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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Thank you for listening to your daily prayer,

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Speaker 1: where we help you find the words you need to

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Speaker 1: connect to your Father in Heaven. No matter what's happening

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Speaker 1: in your life today, you can trust that God wants

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Speaker 1: to hear from you. Right after this short word from

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Speaker 1: our sponsors, we'll pray through today's prayer to remember that

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Speaker 1: Jesus loves me. A Prayer to Remember that Jesus loves

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Speaker 1: me written by Laura Bailey, read by Leah Gerard. But

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Speaker 1: God shows his love for us and that while we

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Speaker 1: were still sinners, Christ died for us Romans fiby, Mom,

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Speaker 1: do you think your cup's big enough? My daughter playfully asked.

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Speaker 1: I'm an avid coffee drinker. You know those people who

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Speaker 1: keep a full cup of Joe by their side all

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Speaker 1: day long. Yep, that's me. I know some are now

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Speaker 1: concerned about my caffeine intake, but for me, it's not

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Speaker 1: about a boost and energy. I just like the warm

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Speaker 1: feeling the coffee provides as my hands griped the mug

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Speaker 1: and the smooth liquid radiates through my body. As for

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Speaker 1: my favorite coffee cup and the object of my daughter's joke,

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Speaker 1: while it can hold a good amount of coffee. That's

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Speaker 1: not why it's my preferred mug. In big bold letters,

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Speaker 1: the front of the cup reads, Jesus loves me, and

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Speaker 1: the back says, and don't you forget it. Ever since

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Speaker 1: I was a little girl, I've learned that God loves me.

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Speaker 1: In fact, he loved me so much that he sent

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Speaker 1: his only son to die for me. I wholeheartedly believe

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Speaker 1: that God loved me enough to provide a way for

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Speaker 1: me to be with him forever. But often I wonder if,

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Speaker 1: amid my constant struggle with sin, perhaps God's love for

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Speaker 1: me wanes day by day. A quick reference to scripture

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Speaker 1: reveals that God's love is constant. It doesn't change from

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Speaker 1: day to day. His love is not dependent on my

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Speaker 1: feelings toward him, obedience to his commands, or my continual

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Speaker 1: engagement in sin. First John four eight tells us that

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Speaker 1: God is love. Love is at the core of who

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Speaker 1: God is, and while love can be earned or lost

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Speaker 1: in our human relationships, that's not true of God's love.

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Speaker 1: So if you, like me, need a reminder that God's

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Speaker 1: love isn't just applied to us for salvation, but for

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Speaker 1: everyday life, then take time to meditate on these scriptures

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Speaker 1: and go to the Lord in prayer. One Timothy two

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Speaker 1: thirteen tells us that God's love is not dependent on

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Speaker 1: our actions. If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for

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Speaker 1: he cannot disown himself. Lord, thank you that your love

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Speaker 1: for me doesn't depend on my performance. I can't earn

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Speaker 1: your love or lose your passion. You're faithful even when

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Speaker 1: we are not. In Jesus name. Amen. Romans eight thirty

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Speaker 1: five encourages us that God's love isn't conditional. It can't

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Speaker 1: be taken away. Who shall separate us from the love

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Speaker 1: of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine

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Speaker 1: or nakedness or danger or sword? Lord, what a gift

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Speaker 1: that nothing can separate me from your love. Help me

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Speaker 1: remember that although human relationships and love may be lost

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Speaker 1: or abused, that as an apply to your love, your

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Speaker 1: love is unconditional, abundant, and filled with grace and mercy. Amen.

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Speaker 1: Ephesians two eight through ten promises that God's love isn't transactional.

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Speaker 1: It can't be earned, for it is by grace. You

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Speaker 1: have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves.

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Speaker 1: It is the gift of God, not by works so

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Speaker 1: that no one can boast, For we are God's handiwork

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Speaker 1: created in Christ Jesus to do good works which God

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Speaker 1: prepared in advance for us to do. Lord, when I

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Speaker 1: try to earn your love, remind me that I've been

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Speaker 1: saved by grace through faith. Just like salvation. There's nothing

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Speaker 1: I can do to gain your love, and that's a

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Speaker 1: good thing because that means there's nothing I can do

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Speaker 1: to lose your love. Help me find freedom in knowing

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Speaker 1: that before the beginning of time you loved me. May

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Speaker 1: my response to your raabagant love for me be that

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Speaker 1: I show your love to others in Jesus' name. Amen, Friend,

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Speaker 1: remember today that you are loved by God, who not

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Speaker 1: only created you, but desires to be in a relationship

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Speaker 1: with you. Let's pray heavenly Father. I'm not sure why

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Speaker 1: I sometimes believe the lie that I'm unlovable, that one

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Speaker 1: day I'm gonna wake up and You're gonna love me

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Speaker 1: less because of what I did or didn't do. Help

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Speaker 1: me to remember the truth of scriptures that your love

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Speaker 1: isn't dependent on me. It's not conditional, it's not transactional.

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Speaker 1: When I try to earn your love. Remind me that

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Speaker 1: I've been saved by grace through faith, just like salvation.

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Speaker 1: There's nothing I can do to gain your love. That's

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Speaker 1: great because that means there's nothing I can do to

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Speaker 1: lose your love. Help me find freedom in knowing that

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Speaker 1: before the beginning of time you loved me. The very

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Speaker 1: essence of who you are is love. And in a

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Speaker 1: world where love is fickle, let me remember that you

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Speaker 1: are not. Let the words of Romans five eight reign

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Speaker 1: in our hearts and minds, but God demonstrates his own

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Speaker 1: love for us in this while we were still sinners,

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Speaker 1: Christ died for us in Jesus name. Amen. Your Daily

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