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Prayer for a Sensitive Heart: Meditation from Matthew 24:12 #165 · Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation

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  Pastor Robert Young: Welcome to this week's Guided Christian Meditation.
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  Pastor Robert Young: If you're new to the podcast and may not understand our process, then check out our episode number 164.
• 0:12
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  Pastor Robert Young: Today's meditation is entitled Prayer for a Sensitive Heart.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Our scripture is from Matthew, chapter 24, verse 12.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Proper worship of God requires us to be completely involved and free from sin in mind, body and spirit.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Let's prepare our hearts by repenting of any known sin that might be in our lives.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now we can enter into worship of our Heavenly Father by focusing on Psalms 100, verses 1-3, where it tells us to hout for joy to the Lord all the earth.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Worship the Lord with gladness, Come before him with joyful songs.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Take a moment to lift up your voice in praise and thanksgiving to our Heavenly Father, who is worthy of all honor and glory all honor and glory.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Before we start to reflect on Matthew, chapter 24, verse 12, let's prepare our minds by closing our eyes and taking a deep breath as we invite the presence of God to fill us.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Take a deep breath in for a count of seven.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Hold the breath for a count of five and slowly exhale for a count of seven.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Repeat this process.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now let's prepare our body with muscle relaxation exercises.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We will simply tense each muscle group for three seconds and then release the muscle.
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  Pastor Robert Young: As always, don't hold your breath for this portion of the meditation.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Let's begin with the calf muscles.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Lightly tense the calf muscles for a count of three, now release.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Moving upward to the hamstrings, quads, glutes and abs, Lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Moving to the chest and the back area, lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Finally, moving to the arms and the shoulders, lightly tense these muscle groups for three seconds, now release.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now that we've prepared our mind, our body and our spirit, let's begin to think about Matthew, chapter 24, verse 12, where it says Because of the increase in wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Whether we are in the last days that this passage in Matthew speaks of, We can all see that we live in wicked times.
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  Pastor Robert Young: This passage talks about people's hearts growing insensitive to sin and other wicked happenings at that time.
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  Pastor Robert Young: look the other way and start to adopt the ways of the world.
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  Pastor Robert Young: We, however, are called to stand firm in our faith and devotion to God.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Let's take one minute to really check our behaviors about the following questions, and then an additional minute or so to listen intently to the prompting from God as he speaks to our hearts.
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  Pastor Robert Young: The questions are:
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  Pastor Robert Young: 1.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Do I long for a righteous nation or am I just surviving till the end?
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  Pastor Robert Young: 2
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  Pastor Robert Young: 2have I gotten caught up in some of the wicked ways of this world
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  Pastor Robert Young: Thank you, thank you Repeat the following affirmation now and for the next seven days.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Now and for the next seven days.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Thank you, Lord, for creating a clean heart and renewing a right spirit in me.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Again, thank you, Lord, for creating a clean heart and renewing a right spirit in me.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Picture yourself longing for the unsaved to know Jesus is saving grace.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Picture yourself telling others about the saving grace of Jesus Christ.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Our assignment for this week listen to this meditation daily until it becomes permanent in your spirit.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Know that God is ready to cleanse your heart as you continue to acknowledge his everlasting love for you through his son, Jesus Christ.
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  Pastor Robert Young: Amen, Thank you you.