1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your Daily Prayer, 2 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: a podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you 3 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: need to connect with your Father in Heaven. No matter 4 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,680 Speaker 1: what is going on in your life today, you can 5 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: trust that God wants to hear from you. Right after 6 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: this short word from our sponsor, we will pray through 7 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 1: today's prayer to walk in God's Love on Valentine's Day. 8 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 1: Together A Prayer to Walk in God's Love on Valentine's 9 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: Day written by Whitney Hoppler by Kyrieberger, Teacher. Which is 10 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 1: the greatest commandment in the law, Jesus replied, Love the 11 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: Lord your God, with all your heart, and with all 12 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: your soul, and with all your mind. This is the 13 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: first and greatest commandment, and the second is like it. 14 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and profits 15 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: hang on to these two commandments Matthew twenty two, verse 16 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: thirty six through forty. Valentine's Day shines a spotlight on 17 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 1: romantic love. While that's fun to focus on if your 18 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 1: romantic life is going well, it can also be painful 19 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:47,559 Speaker 1: if your single. Thankfully, from God's perspective, love has never 20 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: been limited to romance. There are many ways to express 21 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: love and many opportunities to do so every single day. 22 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: Of course, you have lots of choices to make on 23 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: any given day, and with all you have to do, 24 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: you can get so busy and stressed that you lose 25 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: a sense of what's most important. In Matthew twenty two, 26 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: verse thirty six through forty, a religious leader asks Jesus 27 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: a question that cuts straight to the heart of faith. 28 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: What matters most? Jesus answer still guides us today. Love. 29 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: Jesus says that loving God and loving our neighbors as 30 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: ourselves are what matter the most. From God's perspective. Jesus 31 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: doesn't list achievements, religious performance, or perfect behavior. He just 32 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: points to love. So if you're wondering how to honor 33 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: God on Valentine's Day, this passage gives a clear answer. 34 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 1: Choose love again and again. You don't have to feel 35 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: a constant emotional high in order to love God with 36 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: all your heart's, soul and mind. All you need to 37 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:03,680 Speaker 1: do to obey the first commandment is choose love as 38 00:03:03,720 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: much as you can. When you're choosing your words and 39 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: actions day by day, Love matters most to God because 40 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: God is pure love at its core. The more you 41 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: choose to be loving with what you communicate and what 42 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: you do, the closer you can get to God and 43 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 1: experience the joy of his love. Putting love into action 44 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: in your life will show you that love is much 45 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: more than a feeling. It's an action. Every time you 46 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: choose loving words and actions, God's love flows through your life. 47 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 1: Your choice to be loving connects to you with your 48 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: loving God, and the process, he'll be blessed and so 49 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: will everyone around you. You can follow the second commandment 50 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: loving your neighbor as yourself when you just do your 51 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: best to love other people day by day. You can 52 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: do so through intentional kindness, forgiveness, and service. Choose to 53 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: treat yourself well and choose to treat others with the 54 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: same care you give to yourself. Valentine's Day can be 55 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: a powerful reminder that love is meant to be practiced, 56 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: whether or not you have romantic love in your life 57 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: to celebrate this Valentine's Day, you can still take advantage 58 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: of all sorts of opportunities to love and be loved. 59 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,440 Speaker 1: Jesus loves you, and he calls you to respond to 60 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: his love by loving God, yourself and other people as 61 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 1: much as you possibly can. Jesus points out that everything 62 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,840 Speaker 1: that God wants you to do to live faithfully depends 63 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,919 Speaker 1: on choosing love. When you do your best to choose love, 64 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: God will meet you where you are and send love 65 00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 1: flowing powerfully through your life. God is at work through 66 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: you whenever you choose love. I have to wait until 67 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: you feel more loving to start acting, and love often 68 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: love grows as you practice it. So this Valentine's Day, 69 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: choose to let love guide all your important decisions. Let 70 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: Valentine's Day be the first day of a fresh commitment 71 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 1: to walk in God's love every single day from now on. 72 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: You don't need to be perfect to start this new 73 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:29,480 Speaker 1: Habit only need to be committed to choosing love as 74 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 1: best you can. When you make mistakes, God's grace will 75 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: meet you there. But when you do choose love successfully, 76 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: you'll be blessed in the process because walking and love 77 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 1: means walking closer to God. Choose love this Valentine's Day 78 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: and beyond. Let it shape all your daily decisions. When 79 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: you do your best choose loving words and actions, you'll 80 00:05:55,520 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 1: experience the power of God's love in all situations. Let's pray, 81 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: Dear God, thank you for loving me first and for 82 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: showing me what true love looks like through Jesus. On 83 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: this Valentine's Day, Please help me make and keep a 84 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 1: fresh commitment to choosing loving words and actions. I pray 85 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: I'll be able to choose love every single day from 86 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: now on with help from your Holy Spirit. Help me 87 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: love you with all my heart, soul and mind, and 88 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: let your love flow through my life so I can 89 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: love myself and other people. Teach me to develop a 90 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: lifestyle of kindness and service as I walk in your 91 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 1: love in all situations. Thank you God, Amen. Your daily 92 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,480 Speaker 1: prayer is a pray reduction of Life Audio and Sale Media. 93 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: If you haven't already, be sure to follow the show 94 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:09,360 Speaker 1: on your favorite podcast app so you never missed an episode. 95 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 1: For more faith filled inspirational podcasts, visit us at lifeaudio 96 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:21,680 Speaker 1: dot com.