly, try seventy times seven. Did you
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  Speaker 2: hear anything unusual or surprising that time? Focus in on
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  Speaker 2: that in deeper meditation for a few moments. Can you
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  Speaker 2: just hear Peter feeling proud of himself for being willing
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  Speaker 2: to forgive someone who hurts him seven times? And then
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  Speaker 2: Jesus comes along and sets him straight. Doesn't he Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is good at setting us straight. He wants us to
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  Speaker 2: be like him, like our heavenly Father, who forgives without limit.
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  Speaker 2: He never runs out. Pause, and thank God for his
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  Speaker 2: example of unlimited forgiveness. In some versions, Jesus says we
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  Speaker 2: should forgive seventy seven times. Other versions say seventy times seven,
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  Speaker 2: which would be four hundred and ninety if my math
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  Speaker 2: is correct. Either way, the picture is the same. Christ's
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  Speaker 2: disciples forgive continually, no matter how much it hurts, whether
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  Speaker 2: it was intentional or not. Do you continually offer forgiveness
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  Speaker 2: to others? Now? One last time? Listened to Matthew eighteen
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  Speaker 2: twenty one through twenty two from the Passion Translation. Later,
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  Speaker 2: Peter approached Jesus and said, how many times do I
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  Speaker 2: have to forgive my fellow believer who keeps offending me?
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  Speaker 2: Seven times? Jesus answered not seven times, Peter, but seventy
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  Speaker 2: times seven times. Instead of noticing what Jesus said here,
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  Speaker 2: notice what he didn't say. He didn't say if they're
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  Speaker 2: really sorry, or if they apologize, or he didn't even say,
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  Speaker 2: if you feel like it, then forgive them. Pause and
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  Speaker 2: consider this. Do you forgive regardless of your feelings or
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  Speaker 2: what the other person does or doesn't do. Offering unconditional
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  Speaker 2: forgiveness towards someone who keeps offending or hurting you is
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  Speaker 2: not easy in your own strength, it's actually impossible. But
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  Speaker 2: with God, all things are possible. And this is where
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  Speaker 2: grace comes. In His grace that empowers you to do
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  Speaker 2: what you can't do on your own. Now, breathe as
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  Speaker 2: you inhale, receive his grace to forgive without limit. Colossians
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  Speaker 2: three thirteen says, make allowance for each other's faults and
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  Speaker 2: forgive anyone who offends you. Remember the Lord forgave you,
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  Speaker 2: so you must forgive others. How do you respond when
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  Speaker 2: someone offends you? Do you make allowance and let it go,
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  Speaker 2: or do you hold on to it holding a grudge?
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  Speaker 2: Pause and reflect. Now, close your eyes and think of
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  Speaker 2: someone who recently offended you or hurts you. Maybe it
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  Speaker 2: wasn't on purpose, and maybe it was, but no matter what,
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  Speaker 2: see yourself making allowance for that fault. Visualize yourself letting
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  Speaker 2: it go, just like God forgives you for your faults.
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  Speaker 2: Let's close our time together today with a word of prayer.
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  Speaker 2: Father God, I know I need your forgiveness over and
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  Speaker 2: over again. So thank you for your unlimited forgiveness towards me.
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  Speaker 2: You're so patient. Would you help me to walk in
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  Speaker 2: forgiveness towards everyone. I don't want to keep track of
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  Speaker 2: my offenses or hurt anymore. It just weighs me down.
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  Speaker 2: So help me remember that others make mistakes just like
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  Speaker 2: I do, and would you give me the grace to
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  Speaker 2: forgive them without limits? In Jesus name, Amen, As this
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  Speaker 2: time of meditation ends today, just remember that keeping track
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  Speaker 2: of the wrongs done to you is like trying to
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  Speaker 2: count the sand on the beach. Instead, why don't you
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  Speaker 2: decide ahead of time that today, if someone hurts or
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  Speaker 2: even offends you, you'll forgive them and let it go.
