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Healing Grief: Hope | Zach Clinton · Meditative Prayers by Pray.com

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  Speaker 1: Hear o lord and have mercy upon me lord be
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  Speaker 1: thou my helper thou hast turned for me my mourning
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  Speaker 1: into dancing thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded
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  Speaker 1: me with gladness psalm 30 10-11 dear lord you have
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  Speaker 1: brought me back from the depths of despair Your loving
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  Speaker 1: kindness has turned my mourning and sadness. I give you
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  Speaker 1: thanks for restoring to me the joy of salvation and
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  Speaker 1: granting me a spirit of gladness. Your goodness is unending
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  Speaker 1: and washes over me in waves of mercy and grace.
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  Speaker 1: My heart has been transformed by your love, and I
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  Speaker 1: can no longer contain my joy. All my sorrows have
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  Speaker 1: been turned to gladness, Lord. And you have done all
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  Speaker 1: this for me through Christ Jesus. May your name be
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  Speaker 1: praised forevermore. In Jesus' name, amen. Thank you for joining
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  Speaker 1: me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's free podcast, Meditative
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  Speaker 1: Prayers with Zach Clinton, where you can draw close to
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  Speaker 1: God and find strength in Him.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on healing grief. To get
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  Speaker 2: the most out of your spiritual journey, use Pray.com every
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  Speaker 2: day and make prayer a priority in your life. Again,
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  Speaker 2: our goal for today's meditative prayer is healing grief. In
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  Speaker 2: this trying time, my friends, try to go to your
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  Speaker 2: secret place. A place where you can relax and let
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  Speaker 2: your guard down. Try to tune out everything else Breathe
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  Speaker 2: in deep through your nose. And exhale out through your mouth.
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  Speaker 2: And reach out towards God with your mind and your
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  Speaker 2: broken heart. Today, again, we'll be meditating on Psalm chapter 30,
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  Speaker 2: verses 10 through 11 from the King James Version. They read, Hear,
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  Speaker 2: O Lord. They read, Hear, O Lord. and have mercy
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  Speaker 2: upon me. Lord, be thou my helper. Thou hast turned
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  Speaker 2: from me in my mourning into dancing. Thou hast put
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  Speaker 2: off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness. Take a
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  Speaker 2: moment to pour out your adoration to God right now.
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  Speaker 2: Heavenly Father, Lord, I worship you, for you are my
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  Speaker 2: help in times of need. Praise you for your fierce
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  Speaker 2: love and for your mighty grace. Father, you alone turn
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  Speaker 2: mourning into dancing. You remove the sting of death and
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  Speaker 2: trade my sorrow for joy. You cast aside death and
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  Speaker 2: in its place you create life. Father, you are great
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  Speaker 2: and greatly to be praised. The ability to dream is
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  Speaker 2: a God-given gift. To have hope for the future and
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  Speaker 2: to aspire goodness is a beautiful thing. However, beautiful things
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  Speaker 2: can be fragile and vulnerable. Like a stone tossed upon
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  Speaker 2: a glass surface, unexpected circumstances and unforeseen loss can shatter
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  Speaker 2: your soul. Few things will cripple the human spirit as
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  Speaker 2: grief does. But you must remember, our God is not
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  Speaker 2: a cruel God. He did not create you with the
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  Speaker 2: capacity to dream, to have goals and desires, to merely
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  Speaker 2: deny them to you. So this is your moment to
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  Speaker 2: bring to mind all your shattered hopes. The dreams long
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  Speaker 2: dead and buried maybe deep inside your heart. Confess to
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  Speaker 2: God the hopelessness, maybe. Confess to God the hopelessness, the grief,
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  Speaker 2: and the loss you've been carrying. And do not be afraid.
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  Speaker 2: Be honest and open with God right now through prayer.
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  Speaker 2: As heavy a weight as grief can be, there's always
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  Speaker 2: a reason for gratitude. So take a moment to set
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  Speaker 2: aside all loss and And instead, focus on your existing blessings.
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  Speaker 2: Those hopes and desires you once believed impossible and unattainable, nonetheless,
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  Speaker 2: God manifested them in your life. Think of past situations
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  Speaker 2: of sadness and sorrow, where God gave your heart a
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  Speaker 2: new song to dance to. Moments you mourned the closing
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  Speaker 2: of a door, only to see God open a better one.
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  Speaker 2: The reality is, God is good all the time. So
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  Speaker 2: thank him for all the past blessings he has bestowed
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  Speaker 2: upon your life. Thank him for the promise of resurrection
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  Speaker 2: and for the fulfillment of all dreams to come. God
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  Speaker 2: is present and he's listening to you. Be mindful of
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  Speaker 2: his promises. Be bold and ask the Holy Spirit to
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  Speaker 2: revive your dreams and Ask Him for hope anew, for
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  Speaker 2: the ability to realize this is not the end. Ask
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  Speaker 2: Him for springs in the midst of the desert and
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  Speaker 2: ask Him to help you acknowledge God's goodness every day
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  Speaker 2: and in every way. Remember, God wants you to be
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  Speaker 2: happy and to be whole. He can transform death into dreams.
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  Speaker 2: Even in the midst of hardship, God is still good
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  Speaker 2: and He's still in control. God promised He would always
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  Speaker 2: care and provide for you. He promised His blessings will
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  Speaker 2: overrun your life. So do not give. Today, live in
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  Speaker 2: gratitude to God and watch Him exchange your grief for gladness.
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  Speaker 2: My friends, thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on Pray.com.
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  Speaker 2: By incorporating this healthy habit as a daily practice, you
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  Speaker 2: are making prayer a priority and strengthening your walk with God. Again,
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  Speaker 2: my name is Zach Clinton from the American Association of
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  Speaker 2: Christian Counselors, and we love being a part of your life.