Latest / Meditative Prayers by Pray.com / Healing Relationships: Improvement | Dr. Tim Clinton

Transcript

Healing Relationships: Improvement | Dr. Tim Clinton · Meditative Prayers by Pray.com

• 0:03
  Speaker 1: Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but
• 0:08
  Speaker 1: in lowliness of mind, let each esteem other better than themselves.
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: Philippians 2.3 Dear Lord, You do not flaunt Your divinity
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: or exploit us for selfish gain. You humbly served your
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: people even to the point of death on a cross.
• 0:31
  Speaker 1: What a mysterious and wonderful truth that is. We have
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: a God that bends down humbly to bless us and
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: laid down his own life to redeem us. I pray
• 0:45
  Speaker 1: that you would give me the mind of Christ. I
• 0:49
  Speaker 1: do not want to operate for my own glory and self-gratification.
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: I want to humbly serve those around me and glorify you,
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: O Lord.
• 1:02
  Speaker 2: Teach me every day.
• 1:04
  Speaker 1: How to emulate your lowliness and give me opportunities to
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: exercise humility. In Jesus' name, amen.
• 1:19
  Speaker 2: Thank you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for
• 1:22
  Speaker 2: today's free podcast, Meditative Prayers with Dr. Tim Clinton, where
• 1:27
  Speaker 2: you can draw close to God and find strength in Him.
• 1:36
  Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on healing relationships. To get
• 1:40
  Speaker 3: the most out of your spiritual journey, use Pray.com every
• 1:43
  Speaker 3: day and make prayer a priority in your life. Our
• 1:48
  Speaker 3: goal for today's meditative prayer is healing relationships. I hope
• 1:54
  Speaker 3: you'll hit pause for a second. Find a safe, secluded
• 1:59
  Speaker 3: place where you can comfortably settle down. Close your eyes.
• 2:10
  Speaker 3: Breathe in and breathe out. And as you exhale, imagine
• 2:16
  Speaker 3: the tension leaving your body. Along with that breath, now
• 2:22
  Speaker 3: take every thought captive and bring your focus to the
• 2:27
  Speaker 3: Word of God. Again, today we'll be meditating on Philippians
• 2:31
  Speaker 3: 2 verse 3 from the King James Version. It says,
• 2:37
  Speaker 3: Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in
• 2:41
  Speaker 3: lowliness of mind. Let each esteem the other better than themselves.
• 2:51
  Speaker 3: As we get started, take a moment to pour out
• 2:53
  Speaker 3: your adoration to God, who is our perfect example. Jesus,
• 3:00
  Speaker 3: I thank you. For even though you are God, you
• 3:06
  Speaker 3: did not think of equality with God as something to
• 3:09
  Speaker 3: cling to. Instead, Paul said that in humility, you chose
• 3:16
  Speaker 3: the cross and you died on our behalf. You're the
• 3:22
  Speaker 3: beginning and the end, the alpha and the omega, the
• 3:25
  Speaker 3: first and the last, the author and finisher of our faith.
• 3:34
  Speaker 3: To think of others as better than yourselves can at
• 3:37
  Speaker 3: times seem difficult, maybe even annoying. You are, after all,
• 3:46
  Speaker 3: only human, susceptible to acting out in anger, maybe being
• 3:52
  Speaker 3: a little belligerent, when you are backed into a corner,
• 3:59
  Speaker 3: when you've been hurt. Nevertheless, you're called to be the
• 4:05
  Speaker 3: better person. The standard set before you is high. But
• 4:13
  Speaker 3: we must rise to the occasion. And while failure is
• 4:19
  Speaker 3: often expected, It is not to be embraced. Stop for
• 4:24
  Speaker 3: a second and allow God to speak to you concerning
• 4:27
  Speaker 3: those failures. Confess to Jesus those times you missed the mark.
• 4:35
  Speaker 3: Those times where the pain was too much and the
• 4:40
  Speaker 3: hurt was too great. Hand those failures over to Jesus.
• 4:47
  Speaker 3: Cast your cares aside. God take them now take a
• 4:56
  Speaker 3: few minutes to dwell on the goodness of God towards
• 4:59
  Speaker 3: your life start by thanking him because he is faithful
• 5:07
  Speaker 3: even when we're not thank the Holy Spirit for helping
• 5:13
  Speaker 3: and enabling you to accomplish this incredible difficult task Think
• 5:23
  Speaker 3: of those past relationships you managed to save and salvage
• 5:27
  Speaker 3: by giving others the benefit of the doubt. Thank God
• 5:33
  Speaker 3: for those past reconciliations and future ones to come. Thank
• 5:37
  Speaker 3: God for His strength, that in His strength you will
• 5:41
  Speaker 3: no longer react in anger or pride. You will instead
• 5:47
  Speaker 3: be that better person. You will consider others above yourself.
• 5:54
  Speaker 3: Thank God because in His love and through His grace,
• 5:57
  Speaker 3: you can do all things. I want you to know
• 6:03
  Speaker 3: that God is present and that He's listening to you.
• 6:07
  Speaker 3: The Bible says, ask and it shall be given to you.
• 6:12
  Speaker 3: So ask the Holy Spirit to help you to be humble,
• 6:16
  Speaker 3: to treat others with the utmost respect and kindness. to
• 6:21
  Speaker 3: put others first even when it's not merited even when
• 6:26
  Speaker 3: things are done to hurt or hinder you you can
• 6:30
  Speaker 3: choose to rise above and be the better person as
• 6:34
  Speaker 3: challenging as that may seem God has and will provide
• 6:39
  Speaker 3: a way remember God has called you to treat others
• 6:46
  Speaker 3: with level-headed calmness and humility to not do things out
• 6:50
  Speaker 3: of anger or pride to think better of others, and
• 6:54
  Speaker 3: to be better yourself. You must be vigilant to not
• 6:58
  Speaker 3: allow personal achievements or accomplishments to inflate your sense of self-superiority. Instead,
• 7:03
  Speaker 3: allow God to use you to be the good you
• 7:09
  Speaker 3: want to see in the world. Thank you for completing
• 7:16
  Speaker 3: today's meditative prayer on Pray.com. By incorporating this healthy habit,
• 7:20
  Speaker 3: As a daily practice, you're making prayer a priority and
• 7:24
  Speaker 3: strengthening your walk with God. I'm Dr. Tim Clinton, president
• 7:28
  Speaker 3: of the American Association of Christian Counselors, and we love
• 7:31
  Speaker 3: being a part of your life.