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  Speaker 2: Make allowance for that fault, because that's what the Lord
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  Speaker 2: does for you. Allow God's grace to fill you now
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  Speaker 2: and empower you to forgive as you continue to abide
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  Speaker 2: closely with Him today. What is the biggest thing you
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  Speaker 2: can do to show your gratitude to the Lord for
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  Speaker 2: his forgiveness and mercy towards you. You may think serving him,
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  Speaker 2: following him, or worshiping him for the rest of your
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  Speaker 2: life would be good ways to start, and they are,
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  Speaker 2: but I think there's an even better way. In Mark
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  Speaker 2: eleven twenty five, Jesus taught and whenever you stand praying,
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  Speaker 2: forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father, also,
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  Speaker 2: who is in heaven, may forgive you your trespasses. He
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  Speaker 2: doesn't want you to hold that person captive anymore. He
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  Speaker 2: wants you to let them go. He wants you to
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  Speaker 2: release them from any perceived or real wrongdoing. Let that
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  Speaker 2: situation go. It's only chaining you to the past and
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  Speaker 2: holding your emotions captive. Forgiveness unchained that person or situation
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  Speaker 2: from you so it can weigh you down anymore. Setting
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  Speaker 2: them free frees you. Who should you forgive or what
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  Speaker 2: situation can you let go of? In order to show
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  Speaker 2: your appreciation to the Lord for his forgiveness and love
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  Speaker 2: towards you. Our time together will be guided, but please
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  Speaker 2: feel free to pause the app to allow the Holy
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  Speaker 2: Spirit to surround you and bring healing in revelation. Now
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  Speaker 2: find peace of stillness in your mind, spirit, and body,
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  Speaker 2: and prepare yourself to receive from God. Let's go to
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  Speaker 2: him first in prayer, and then we'll meditate. On Mark
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  Speaker 2: eleven twenty five. Father, I know you want me to
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  Speaker 2: let things go and not hold anything against anyone. That
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  Speaker 2: can be so hard because my hurt and pain are
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  Speaker 2: very real. But God, you wouldn't have told me to
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  Speaker 2: forgive if it weren't possible. So I choose to forgive
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  Speaker 2: everyone who's wronged me, choose to set them free. I
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  Speaker 2: receive your healing and your strength to continually forgive others. God,
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  Speaker 2: and it's in your son's precious name, I pray Amen.
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  Speaker 2: When you've been hurt, it can be really hard to
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  Speaker 2: let it go to forgive. But if we want God
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  Speaker 2: to forgive us, it's clear in the scriptures that he
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  Speaker 2: expects us to forgive others. We're going to explore this
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  Speaker 2: topic more in the next few moments, so before we do,
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  Speaker 2: let's take some deep and relaxing breaths. Let go of
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  Speaker 2: any distractions. Just be with the Lord right now. Settle
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  Speaker 2: into his presence as you breathe, and recognize that He
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  Speaker 2: is with you right now. As God comes near, you
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  Speaker 2: probably notice some situations in your life that you may
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  Speaker 2: need to let go of, maybe even some people you
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  Speaker 2: need to forgive, some attitudes or thoughts you need to release.
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  Speaker 2: Do that now, feel free to give these to him.
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  Speaker 2: Don't allow anything to keep you from experiencing everything He
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  Speaker 2: has for you during this time today, and then thank
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  Speaker 2: Him for his mercy and grace. God is the master renewer.
