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Speaker 1: Greater love hath no man than this, that a man

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Speaker 1: laid down his life for his friends. John fifteen thirteen.

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Speaker 1: Dear Heavenly Father, we come to you to day with

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Speaker 1: humble hearts and a desire to seek your will. We

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Speaker 1: ask that you grant us the grace of selflessness, so

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Speaker 1: that we may emulate the kind of friendship depicted on

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Speaker 1: the Cross. Help us to learn what it means to

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Speaker 1: truly put the needs of others above our own for

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Speaker 1: your glory. Let us not be afraid of sacrifice or

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Speaker 1: discomfort as we seek to serve you and those around us.

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Speaker 1: May we follow in the footsteps of Jesus, who gave

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Speaker 1: up his life so that we may have eternal life

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Speaker 1: with you. Fill us with humility as we strive to

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Speaker 1: obey your commands and put aside our own desires. Enable

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Speaker 1: us to lay down our lives for those around us,

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Speaker 1: showing the same kind of love that Jesus showed on

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Speaker 1: the Cross. In Jesus's name, Amen, thank you for joining

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Speaker 1: me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's free podcast, Meditative

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Speaker 1: Prayers with Zach Clinton, where you can draw close to

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Speaker 1: God and find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: My friends, Welcome to your meditative prayer on new friendships

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Speaker 2: to get the most out of your spiritual journey, uspray

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Speaker 2: dot com every day and make prayer a priority in

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Speaker 2: your life. Again, our goal for today's meditative prayer is

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Speaker 2: all about new friendships. So right now, let's just simply

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Speaker 2: take a moment to relax, maybe find a comfortable and

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Speaker 2: quiet place, close your eyes and take a deep breath.

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Speaker 2: And as you take every thought captive and put your

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Speaker 2: focus on Jesus, go ahead and invite the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 2: to come and minister God's word to you today. Again,

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Speaker 2: today will be meditating on John fifteen thirteen from the

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Speaker 2: King James version. Greater love hath no man than this,

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Speaker 2: that a man laid down his life for his friends.

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Speaker 2: Right now, my friends, let's just take a moment to

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Speaker 2: pour out our adoration to God.

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Speaker 1: God.

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Speaker 2: I praise you for your word that is living and efficient. Jesus,

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Speaker 2: I worship you for your selfless love, for dying on

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Speaker 2: the cross to pay for my sins. Holy Spirit, I

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Speaker 2: love you, and I thank you for your constant work

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Speaker 2: in my life. You see, friendship is selfless. No greater

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Speaker 2: example of friendship exists than that of the Cross at Calvary.

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Speaker 2: Jesus Christ proved his love for you in the most

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Speaker 2: complete and undeniable way. He laid down his life for you.

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Speaker 2: His sacrifice was the ultimate display of his affection and

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Speaker 2: his friendship. For he gave his loss for your gain,

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Speaker 2: his sorrow for your joy, his suffering for your peace,

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Speaker 2: his health for your healing, his death for your life.

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Speaker 2: Jesus Christ is the perfect example of what a friend

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Speaker 2: should be. Loving and kind, compassionate and caring, forgiving, and selfless.

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Speaker 2: Jesus put the needs of others before his own, with

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Speaker 2: the goal being the restoration of relationship between mankind and God.

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Speaker 2: His sacrifice made an everlasting and unbreakable covenant between humanity

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Speaker 2: and God. His blessings operate in perpetuity and are limitless.

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Speaker 2: His love is steadfast and his empathy is un maas.

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Speaker 2: His Holy Spirit is continuously working to convict the world

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Speaker 2: of sin, and he is constantly interceding on our behalf

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Speaker 2: before God. You see, Jesus didn't meet the standard of friendship.

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Speaker 2: He created it. He taught us that friendship isn't about

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Speaker 2: self service, it's about serving others in love. Perhaps you've

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Speaker 2: been struggling with understanding or accepting this truth perhaps you've

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Speaker 2: been struggling with living it out right. Now this is

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Speaker 2: your chance to change that. So go ahead and present

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Speaker 2: yourself before God and confess your sins to him. Ask

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Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit to convict you of your shortcomings and

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Speaker 2: to minister the truth of friendship within your heart. And now,

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Speaker 2: as we transition, let's just take a moment to simply

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Speaker 2: dwell on the blessing of God's love for you. Thank

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Speaker 2: God for his mercy and for his grace for sending

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Speaker 2: his son to die in your place. Thank Jesus for

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Speaker 2: willingly sacrificing himself for you, for loving you more than

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Speaker 2: you could ever imagine or comprehend. Thank the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 2: for his daily care over your life, for relentlessly ministering

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Speaker 2: to you in gentleness and loving kindness. My friends, do

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Speaker 2: not forget. God is present and he is always listening

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Speaker 2: to you. Approach his throne of grace with boldness. Ask

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Speaker 2: God to remove your heart of stone and to give

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Speaker 2: you a heart of flesh. Ask God for the ability

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Speaker 2: to love others as you are loved by Him, To

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Speaker 2: be selfless in your friendships, and to put the needs

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Speaker 2: of others before your own. You see, to be a

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Speaker 2: friend to others as Jesus is to you. Ask God

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Speaker 2: for the ability to love others as you are loved

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Speaker 2: by Him, To be selfless in your friendships, and to

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Speaker 2: put the needs of others before your own. To be

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Speaker 2: a friend to others as Jesus is to you. Pray

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Speaker 2: for love in all your interactions, a selfless love that

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Speaker 2: gives without reservations or expectations. Remember, friendship is selfless. Jesus

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Speaker 2: Christ willingly went to the cross so that we might

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Speaker 2: have a relationship with God. When Jesus died, he wasn't

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Speaker 2: thinking of himself. He was thinking of you and me.

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Speaker 2: Through his example of selfless friendship, Christ set the standard

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Speaker 2: we are to live by and became the intent for

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Speaker 2: our friendships. So choose this day to live in love

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Speaker 2: as Jesus does, to rise to the challenge of this

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Speaker 2: standard set before you, and to be to others the

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Speaker 2: friend that Christ is to you. My friends, go and

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