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Guided Christian Meditation Healing Your Mind - Abide Meditation App · Abide Meditation App

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  Speaker 1: Welcome and thanks for meditating with a Bide. For more
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  Speaker 2: Are there any negative or impure things that you think
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  Speaker 2: about on a consistent basis? It's said the average human
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  Speaker 2: brain can have fifty thousand thoughts per day or more.
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  Speaker 2: Most of those thoughts come and go without us even
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  Speaker 2: really acknowledging them. However, there are thoughts that are due
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  Speaker 2: to habit. Negative thinking and impure ideas can circle around
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  Speaker 2: our minds and overshadow the truth of God's word. We
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  Speaker 2: can so easily get into the habit of focusing on
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  Speaker 2: things that are contrary to the Spirit of God and
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  Speaker 2: instead begin to think about how to gratify our flesh.
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  Speaker 2: There is hope, though Tewod Corinthians ten to five tells
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  Speaker 2: us to take every thought captive, to make it obedient
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  Speaker 2: to Christ. So what does that look like? Well, Paul
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  Speaker 2: tells us and Philippians four eight, we're to think about
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  Speaker 2: good things like true, right, lovely, pure, admirable, noble, excellent,
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  Speaker 2: and praiseworthy things. What that means is that we can
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  Speaker 2: control what we think about. So when a negative thought
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  Speaker 2: enters the mind, and you have the mind of Christ,
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  Speaker 2: as one Corinthians two sixteen says, you have the power
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  Speaker 2: to push them out and replace them with good thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: This takes practice, of course, and lots of intention, but
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  Speaker 2: it does work. What a wonderful gift this is that
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  Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit gives us as believers in Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 2: Just as too much stress affects our physical health, so
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  Speaker 2: our negative thoughts affect our spiritual health by stealing our
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  Speaker 2: peace and joy. Think about how you feel when you've
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  Speaker 2: had a troublesome thought circling around your brain for an
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  Speaker 2: extended peace period of time. Before too long, you feel
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  Speaker 2: worn out and mentally exhausted. But as we get into
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  Speaker 2: the Word of God, clear your mind today of all
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  Speaker 2: those distractions and begin to reflect on the beautiful precepts
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  Speaker 2: of God. Ask him to wash over you with peace
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  Speaker 2: and begin to heal your mind. As you listen carefully
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  Speaker 2: to Romans eight five through six, Those who live according
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  Speaker 2: to the flesh have their minds set on what the
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  Speaker 2: flesh desires, But those who live in accordance with the
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  Speaker 2: Spirit have their mind set on what the Spirit desires.
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  Speaker 2: The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the
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  Speaker 2: mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. Keeping
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  Speaker 2: these words in mind today, let's go to the Lord
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  Speaker 2: in prayer, Heavenly Father, Today, I confess my thoughts are
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  Speaker 2: not always set on you or your ways. So often, God,
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  Speaker 2: I allow fleshly things to enter my mind and make
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  Speaker 2: themselves comfortable there. I'm so sorry for that. God. There's
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  Speaker 2: absolutely nothing I want more than to focus on the
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  Speaker 2: beauty of who you are and the fruit of your spirit.
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  Speaker 2: I long for love, joy and peace to fill my
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  Speaker 2: mind to the full. Would you please help me to
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  Speaker 2: take every thought captive and make it obedient to your
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  Speaker 2: son Jesus. I ask for discernment to filter out the
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  Speaker 2: bad and usher in the good. I ask these things
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  Speaker 2: in the name of Jesus Christ, to whom all glory
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  Speaker 2: and honor is given. Amen. Sometimes we allow fleshly thoughts
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  Speaker 2: to come into our minds and invite them to stay.
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  Speaker 2: So what impure thoughts do you entertain? And how difficult
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  Speaker 2: is it for you to take every thought captive to
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  Speaker 2: the Lord? I pray there will be an awakening to
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  Speaker 2: the impurities that you've allowed into your mind on a
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  Speaker 2: regular basis. Are you ready to replace those impurity with
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  Speaker 2: spiritual thoughts. Take a deep breath and ask for the
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  Speaker 2: peace of God to flow through you. Focus on allowing
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  Speaker 2: the Lord to heal your thoughts. Think about the prevalent
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  Speaker 2: thoughts that have been consuming your mind lately. Have you
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  Speaker 2: been worrying or fretting? Have you been dwelling on anger
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  Speaker 2: or pride? What things of the flesh have become your
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  Speaker 2: go to thoughts? Confess all of those things to God
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  Speaker 2: right now, for he is faithful and just to forgive.
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  Speaker 2: Thank Him for the good and pure thoughts that come
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  Speaker 2: from His spirit. There is a sure fireway to set
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  Speaker 2: our minds on the things of the spirit. God's voice
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  Speaker 2: is louder than the voice of the flesh. We only
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  Speaker 2: need to tune our ears to hear his voice above
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  Speaker 2: all others. Right now, listen for his voice as I
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  Speaker 2: read today's passage from Romans eight five. For those who
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  Speaker 2: live according to the flesh set their minds on the
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  Speaker 2: things of the flesh. But those who live according to
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  Speaker 2: the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
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  Speaker 2: What truths just leapt out to you from this passage?
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  Speaker 2: Is there something God's trying to say to you right now?
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  Speaker 2: Listen again, I'm going to read it one more time.
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  Speaker 2: Romans eight five. For those who live according to the
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  Speaker 2: flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh.