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  Speaker 2: He delights in making everything new, and he wants to
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  Speaker 2: renew your heart. He wants to take your heart of
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  Speaker 2: stone and give you a heart of flesh, a heart
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  Speaker 2: that feels again, a heart that's soft before him, a
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  Speaker 2: heart that can for give. So right now, open your
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  Speaker 2: heart to him and let him soften it as you
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  Speaker 2: listen to Mark eleven twenty five. And whenever you stand praying,
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  Speaker 2: forgive if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father,
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  Speaker 2: who is in heaven, may forgive your trespasses. Did anything
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  Speaker 2: stand out to you from that passage? Listen again carefully,
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  Speaker 2: and whenever you stand praying forgive if you have anything
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  Speaker 2: against anyone, so that your Father, also, who's in heaven,
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  Speaker 2: may forgive you your trespasses, allow the Holy Spirit to
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  Speaker 2: speak to you for the next several moments about how
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  Speaker 2: this applies to your life. According to this verse, Jesus
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  Speaker 2: is saying that if we want God to forgive us
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  Speaker 2: for the wrongs that we've done, then we need to
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  Speaker 2: be willing to forgive others. Have you ever felt like
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  Speaker 2: God won't forgive you? Could it be that you're not
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  Speaker 2: experiencing God's forgiveness in your life because you're unwilling to
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  Speaker 2: forgive others. Take a few moments and ponder this with
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  Speaker 2: the Lord. Now listen to Mark eleven twenty five from
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  Speaker 2: the New Living Translation. But when you're praying, first, forgive
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  Speaker 2: anyone you're holding a grudge against, so that your Father
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  Speaker 2: in heaven will forgive your sins too. Did you hear
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  Speaker 2: something different or surprising this time? Why don't you focus
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  Speaker 2: on that now for a few quiet moments. You may
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  Speaker 2: think that holding a grudge against someone protects you in
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  Speaker 2: some way or teaches the other person a lesson, But
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  Speaker 2: it does neither. It only keeps you in chains. Chains
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  Speaker 2: of bitterness and unforgiveness. Grudges separate spouses, families, and friends.
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  Speaker 2: Have you ever considered that holding a grudge might actually
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  Speaker 2: be a form of unforgiveness. Why don't you ask the
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  Speaker 2: Lord to show you any grudges that you might be
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  Speaker 2: holding against someone. Holding a grudge isn't just unforgiveness, it's sin,
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  Speaker 2: and sin separate rate you from God and prevents you
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  Speaker 2: from having a closer relationship with him. Is it possible
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  Speaker 2: that the distance that you've been feeling between you and
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  Speaker 2: God lately could be because of an unresolved grudge towards someone.
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  Speaker 2: Take a few quiet moments and ask the Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 2: to reveal to you if this could be true for you.
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  Speaker 2: Now listen one last time to Mark eleven twenty five.
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  Speaker 2: This time it's the Passion translation. And whenever you stand praying,
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  Speaker 2: if you find that you're carrying something in your heart
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  Speaker 2: against another person, release him and forgive him, so that
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  Speaker 2: your Father in heaven will also release you and forgive
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  Speaker 2: you of your faults. Jesus parable in Matthew eighteen told
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  Speaker 2: about an unforgiving servant. A servant owed the king tens
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  Speaker 2: of thousands of dollars and was headed for jail along
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  Speaker 2: with his family, but he begged the king for mercy.
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  Speaker 2: The king did forgive that debt, and the man went free.
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  Speaker 2: But the man's fellow servant owed him about one hundred dollars,
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  Speaker 2: so he seized him and demanded that he pay it all,
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  Speaker 2: But when he couldn't, the man threw him in jail.
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  Speaker 2: This is a picture of God. Forgiving us of an
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  Speaker 2: enormous amount, Yet we're sometimes unwilling to forgive others for
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  Speaker 2: a lot less. Do you find it difficult or easy
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  Speaker 2: to let go and release others when they've wronged you.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus called the unforgiving servant wicked because he didn't show mercy,
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  Speaker 2: even though he had received so much mercy himself. He
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  Speaker 2: was thrown in jail and chained. Do you think it
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  Speaker 2: would be easier to forgive others if you really understood
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  Speaker 2: how much God has forgiven you? Consider this truth for
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  Speaker 2: a few quiet moments with the Lord. Take some time
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  Speaker 2: now and look deep into your heart. Are you carrying
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  Speaker 2: something against someone? Maybe it's recent, maybe it's from years ago.
