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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hello, and thank you so much for listening

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Speaker 1: to your Daily Bible Verse, the podcast that examines one

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Speaker 1: verse each day to learn more about God and his

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Speaker 1: will for us. I'm your host, Jessica Finrokel, and after

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Speaker 1: the short word from our sponsor, we'll dive into today's

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Speaker 1: Bible verse, John chapter twenty one, verse sixteen. Today's Bible

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Speaker 1: verses John chapter twenty one, verse sixteen. Again, Jesus said Simon,

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Speaker 1: son of John, do you love me? He answered, yes, Lord,

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Speaker 1: you know that I love you, And Jesus said, take

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Speaker 1: care of my sheep. I'm a morning cough drinker, and

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Speaker 1: I love the memes that say I drink coffee for

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Speaker 1: your protection. Mornings come with great intentions to be more patient,

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Speaker 1: more faithful, and more disciplined, but the end of the

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Speaker 1: day often reveals one too many failures. These memes make

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Speaker 1: me laugh because sometimes they seem true. Sometimes it does

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Speaker 1: seem like I'm drinking coffee for your protection. To be honest,

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Speaker 1: I can be impatient far more than I show patience,

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Speaker 1: and I definitely lack discipline. But the next morning, I

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Speaker 1: brew myself a pot of coffee with the determination that

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Speaker 1: this day will be the one where I have more

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Speaker 1: victories than failure, But another day goes by and it's

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Speaker 1: no better than the one before. This can also creep

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Speaker 1: into our spiritual lives as well. We wake up with

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Speaker 1: great intentions that we're going to live for Jesus, but

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Speaker 1: then we don't follow through Again. We start praying, then

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Speaker 1: with less confidence, we worship with a little more hesitation,

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Speaker 1: and we start wondering if God is tired of hearing

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Speaker 1: from us. We love him, but our track record tells

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Speaker 1: a different story. Just as we struggle. Peter faced his

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Speaker 1: own challenges in following Jesus, but Jesus shows how God's

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Speaker 1: love restores us even after an epic failure. Our verse

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Speaker 1: today takes place sometime after Jesus's resurrection. On this day,

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Speaker 1: in particular, Peter and the other disciples decided to go fishing.

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Speaker 1: They fished all night but didn't catch anything. Then Jesus

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Speaker 1: appeared on the beach and suggested they try their nets

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Speaker 1: on the other side of the boat, and then they

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Speaker 1: couldn't haul in the net because it was so full

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Speaker 1: of fish. After breakfast on the beach, Jesus asked Peter

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Speaker 1: the same question three times. This meaningful encounter took place

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Speaker 1: after Jesus had risen, marking a moment for Peter. These

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Speaker 1: questions that Jesus post to Peter were for Peter's self examination. Previously,

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Speaker 1: before Jesus was crucified, Peter boasted about loving God more

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Speaker 1: than anyone else. He was proud of himself, but his

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Speaker 1: epic failure revealed his lack of purposed commitment. Jesus this

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Speaker 1: day on the beach, he challenged Peter to show his

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Speaker 1: love by caring for Jesus's sheep. Like Peter, we may

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Speaker 1: find ourselves reflecting on the true nature of our own

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Speaker 1: love and commitment after we've failed. Jesus knew Peter's love

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Speaker 1: was emotionally enthusiastic about following him like Peter was like

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Speaker 1: if you could name the most enthusiastic disciple, it would

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Speaker 1: be Peter. Jesus wanted Peter to be confident in love

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Speaker 1: so Peter could remain committed. Peter's love need to be

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Speaker 1: a love motivated by both purpose and personal attachment. We

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Speaker 1: often think commitment is demonstrated by what someone is willing

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Speaker 1: to do, but Jesus reveals that true commitments through the

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Speaker 1: following question, do you truly love me? Jesus makes it

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Speaker 1: clear that genuine love is the foundation for living out

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Speaker 1: our purpose, no matter what we endure in life's journey

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Speaker 1: or what mistakes we make along the way. Since love

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Speaker 1: is the basic qualification for Christian service, let's look at

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Speaker 1: the original Greek to deepen our understanding of what Jesus means.

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Speaker 1: To better appreciate Jesus's challenge to Peter, let's explore the

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Speaker 1: two Greek terms used for love in this passage. One

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Speaker 1: is agapeo. This love involves the whole personality, but is

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Speaker 1: but it is primarily a decision of the mind. It's like,

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Speaker 1: we make up our mind to love God and then

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Speaker 1: we don't allow anything else to sway us from that commitment.

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Speaker 1: The second term used for love is filo, which is

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Speaker 1: this warm, natural, spontaneous sense of feeling and affection. It's

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Speaker 1: becoming personally attached to someone. In Peter's case, he demonstrated

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Speaker 1: emotional affection for Jesus prior to Jesus's death and resurrection.

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Speaker 1: Now Jesus is urging him to love with an unselfish, giving,

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Speaker 1: committed love. When we love God with both our minds

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Speaker 1: and affections, we're able to reveal faithful, loving commitment to

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Speaker 1: the Lord in the good times and in the bad times.

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Speaker 1: It is out of this love that Peter was able

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Speaker 1: to fulfill his God given purpose in life. He became

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Speaker 1: the rock on which the church was built. He shepherded

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Speaker 1: God's people through feeding them God's word, guiding and correcting

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Speaker 1: as needed. He became loyal to the end, and he

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Speaker 1: proves how Jesus can take our failures and turn them

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Speaker 1: around into something beautiful. Peter's journey shows us how our

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Speaker 1: own setbacks can be transformed by God's grace. It's interesting

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Speaker 1: to note that Jesus didn't ask Peter if he was sorry.

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Speaker 1: Peter's obvious distress at the time of his failure revealed

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Speaker 1: his deep sorrow, and Jesus didn't ask Peter to never

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Speaker 1: fail again. He asked Peter to love. Obedience, repentance, vows,

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Speaker 1: and conduct follow love. Jesus caused Peter to face his

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Speaker 1: point of failure head on. Then Jesus challenged Peter to

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Speaker 1: set his eyes on the work ahead, and Jesus invites us,

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Speaker 1: like Peter, to move beyond our failures and embrace the

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Speaker 1: work God has set before us. If you feel like

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Speaker 1: you've failed one too many times, and you suspect that

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Speaker 1: God might be tired of you. Please know that that

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Speaker 1: isn't the truth. The truth is that God's love can

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Speaker 1: restore you and propel you onward. Today. Commit to loving

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Speaker 1: God today. Keep your focus on Him and not on

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Speaker 1: your failures. With this renewed perspective, let's turn our hearts

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Speaker 1: to God in prayer. Heavenly Father, thank you so very

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Speaker 1: much that you don't leave us to wallow in our failures.

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Speaker 1: You don't leave us to just flounder. But Lord, you

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Speaker 1: come to us, and you set us back upon our

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Speaker 1: feet again, and you renew our purpose. Your love restores us.

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Speaker 1: So God, we commit today to loving you with our

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Speaker 1: whole selves. Lord, we commit to you with loving you

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Speaker 1: not only with that warm feeling, but also with a

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Speaker 1: determination in our mind to love you no matter what.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for the work that you're doing in our

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Speaker 1: hearts and lives. In Jesus' name, Amen,