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  Speaker 2: But those who live according to the Spirit set their
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  Speaker 2: minds on the things of the Spirit. How's God speaking
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  Speaker 2: to you through this passage today? Why don't you stop
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  Speaker 2: and reflect on what the Lord is saying to you
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  Speaker 2: right now? Allow his words to fill your mind. To
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  Speaker 2: put this passage into context, Paul followed it up with
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  Speaker 2: Romans eight seven by saying that the mind which is
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  Speaker 2: set on the flesh is hostile to God. Wow, that
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  Speaker 2: word hostile. It might seem like a severe word to use,
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  Speaker 2: but he's really trying to get Christ's followers to understand
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  Speaker 2: that in order to submit to God, their minds needed
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  Speaker 2: to be fixed on him. Without setting their minds on him,
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  Speaker 2: they'd never be able to submit to his will. Pause
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  Speaker 2: here for a moment and consider what thoughts have kept
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  Speaker 2: you from submitting completely to the Lord. Listen again as
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  Speaker 2: I share the rest of the passage. Romans eight say,
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  Speaker 2: for to set the mind on the flesh is death,
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  Speaker 2: but to set the mind on the Spirit is life
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  Speaker 2: and peace. What did the Holy Spirit show you as
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  Speaker 2: you heard Paul's words today. Was there a check in
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  Speaker 2: your spirit or a conviction, maybe a revelation, Maybe the
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  Speaker 2: Lord pressed on your heart the things that have been
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  Speaker 2: blocking your mind from receiving his peace. Is God pointing
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  Speaker 2: out the life draining thoughts that may be preventing you
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  Speaker 2: from receiving the healing of your mind. Focus deeply on
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  Speaker 2: the things of the spirit and quiet meditation with the Lord.
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  Speaker 2: The New King James version of Romans eight six says
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  Speaker 2: that to be carnally minded is death, but to be
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  Speaker 2: spiritually minded is life and peace. Carnality has to do
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  Speaker 2: with physical, lustful and temporal things. What carnal things keep
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  Speaker 2: your mind from life and peace? Colossians three one through
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  Speaker 2: two reminds us, if then you were raised with Christ,
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  Speaker 2: seek those things which are above, where Christ is sitting
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  Speaker 2: at the right hand of God. Set your mind on
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  Speaker 2: things above, not on things of the earth. This indicates
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  Speaker 2: a decision to set our minds on things above. It
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  Speaker 2: points to fixing our minds on heavenly things, things that
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  Speaker 2: are high above this earth. This is how the healing
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  Speaker 2: of our minds begins to take place. Why don't you
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  Speaker 2: stop there and fix your mind on heavenly things. The
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  Speaker 2: Bible does say in Philippians four eight that whatever is
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  Speaker 2: lovely and pure, noble and true. Think on these things.
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  Speaker 2: Cast out any doubt, shame, lust, or earthly desires. When
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  Speaker 2: thoughts of the flesh try to creep back in, immediately
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  Speaker 2: replace them with honorable things, things that are worthy of praise.
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  Speaker 2: So what honorable things are you thinking thinking of? Right now?
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  Speaker 2: Settle in and listen one last time as I read
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  Speaker 2: Romans eight five through six from the NIV. Those who
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  Speaker 2: live according to the flesh have their minds set on
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  Speaker 2: what the flesh desires. But those who live in accordance
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  Speaker 2: with the Spirit have their minds set on what the
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  Speaker 2: Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death,
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  Speaker 2: but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
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  Speaker 2: As you're making the decision to live according to the
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  Speaker 2: whole Spirit and setting your mind on what he desires,
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  Speaker 2: let me leave you with some encouragement from First John
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  Speaker 2: four to four. That's the scripture that reminds us that
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  Speaker 2: he who is in you is greater than he who
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  Speaker 2: is in the world. Do you believe that today God
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  Speaker 2: wants to fill your mind with good things, things that
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  Speaker 2: are set high above this world. He wants to take
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  Speaker 2: action against every impure thought that enters your mind and
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  Speaker 2: give you heavenly thoughts to replace anything that's contrary to
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  Speaker 2: His ways. The Holy Spirit in you is forever greater
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  Speaker 2: than the enemy who is in this world. Try to
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  Speaker 2: remain here for a few moments and even pause the
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  Speaker 2: app if you need to. Let this truth become your
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  Speaker 2: own personal prayer to God. Every day we should seek
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  Speaker 2: truth through the Holy Spirit and allow His truth to
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  Speaker 2: permeate every part of our mind. What's been a revealed
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  Speaker 2: truth that's brought you the deepest conviction through this quiet
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  Speaker 2: meditation today, Why don't you ponder what that is for
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  Speaker 2: a few moments. Let's close our time together with a
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  Speaker 2: word of prayer. Dear Lord, full of grace and mercy,
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  Speaker 2: I submit my mind to you. Every thought I take
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  Speaker 2: captive in the precious name of Jesus Christ, every earthly
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  Speaker 2: desire I bring into conformity with your spirit. I thank
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  Speaker 2: you and I praise you for who you are in
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  Speaker 2: my life. I thank you for healing my mind so
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  Speaker 2: I can live a life of peace and freedom. Would
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  Speaker 2: you help me, Lord, to continue to filter out thoughts
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  Speaker 2: from the flesh, and would you fill my mind instead
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  Speaker 2: with wonderful truth from your word. I pray this and
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  Speaker 2: believe it in the holy name of your Son Jesus. Amen,
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  Speaker 2: stay here for a few more minutes, and before rushing away,
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  Speaker 2: take a moment to remember what you've heard again about
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  Speaker 2: the good and righteous things that God wants to fill
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  Speaker 2: your mind with. And I pray you'll continue to think
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  Speaker 2: on spiritual things as you meditate on the wonderful works
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  Speaker 2: of God.
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