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  Speaker 2: Can you see the chains around your heart? Please don't
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  Speaker 2: let those chains of bitterness and unforgiveness keep you in bondage.
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  Speaker 2: See those chains coming off your heart as you forgive others.
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  Speaker 2: Let's send our time together with prayer, Heavenly Father. I
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  Speaker 2: choose to let go of unforgiveness toward everyone right now.
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  Speaker 2: I want to let go of grudges, and I set
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  Speaker 2: every person free. No one owes me anything. I don't
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  Speaker 2: want to be like the wicked servant who received mercy
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  Speaker 2: but wouldn't give mercy. Would you help me to always
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  Speaker 2: remember how much you've forgiven of me? Father, renew my
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  Speaker 2: heart and help me to forgive freely, just like you
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  Speaker 2: do in Jesus' name.
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  Speaker 3: Amen.
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  Speaker 2: As you go about your day today, just remember you
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  Speaker 2: don't need to receive an apology in order to forgive someone.
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  Speaker 2: Forgiveness is something you do by choice. It's about releasing
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  Speaker 2: the other person, letting go, setting them free, and in
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  Speaker 2: the process you become free. So if you can rest
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 2: in this place with the Lord a little longer and
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 2: just think about how much he's forgiven of you, thank
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  Speaker 2: him for his mercy towards you, and invite him to
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  Speaker 2: search and renew your heart. Allow him to show you
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  Speaker 2: any grudges or unforgiveness, and you'll find that the more
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  Speaker 2: you let go, the more closely you'll be able to
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 2: abide with him. When was the last time that you
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  Speaker 2: had to carry something that was really heavy? Maybe it
• 1:01:12
  Speaker 2: was groceries from the car or a growing toddler on
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 2: your hip, Maybe it was camping gear or something like that,
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 2: and you were determined to make it in one trip. Well,
• 1:01:24
  Speaker 2: no matter the situation, it sure can put a strain
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 2: on you to carry a heavy load, can it, Well,
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  Speaker 2: it's the same with your sin. God never wanted your
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  Speaker 2: sin to weigh you down and to crush you, so
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  Speaker 2: he sent Jesus to carry them to the cross and
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  Speaker 2: to free you forever. First John one nine says, if
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  Speaker 2: we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
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  Speaker 2: forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• 1:01:56
  Speaker 2: In order to receive God's forgiveness and cleansing, all all
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  Speaker 2: you need to do is admit you're wrongdoing This can
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 2: be challenging sometimes because human nature says we need to
• 1:02:07
  Speaker 2: hide our sins, not confess them. Today. Are you in
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  Speaker 2: need of God's forgiveness and cleansing in your life? He
• 1:02:16
  Speaker 2: wants to free you from that weight of your sins today.
• 1:02:19
  Speaker 2: I hope you'll pause the app often today as you
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  Speaker 2: meditate and allow the Holy Spirit to interrupt and show
• 1:02:26
  Speaker 2: you a new revelation or a truth. So settle into
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  Speaker 2: wherever you are right now and begin to open your mind, spirit,
• 1:02:34
  Speaker 2: and body to the Lord as we pray together, Jesus,
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  Speaker 2: thank you for loving me so much that you died
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  Speaker 2: on the cross to remove my sins. And to make
• 1:02:45
  Speaker 2: me write with you, I'm tired of being weighed down
• 1:02:48
  Speaker 2: by my sins and I admit I was wrong, I
• 1:02:52
  Speaker 2: fallen short of your standards. Would you forgive and cleanse
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  Speaker 2: me now and help me to live my life from
• 1:02:59
  Speaker 2: now on to please you instead of myself. And it's
• 1:03:03
  Speaker 2: in your name, I pray, Amen. The only thing God
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 2: wants to weigh us down is his presence and his glory.
• 1:03:12
  Speaker 2: So right now, allow the power of His forgiveness and
• 1:03:16
  Speaker 2: cleansing to totally overwhelm any guilt or shame that you
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 2: might be feeling. Just breathe in his presence and his goodness.
