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Bible Guided Sleep Meditation Fall Asleep in God's Word In Under 3 Minutes - Abide Meditation App · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to this abide bedtime story, where you will be
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  Speaker 1: guided into a deep and peaceful sleep, hearing words of
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  Speaker 1: peace and comfort from the Bible. I'm James Sewood. Instead
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  Speaker 1: of your mind being filled with anxiety, you will be
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  Speaker 1: encouraged to think about the things that are true and lovely,
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  Speaker 1: honorable and pure, excellent and worthy of praise. Let God
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  Speaker 1: speak to your heart as you hear his word, So
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  Speaker 1: settle deeply into your bed. Let your head rest heavily
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  Speaker 1: on your pillow as you relax every muscle in your body.
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  Speaker 1: Take a deep, slow breath, hold it for a moment,
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  Speaker 1: and then release it. Feeling the tension of your day
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  Speaker 1: fade away. Feel the comfort of your warm covers, the
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  Speaker 1: peacefulness of this moment. Don't let in any distractions, Tell
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  Speaker 1: them to go away. This is your time to be
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  Speaker 1: with the Lord as he guides you into deep sleep
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  Speaker 1: without worry or concern. Keep breathing deeply and slowly as
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  Speaker 1: you listen, letting your body ease into sleep. Father God,
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  Speaker 1: I bring this child of yours before you today and
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  Speaker 1: ask you for your favor. I already know that you
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  Speaker 1: love them deeply, and I ask that you would give
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  Speaker 1: them that assurance as well. I pray that as they sleep,
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  Speaker 1: their dreams would be of those things that are honorable
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  Speaker 1: and lovely and worthy of praise. Keep away all distractions, concerns,
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  Speaker 1: and stresses, so that they can rest peacefully. May the
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  Speaker 1: sound of my voice telling them of the wonders of
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  Speaker 1: You and your world lull them quickly into sleep that
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  Speaker 1: lasts the whole night through and is refreshing and rejuvenating.
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  Speaker 1: I ask these things, knowing that your desire is for
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  Speaker 1: them to live abundantly in you. It's in the name
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus that I pray, Amen, your purpose on this
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  Speaker 1: earth is to enjoy God and to serve Him forever,
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  Speaker 1: to dwell on his excellent greatness, To fill your mind
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  Speaker 1: in heart with His word. Anything else you are given
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  Speaker 1: to do will be fueled by these things. Philippians, chapter four,
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  Speaker 1: verse eight. In the Amplified Bible says, Finally, believers, whatever
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  Speaker 1: is true, whatever is honorable and worthy of respect, whatever
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  Speaker 1: is right and confirmed by God's word, whatever is pure
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  Speaker 1: and wholesome, whatever is lovely and brings peace, whatever is
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  Speaker 1: admirable and of good repute. If there is any excellence,
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  Speaker 1: if there is anything worthy of praise, think continually on
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  Speaker 1: these things. Center your mind on them, and implant them
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  Speaker 1: in your heart. Your time to night will be spent
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  Speaker 1: letting your mind dwell on these things. First, here are
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  Speaker 1: some things that are true, told by the scriptures. Romans
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  Speaker 1: chapter eight, verse twenty eight. And we know that for
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  Speaker 1: those who love God, all things work together for good.
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  Speaker 1: For those who are called according to His purpose all things.
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  Speaker 1: That's a promise. God will work all things together for good. First.
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  Speaker 1: John chapter one, verse nine. If we confess our sins,
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  Speaker 1: he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
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  Speaker 1: and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Faithful and just.
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  Speaker 1: That's who God is. If he says he will do something,
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  Speaker 1: you can be sure that he will do it. If
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  Speaker 1: you have confessed your sins, you are cleansed from all unrighteousness.
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  Speaker 1: John three, verse sixteen. For God so loved the world
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  Speaker 1: that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in
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  Speaker 1: him should not perish but have eternal life. Oh beloved,
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  Speaker 1: rest in that truth. He loves you so much. Lord God,
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  Speaker 1: your word is trustworthy. Let this precious child dwell on
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  Speaker 1: these things as they sleep tonight. Write them on their heart.
