WEBVTT 00:04.672 --> 00:25.328 [SPEAKER_00]: Take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and as you do, remember, the creator of the universe longs to spend time with you. 00:26.690 --> 00:29.515 [SPEAKER_00]: He wants to meet you right where you are today. 00:30.271 --> 00:35.077 [SPEAKER_00]: and fill you with his peace, presence, strength, and perfect love. 00:37.100 --> 00:43.348 [SPEAKER_00]: Open your heart and make space to listen and receive all he lungs to give you today. 00:46.171 --> 00:48.114 [SPEAKER_00]: You have said, seek my face. 00:49.255 --> 00:54.602 [SPEAKER_00]: My heart says to you, your face, Lord, do I seek? 00:54.622 --> 00:56.785 [SPEAKER_00]: Psalm 27 verse 8. 01:03.532 --> 01:07.177 [SPEAKER_00]: Father, thank you for this moment to be still with you. 01:08.939 --> 01:14.307 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for inviting me into your presence, and drawing me close by your spirit. 01:16.390 --> 01:18.413 [SPEAKER_00]: You are the creator of the universe. 01:19.895 --> 01:22.739 [SPEAKER_00]: Yet you long to have a personal relationship with me. 01:24.381 --> 01:30.990 [SPEAKER_00]: Today, right now, I turn my attention and my heart fully to you. 01:32.995 --> 01:38.843 [SPEAKER_00]: I offer you my time, I lay aside distractions and the pressures of the day. 01:38.863 --> 01:46.214 [SPEAKER_00]: I set this moment apart to be with you and I trust you will use it to transform me. 01:49.779 --> 02:02.918 [SPEAKER_00]: As you rest here in science, tell God in your own words what you are offering him right 02:03.556 --> 02:06.100 [SPEAKER_00]: or something specific that's been on your mind. 02:06.120 --> 02:19.038 [SPEAKER_00]: I worship you, Lord Jesus. 02:23.684 --> 02:25.907 [SPEAKER_00]: You are worthy of my highest praise. 02:27.169 --> 02:31.555 [SPEAKER_00]: Not just because of what you give me, but because of who you are. 02:32.648 --> 02:37.915 [SPEAKER_00]: Holy, loving, merciful, and good. 02:39.758 --> 02:46.327 [SPEAKER_00]: Starm my heart with gratitude, Father, and shift my focus from myself to you. 02:50.132 --> 02:52.816 [SPEAKER_00]: Now take a moment to praise God personally. 02:54.498 --> 02:56.742 [SPEAKER_00]: Tell him something specific, you're grateful for. 02:58.143 --> 02:59.465 [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe a blessing in your life. 03:00.687 --> 03:02.149 [SPEAKER_00]: A way he has been faithful. 03:02.990 --> 03:11.684 [SPEAKER_00]: or simply who he is to you today. 03:18.234 --> 03:24.103 [SPEAKER_00]: I come to you in prayer, not with empty words, I put my whole heart. 03:26.918 --> 03:37.068 [SPEAKER_00]: Jesus, you promised, in John chapter 14, but whatever I ask in your name, you will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 03:39.851 --> 03:48.799 [SPEAKER_00]: So I bring before you the desires of my heart, trusting that you hear me, and will answer in your perfect way. 03:52.783 --> 03:56.487 [SPEAKER_00]: Now take a moment to bring your heart's desires 03:57.985 --> 04:05.032 [SPEAKER_00]: Speak to him honestly about what you need, long for, or what ways on your mind today. 04:24.089 --> 04:25.090 [SPEAKER_00]: Holy Spirit. 04:25.728 --> 04:31.198 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for dwelling within me, and for being closer than anyone else could ever be. 04:32.901 --> 04:36.888 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for revealing your thoughts, love and will to me. 04:39.193 --> 04:47.027 [SPEAKER_00]: Help me walk in deeper awareness of our union, so that your peace and love guide every part of my life. 04:50.568 --> 04:57.895 [SPEAKER_00]: Think of one area of your life where you especially need the spirit's guidance or peace. 04:57.915 --> 04:59.517 [SPEAKER_00]: Invite him into that place now. 05:11.749 --> 05:16.093 [SPEAKER_00]: God, I thank you for your presence. 05:16.113 --> 05:18.396 [SPEAKER_00]: Teach me to notice you. 05:18.416 --> 05:19.917 [SPEAKER_00]: Not only in this moment, 05:20.437 --> 05:22.261 [SPEAKER_00]: but throughout the rhythms of my day. 05:24.586 --> 05:33.566 [SPEAKER_00]: Recall a moment recently where you sensed God's nins, maybe in a conversation, creation, or an acquired thought. 05:35.089 --> 05:37.635 [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for being present with you there. 05:49.057 --> 05:52.361 [SPEAKER_00]: Finally, Lord, I meditate on your word. 05:54.684 --> 06:09.023 [SPEAKER_00]: In Psalm 1, verse 3, you promise that those who meditate on your truth will be like trees planted by streams of water, bearing fruit in season, never with them. 06:09.043 --> 06:12.247 [SPEAKER_00]: Root mean deeply in your word. 06:12.267 --> 06:17.494 [SPEAKER_00]: Let it shape my thoughts, my emotions, and my choices today. 06:19.347 --> 06:22.312 [SPEAKER_00]: Father, thank you for these building blocks. 06:23.674 --> 06:32.709 [SPEAKER_00]: Time with you, worship, devotion, prayer, communion, your presence, and meditation. 06:34.592 --> 06:42.104 [SPEAKER_00]: Draw me back to them daily, so I can be continually transformed by all of them. 06:42.124 --> 06:44.308 [SPEAKER_00]: In Jesus' name, Amen.