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 2: Become more aware of His deep love and his compassion
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  Speaker 2: towards you. Let this time of longer meditation awaken you
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  Speaker 2: to His mercy and grace. Is your sin weighing you
• 1:03:55
  Speaker 2: down right now, stealing your joy, making you feel dirty
• 1:04:00
  Speaker 2: or even unworthy of God's love. Humbly confess these things
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  Speaker 2: that are separating you from God, and then thank Him
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  Speaker 2: for being faithful and just to forgive and cleanse you
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  Speaker 2: every single time you ask, and let Him lift the
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 2: heaviness of your guilt and shame. Today feel forgiven and free.
• 1:04:37
  Speaker 2: God is faithful. He'll never let you down. In fact,
• 1:04:41
  Speaker 2: he can't fail you, and even when you fail him,
• 1:04:45
  Speaker 2: his love for you continues. Imagine that, why don't you
• 1:04:50
  Speaker 2: center yourself on his faithfulness. Let his faithfulness overwhelm your fears,
• 1:04:56
  Speaker 2: your failures, even your shortcomings. Allow his love to overflow
• 1:05:02
  Speaker 2: in your soul, spirit, and body. As you prepare to
• 1:05:06
  Speaker 2: listen carefully one John one nine. If we confess our sins,
• 1:05:12
  Speaker 2: he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
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  Speaker 2: and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Do any things
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 2: stand out to you from that passage as I read
• 1:05:23
  Speaker 2: it here? Listen closely again Ephesians four thirty two. If
• 1:05:29
  Speaker 2: we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
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  Speaker 2: forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• 1:05:40
  Speaker 2: What is God speaking to your heart today through this verse?
• 1:05:44
  Speaker 2: Meditate more deeply on that confession is powerful. It brings
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  Speaker 2: things from out of the dark and into the light.
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  Speaker 2: No more secrecy, no more hiding. In fact, confession is
• 1:06:29
  Speaker 2: the first step to freedom. When you confess your struggles
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  Speaker 2: and failures, they can't have power over you anymore. They
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 2: can't weigh you down. So pause and reflect, How can
• 1:06:43
  Speaker 2: the power of confession help to free you today? Now
• 1:07:17
  Speaker 2: listen to First John one nine from the amplified version.
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  Speaker 2: If we freely admit that we've sinned and confess our sins,
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 2: He's faithful and just, true to his own nature and
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  Speaker 2: promises and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 2: from all unrighteousness, our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with
• 1:07:40
  Speaker 2: His will and purpose. Did you hear something different this time?
• 1:07:46
  Speaker 2: Ask God for more insight as you sit here quietly
• 1:07:50
  Speaker 2: in deeper meditation for a few moments. God's forgiveness has
• 1:08:24
  Speaker 2: nothing to do with you deserving it. He offers forgiveness
• 1:08:28
  Speaker 2: because of who he is in his word, He's promised
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  Speaker 2: to cleanse you of your sins, not because of anything
• 1:08:35
  Speaker 2: you've done, but because of His goodness. Aren't you glad
• 1:08:40
  Speaker 2: we rely on Him and not ourselves for righteousness. We
• 1:08:44
  Speaker 2: couldn't measure up, could we in our own strength? Do
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  Speaker 2: you ever feel overwhelmed by your sins though, and allow
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 2: them to weigh you down? Just confess it, Allow the
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  Speaker 2: blood of Jesus to make you clean again. There's no
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  Speaker 2: sin that's too terrible, there's no failure too dirty. For
• 1:09:33
  Speaker 2: him to completely wash it away. But in this moment,
• 1:09:37
  Speaker 2: Jesus wants to remove your guilt and your shame as well,
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 2: So rest here in his presence. Just allow him to
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 2: come close. There's no need to hide.
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  Speaker 3: You don't need to.
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  Speaker 2: Carry that guilt anymore. Let him have that guilt and
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  Speaker 2: that shame, and enjoy his presence.