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  Speaker 1: Bind your truths to them so they live and breathe
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  Speaker 1: them day in and day out. Let them hear only
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  Speaker 1: words of truth. Your word is truth. Amen. Now let
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  Speaker 1: those things that are honorable dwell in your mind. Let's
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  Speaker 1: turn to the Sermon on the Mount from Matthew chapter
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  Speaker 1: five to see behavior that is honorable to God. Jesus said,
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  Speaker 1: you have heard that it was said, and I for
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  Speaker 1: an eye and a tooth for tooth. But I say
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  Speaker 1: to you, do not resist the one who is evil.
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  Speaker 1: But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn
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  Speaker 1: to him the other also. And if anyone would sue
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  Speaker 1: you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak
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  Speaker 1: as well. And if anyone forces you to go one mile,
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  Speaker 1: go with him two miles. Give to the one who
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  Speaker 1: begs from you, and do not refuse the one who
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  Speaker 1: would borrow from you. You have heard that it was said,
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  Speaker 1: you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But
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  Speaker 1: I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for
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  Speaker 1: those who persecute you, so that you may be sons
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  Speaker 1: of your father who is in heaven. For he makes
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  Speaker 1: his son rise on the evil and on the good,
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  Speaker 1: and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
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  Speaker 1: For if you love those who love you, what reward
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  Speaker 1: do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do
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  Speaker 1: the same. And if you greet only your brothers, what
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  Speaker 1: more are you doing than others? Do not even the
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  Speaker 1: gentiles do the same. Let these honorable things dwell in
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  Speaker 1: your thoughts. Jesus, you don't ask us to do anything
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  Speaker 1: that you don't, then enable us to do so. As
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  Speaker 1: this child of yours thinks about doing honorable things, help
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  Speaker 1: them to know that they are not doing them alone
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  Speaker 1: in their own strength, but by the power and might
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  Speaker 1: of your Holy Spirit dwelling within them. And we will
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  Speaker 1: thank you and praise you for that power. In your name. Amen,
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  Speaker 1: Let your mind dwell on that which is just. Deuteronomy,
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  Speaker 1: chapter ten, verse eighteen. He executes justice for the fatherless
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  Speaker 1: and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food
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  Speaker 1: and clothing, and chapter thirty two, verse four of that
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  Speaker 1: same book the Rock. His work is perfect, for all
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  Speaker 1: his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
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  Speaker 1: Just and upright is he give justice to the weak
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  Speaker 1: and the fatherless, maintain the right of the afflicted and
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  Speaker 1: the destitute. God is a god of justice. It is
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  Speaker 1: in his very nature to be. Just let your mind
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  Speaker 1: dwell on these things. Lord God, thank you for your
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  Speaker 1: justice that we can always know that you will do
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  Speaker 1: the right thing, whether we see it today or years
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  Speaker 1: from today. We can trust that you will follow through
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  Speaker 1: on your word. Help this child of yours tonight as
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  Speaker 1: they dwell on your justice, Give them hope and courage
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  Speaker 1: in the name of Jesus. Amen. Think about those things
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  Speaker 1: that are pure. Psalm twelve, verse six is a perfect
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  Speaker 1: place to start. The words of the Lord are pure,
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  Speaker 1: words like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,
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  Speaker 1: purified seven times. Let the words of God fill your
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  Speaker 1: dreams as you hear him speak to you. His words
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  Speaker 1: are pure Psalm nineteen, verse eight. The precepts of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. The commandment of the
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  Speaker 1: Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. First Timothy, chapter one,
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  Speaker 1: verse five. The aim of our charge is love that
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  Speaker 1: issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and
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  Speaker 1: a sincere faith. When the Temple of God was being built,
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  Speaker 1: everything was to be made of those things that were pure.
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  Speaker 1: There were to be no impurities in the temple. Now
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  Speaker 1: you are the Temple of God. The Holy Spirit dwells
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  Speaker 1: in you dwell on the Lord and keep your heart pure.
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  Speaker 1: Holy Lord, there is nothing pure aside from you. So
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  Speaker 1: I pray that his beloved child listening to night will
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  Speaker 1: guard their heart from all impurities as they dwell on
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  Speaker 1: your word that is true, just and pure. Thank you
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  Speaker 1: for promising them your strength in the name of Jesus.
