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Speaker 1: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

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Speaker 1: For the husband is the head of the wife, even

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Speaker 1: as Christ is the head of the church, and he

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Speaker 1: is the savior of the body. Ephesians five twenty two

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Speaker 1: through twenty three. Dear Lord Jesus, you modeled perfect submission

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Speaker 1: on the cross. You gave yourself over to the will

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Speaker 1: of the Father and accomplished great things as a result.

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Speaker 1: Teach us to submit to you first and foremost as

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Speaker 1: your church, that we may share in your victory. We

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Speaker 1: also pray for those godly marriages seeking to reflect your character.

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Speaker 1: Grant everyone mutual submission, respect and honor for each other

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Speaker 1: as unto you. Empower wives to prop up their husbands,

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Speaker 1: even when they don't seem worthy of it at the time.

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Speaker 1: Guide husbands to love and nurture their wives, even when

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Speaker 1: they'd prefer to be harsh or neglecting. In all things,

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Speaker 1: have your way among us, humble and guide us. Lord Jesus,

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Speaker 1: and your name, We pray 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 creating a

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Speaker 2: better marriage. To get the most out of your spiritual journey,

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Speaker 2: use pray dot com every day and make prayer a

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Speaker 2: priority in your life. Again, our goal for today's meditative

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Speaker 2: prayer is all about creating a better marriage. So right now,

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Speaker 2: just tip pause for a minute. Maybe head to your

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Speaker 2: safe spot where you can settle in and settle down,

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Speaker 2: close your eyes, and quiet your heart, and ready your

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Speaker 2: spirit to receive from God. Today we'll be meditating on

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Speaker 2: Ephesians chapter five, verses twenty two to twenty four, from

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Speaker 2: the King James version. Wives submit yourselves unto your own

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Speaker 2: husbands as unto the Lord. For the husband is the

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Speaker 2: head of the wife, even as Christ is the head

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Speaker 2: of the Church, and he is the savior of the body. Therefore,

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Speaker 2: as the church is subject under Christ, so let the

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Speaker 2: wives be to their own husbands in everything. Take a

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Speaker 2: moment now just to pour out your adoration to God. Jesus.

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Speaker 2: I praise you for sending your Holy Spirit to minister

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Speaker 2: to me. I worship you for preparing your bride the church.

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Speaker 2: As the day of Jesus's return draws near. Sovereign and Almighty,

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Speaker 2: you are selfless and sacrificing. I praise you for your

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Speaker 2: love toward me is steadfast and unchanging. And I worship

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Speaker 2: you God, and I commit all I am to you.

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Speaker 2: Submission to authority. Wives are to submit to their husband's authority.

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Speaker 2: God created marriage to have give and take, each half

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Speaker 2: doing their part so that the whole works in perfect unity.

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Speaker 2: For wives, this means treating their husbands with deference and honor.

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Speaker 2: When wives respect their husbands, they are respecting God as

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Speaker 2: she would treat Christ. So she respects her husband. For

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Speaker 2: God is the head of man, and Man is the

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Speaker 2: head of the woman. This is the hierarchy God established

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Speaker 2: to govern marriage. This is how the union between a

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Speaker 2: man and a woman is meant to function. As the

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Speaker 2: Church acknowledges and accepts Christ's spiritrtual authority, so too should

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Speaker 2: the wife respect her husband. Both husband and wife are

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Speaker 2: called to serve Christ and how they relate to each other.

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Speaker 2: Both husband and wife serve God and follow his commandments.

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Speaker 2: The first of his commandments is to love God, and

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Speaker 2: the second is to love others as yourself. This love

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Speaker 2: is selfless and strengthens the bond between husband and wife.

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Speaker 2: Do not seek to keep score in your relationship. For

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Speaker 2: marriage is not a competition. It is not a struggle

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Speaker 2: for power. Marriage is a covenant of two people laying

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Speaker 2: down their own natures to benefit the whole. Perhaps you've

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Speaker 2: been struggling to submit to God's authority over your life.

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Speaker 2: Perhaps you've been struggling to submit to your husband's authority

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Speaker 2: and your marriage. Bearing in mind the importance of submission,

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Speaker 2: draw near to God in this moment. Come before the

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Speaker 2: Lord and confess your sins to him. Confess to Jesus

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Speaker 2: the times you did not respect God's word or your husband,

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Speaker 2: as you should confess the times when you gave into

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Speaker 2: selfishness and did not serve your spouse. Now hand those

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Speaker 2: failures over to Jesus and cast your cares upon him.

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Speaker 2: Now as we transition, take just a few minutes to

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Speaker 2: dwell on what God has given you. Thank Him for

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Speaker 2: your spouse who shares this life with you, his Holy Spirit,

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Speaker 2: who selflessly gives to you without measure, Jesus, who loved

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Speaker 2: us before we returned his love, the Father who draws

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Speaker 2: us with loving kindness and mercy. And thank Jesus for

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Speaker 2: capacitating you to do all things. You see. God is present,

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Speaker 2: and he is listening to you. The Bible says we

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Speaker 2: are to outdo one another in showing honor. So ask

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Speaker 2: God to pour out his Holy Spirit without measure over

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Speaker 2: your life. Ask the Holy Spirit to remove all bitterness

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Speaker 2: and resentment from your life, to take away what impedes

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Speaker 2: you from selflessly giving to your spouse. Ask God to

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Speaker 2: fill you with his grace and his mercy, and ask

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Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit to impart God's wisdom to you to

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Speaker 2: teach you to have a humble heart and self control. Remember,

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Speaker 2: wives are to submit to their husbands, and the husbands

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Speaker 2: are to be over the wives as Christ is over

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Speaker 2: the Church. God uses this to bless us within our marriages.

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Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit working within you will help you give

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Speaker 2: of yourself without measure. Be assured in the knowledge that

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Speaker 2: as you are serving your husband, you are also serving God.

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Speaker 2: So choose this day to stand firm on the promises

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Speaker 2: of God for your life and be blessed. My friends,

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Speaker 2: thank you for completing today's meditative prayer on pray dot com.

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Speaker 2: By incorporating this healthy habit is a daily practice. I

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Speaker 2: strengthening your walk with God. My name is Zachlinon, vice

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