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Speaker 1: Genesis twenty eight eleven. Lord, it takes a great deal

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Speaker 1: perfect safety. Lord, teach me how to have that kind

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Speaker 1: my mighty protector. Amen, thank you for listening to pray

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on deep forgiveness. To get

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is deep forgiveness. Separate

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Speaker 2: yourself from all else in a quiet and calm place.

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Speaker 2: Take a moment to find your center as you close

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Speaker 2: your eye and breathe in and out let your body relax.

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Speaker 2: Now turn your thoughts to the Word of God. Invite

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Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit to fill your heart, and open yourself

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Speaker 2: to receive from the Lord. We will be meditating on

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Speaker 2: John chapter thirteen, verses thirty four through thirty five from

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Speaker 2: the King James version, a new commandment. I give unto

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Speaker 2: you that ye love one another as I have loved you,

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Speaker 2: that ye also love one another. By this shall all

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Speaker 2: men know that ye are my disciples. If ye have

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Speaker 2: love one to another, pour out your adoration to God

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Speaker 2: who showed his love through Christ Jesus God, I praise

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Speaker 2: you forgiving me the very best of who you are,

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Speaker 2: for demonstrating your love through your actions at the Cross.

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Speaker 2: I exalt you, Lord, for your love is unrestrained and unconditional.

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Speaker 2: You withhold nothing back, and you love me completely. You

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Speaker 2: are commanded to love others as God loved you, and

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Speaker 2: love gives the very best of itself. It holds no

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Speaker 2: grudges and keeps no score. To love as you are

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Speaker 2: loved by Jesus is to have mercy and to show grace,

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Speaker 2: to have compassion, and to not withhold clemency even in

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Speaker 2: the face of betrayal. Jesus demonstrated love and forgiveness time

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Speaker 2: and time again. But nowhere is this truth made clearer

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Speaker 2: than at the scene of the Last Supper. Jesus was

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Speaker 2: fully aware Judas was about to betray him, and yet

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Speaker 2: there was a place at the table for Judas too.

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Speaker 2: In full knowledge of what was to happen, that he

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Speaker 2: would be betrayed and crucified, Jesus still offered grace and

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Speaker 2: mercy because his actions did not depend on Judas. Judas

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Speaker 2: was given a seed at the table, not because he

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Speaker 2: deserved it, but because Jesus loved him in spite of

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Speaker 2: who he was and what he did. Christ's actions were

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Speaker 2: based uniquely and solely on his relationship with the Father.

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Speaker 2: You are called to love and to live as Christ did.

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Speaker 2: The closest you will ever come to personifying Jesus this

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Speaker 2: side of eternity is when you forgive someone who does

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Speaker 2: not deserve nor want your forgiveness, because that is exactly

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Speaker 2: what Jesus did for all of us. Jesus died for

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Speaker 2: our sins to give us forgiveness while we were yet

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Speaker 2: his enemies. Now consider for a moment God's unmatched love

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Speaker 2: in your life and thank him for it. Thank God

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Speaker 2: that his love is all encompassing and has no limits.

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Speaker 2: Thank Him that his love affords you constant forgiveness for

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Speaker 2: all of your offenses. Thank Jesus that he did not

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Speaker 2: hold your wrongs against you. Thank Him for giving you

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Speaker 2: compassion in place of condemnation. Think for a minute on

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Speaker 2: past experiences where God's love gifted you with mercy. Thank

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Speaker 2: Him for all past blessings of his grace over your

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Speaker 2: life and for those still to come. God is present

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Speaker 2: and he is listening to you. Jesus died for you

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Speaker 2: while you were still lost in your sins, while you

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Speaker 2: are still his enemy. Christ understands the challenge of the

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Speaker 2: task he has set before you. This is your chance

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Speaker 2: to approach the throne of God and ask for divine intervention.

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Speaker 2: Petition God for his mercy to flood your soul, to

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Speaker 2: fill you to overflowing, and to permeate every area of

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Speaker 2: your heart. Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to

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Speaker 2: forgive all who wrong you, regardless if they are friend

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Speaker 2: or foe. Ask the Holy Spirit to empower you to

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Speaker 2: give the best of yourself in love demonstrated through acts

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Speaker 2: of forgiveness, kindness, and grace. Remember, God expects you to

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Speaker 2: show others the love you have received from Him. If

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Speaker 2: Christ's rules in your heart, his likeness should be seen

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Speaker 2: in your actions. You are to forgive others, to be compassionate,

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Speaker 2: and to show mercy. To love others as you are

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Speaker 2: loved by God. Seize this day, this opportunity to demonstrate

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Speaker 2: God's love to this world. Give grace and act with kindness,

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Speaker 2: answer strife with peace, and strive toward witnessing God's love

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Speaker 2: and forgiveness. Unto all, thank you for completing today's meditative

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