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  Speaker 1: I pray, Amen, Here is what God considers lovely, that
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  Speaker 1: you should dwell on it. Psalm eighty four, verse one,
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  Speaker 1: How lovely is your dwelling place, O, Lord of Hosts
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah chapter fifty two, verse seven. How lovely on the
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  Speaker 1: mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,
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  Speaker 1: who announces peace and brings good news of happiness, who
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  Speaker 1: announces salvation and says to Zion, your God reigns. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: you've thought about the fact that the feet of those
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  Speaker 1: who bring the news of Jesus are lovely, but they
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  Speaker 1: are dwell on those messengers, on those who proclaim the
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  Speaker 1: Messiah the savior of the world. Jesus, you are the Messiah.
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  Speaker 1: You are the savior of the world, and those who
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  Speaker 1: would speak about you to others are lovely to dwell on.
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  Speaker 1: I pray that this precious one listening tonight will be
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  Speaker 1: one who has the lovely feet of a messenger of
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  Speaker 1: your gospel. Grant them peace as they dwell on the
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  Speaker 1: loveliness of your dwelling and the telling of the good
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  Speaker 1: news in your name, Amen. In the New Testament, the
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  Speaker 1: early church fathers were directed to appoint people who had
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  Speaker 1: good reputations. They were devoted to the Lord and to
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  Speaker 1: their families. They were ones who were worthy of being
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  Speaker 1: looked up to. They would fulfill their duties in the
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  Speaker 1: church well. Proverbs twenty two, verse one says, a good
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  Speaker 1: name is to be chosen rather than than great riches,
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  Speaker 1: and favor is better than silver or gold. First Timothy,
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  Speaker 1: chapter five, verses nine through ten describes a widow who
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  Speaker 1: could be given help by the church. It says, let
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  Speaker 1: a widow be enrolled if she is not less than
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  Speaker 1: sixty years of age, having been the wife of one husband,
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  Speaker 1: and having a reputation for good works, if she has
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  Speaker 1: brought up children, has shown hospitality, has watched the feet
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  Speaker 1: of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has
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  Speaker 1: devoted herself to every good work. Let your mind dwell
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  Speaker 1: on what it's like to know a person such as
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  Speaker 1: this loves to serve others, is suspitable, cares for the afflicted.
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  Speaker 1: Let the peace such a person brings envelop your heart. Father,
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  Speaker 1: praise you for your gifts that allow us to serve
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  Speaker 1: others and to serve you. I ask your blessing on
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  Speaker 1: this beloved child as they sleep tonight, that you would
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  Speaker 1: bring to their mind that which is of good repute,
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  Speaker 1: that they would dwell on that, and not on those
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  Speaker 1: who do not honor you. It's all for the sake
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus. Amen, here is what is excellent and should
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  Speaker 1: fill your thoughts. Psalm one, verse two. Praise him for
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  Speaker 1: his mighty deeds. Praise him according to his excellent greatness.
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  Speaker 1: Titus three, verse eight. The saying is trustworthy. And I
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  Speaker 1: want you to insist on these things, so that those
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  Speaker 1: who have believed in God may be careful to devote
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  Speaker 1: themselves to good works. These things are excellent and profitable
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  Speaker 1: for people. Hebrews Chapter eight, verse six. But as it is,
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  Speaker 1: Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more
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  Speaker 1: excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better,
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  Speaker 1: since its enacted on better promises, excellent greatness, excellent works,
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  Speaker 1: a more excellent covenant. Think upon these things. Dear heavenly Father,
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  Speaker 1: there is so much excellence in your name and your
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  Speaker 1: character and your mighty works. Help this loved one tonight
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  Speaker 1: to dwell on the excellent greatness of your name and
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  Speaker 1: the excellent ministry of our Lord Jesus. Is they rest
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  Speaker 1: in you tonight. It's in the matchless name of Jesus
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  Speaker 1: that we pray. Amen. And now we will close with
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  Speaker 1: the words of Revelation chapter five, verse eleven through thirteen,
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  Speaker 1: which tells us why the Lord Jesus above all else
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  Speaker 1: is worthy of praise. Then I looked, and I heard
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  Speaker 1: around the throne and the living creatures and the elders,
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  Speaker 1: the voice of many angels, numbering myriads of myriads, and
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  Speaker 1: thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, worthy is
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  Speaker 1: the Lamb who was slain to receive power and wealth
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  Speaker 1: and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.
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  Speaker 1: And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth,
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  Speaker 1: and under the earth, and in the sea, and all
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  Speaker 1: that is in them, saying to him who sits on
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  Speaker 1: the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor
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  Speaker 1: and glory and might forever and ever. Amen. And Amen.
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  Speaker 1: Sleep in peace, dear one dwelling on the things of God.