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Ye Shall Receive Power: Meditation from Acts 1:8 #159 · Growing Closer to God with Guided Meditation

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  Robert Young: Welcome to this week's Guided Christian Meditation.
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  Robert Young: For the month of October, We will continue our topic on Power Meditations.
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  Robert Young: Today's meditation is titled Ye Shall Receive Power.
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  Robert Young: Our scripture is from Acts 1, verse 8.
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  Robert Young: But first let's prepare our hearts by entering into worship of our Heavenly Father, by focusing on Psalms, chapter 100, verses 1 through 3, where it tells us to shout for joy to the Lord all the earth.
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  Robert Young: Worship the Lord with gladness, come before him with joyful songs,
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  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.
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  Robert Young: Before we start to reflect on Acts, chapter 1, verse 8, let's prepare our mind by closing our eyes and taking a few deep breaths, as we invite the presence of God to fill us.
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  Robert Young: Now take a few deep breaths in for a count of seven, hold the breath for a count of five and slowly exhale for a count of seven.
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  Robert Young: Repeat the exercise.
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  Robert Young: Proper worship of God requires us to be completely involved in mind, body and spirit.
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  Robert Young: Now let's prepare our body with muscle relaxation exercises.
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  Robert Young: We will simply tense each muscle group for three seconds and then release the muscle.
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  Robert Young: As always, don't hold your breath for this portion of the meditation.
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  Robert Young: Let's begin with the calf muscles.
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  Robert Young: Lightly tense the calf muscles for a count of three, now release.
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  Robert Young: Moving upward to the hamstrings, the quads and the glutes, lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
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  Robert Young: Moving to the chest and back area, lightly tense for three seconds, now release.
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  Robert Young: Finally, moving to the arms and the shoulders, lightly tense these muscle groups for three seconds, now
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  Robert Young: release and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
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  Robert Young: .
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  Robert Young: Now that reflection: body is free from tension and our minds have been quieted, we can begin to really think about Acts, chapter 1, verse 8, where it says but ye shall receive power
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  Robert Young: after that.
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  Robert Young: The Holy Ghost is come upon you or refresh us with the gift of the Holy Ghost and second, wait and listen for His gentle prompting on our heart as to who and ye shall be witnesses unto me, both in Jerusalem and
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  Robert Young: that we are called individually and corporately, as a church of God.
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  Robert Young: We are to start in our own home, then places beyond our home and eventually to places we have never his will.
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  Robert Young: .
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  Robert Young: We are assured that we will receive the power of God's Spirit to be able to accomplish this mission.
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  Robert Young: Question for reflection have you been filled with the Holy Ghost?
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  Robert Young: Are you trying to accomplish God's will in your own strength or intellect?
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  Robert Young: Are you actively telling someone about the love of.
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  Robert Young: This?
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  Robert Young: walk three minutes to first ask God to fill and when to tell about the good news of the gospel you to Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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  Robert Young: Repeat this affirmation now and for the next seven days, this affirmation now and for the next seven days.
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  Robert Young: I have been filled with God's power to accomplish his will.
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  Robert Young: Again, I have been filled with God's power to accomplish his will.
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  Robert Young: This week, read the second chapter of the book of Acts and meditate on the scene where the disciples and others were actually filled with the Holy Spirit and what happened afterwards.
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  Robert Young: Take a deep breath in for a count of seven.
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  Robert Young: Hold the breath for a count of five and slowly exhale for a count of seven, and bring this meditation to a close this week.
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  Robert Young: Walk in renewed spiritual confidence that God is not only with you, but his Holy Spirit has filled you to be the light that he has called you to be.
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  Robert Young: Amen.