1 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn't envy, Love 2 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't 3 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account 4 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: of evil, doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth, 5 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:34,440 Speaker 1: bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and 6 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: endures all things. First Corinthians thirteen four through seven. Dear 7 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: Heavenly Father, I know that if I am rooted in you, 8 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 1: the fruit of love will manifest. The fullness of love 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: is found in your spirit. So I pray you would 10 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: anoint me in abundance. I want my character to be 11 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 1: formed by you so I may live effectively for your kingdom. 12 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 1: Root me in love, anchor me in truth, and send 13 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: me out with boldness. I trust you to transform me 14 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: from the inside out as an agent of love and 15 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:26,360 Speaker 1: change in a world of darkness and hatred. In Jesus's name, 16 00:01:26,560 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: I pray, Amen, thank you for joining me in prayer. 17 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for today's free podcast, Meditative Prayers with Doctor 18 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 1: Tim Clinton, where you can draw close to God and 19 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: find strength in him. 20 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 2: What if Joseph hadn't warned Pharaoh to prepare for seven 21 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: years of famine. The Book of Genesis tells us that 22 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 2: Egypt and Joseph's own family survived because Joseph knew how 23 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 2: to prepare for emergencies. Hi, I'm Matt Potter, co founder 24 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 2: of pray dot Com. Being prepared is as wise today 25 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: as it was in Joseph's time. 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Now turn that heart toward God. 46 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:34,519 Speaker 3: Allow your mind to reach out to the presence of 47 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 3: the Lord, and prepare your heart to be filled with 48 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 3: His word. We're going to be meditating on First Corinthians, 49 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 3: chapter thirteen, verses four through seven. From the World English Bible. 50 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 3: Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy, 51 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 3: Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately. 52 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 3: Love doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, and 53 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 3: takes no account of evil. Doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but 54 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:22,719 Speaker 3: rejoices with the truth. Bears all things, believes all things, 55 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 3: hopes all things, and endures all things. Take a moment 56 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 3: and let your worship rise up to God. God, I 57 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 3: praise you for loving me this way. I adore you 58 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 3: for your love is unending and unmeasurable. I praise you 59 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 3: for you are not arrogant, and your anger is not 60 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 3: easily provoked. God, I gave you my adoration for you 61 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:03,599 Speaker 3: alone have overcome iniquity, and truth is only found in you. 62 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 3: I endure you, God, for your love surpasses all things 63 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 3: and endures through all of time. You know, to live 64 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 3: this way, to possess these qualities can seem pretty much impossible. 65 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,239 Speaker 3: A lot of trials and tribulations can make you feel 66 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 3: overwhelmed and overcome. Temptation and trouble seem to be in 67 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 3: every corner. It can almost seem inconceivable to live and 68 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 3: to love in this kind of freedom. However improbable it 69 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 3: may feel, this love is possible. I want you to 70 00:05:51,640 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 3: think for a moment on what's preventing you from loving 71 00:05:54,560 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 3: in this manner. Confess those areas of weary, maybe weakness 72 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 3: to the Holy Spirit. Share with Him your pains and 73 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 3: predicaments right now, reach out to Him for the reassurance 74 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 3: and reinforcement of his love. Now, I want you to 75 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:24,239 Speaker 3: consider all the times that God loved you this way 76 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 3: in spite of everything, and thank Him for it. Thank 77 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,599 Speaker 3: the Lord for his kindness and long suffering towards you. 78 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:40,320 Speaker 3: Thank God that his love is not conceited or selfish. 79 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 3: Thank Him for not keeping a record of your wrongdoing. 80 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 3: I hope you'll give thanks to God for all the 81 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 3: times in the past where he made you righteous, for 82 00:06:53,839 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 3: those times when He filled you with joy and truth. 83 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 3: Thank him that his love will never change and he 84 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 3: will never withhold it from you. And never forget that 85 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 3: God is present and that he's listening to you. Hope 86 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:13,600 Speaker 3: you'll come before Him and ask Him to fill your 87 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:19,000 Speaker 3: heart with his love. To give you the ability to 88 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 3: love others as He loves you. That's hard to do. 89 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 3: Ask God to remove your vanity and selfishness. Ask him 90 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 3: to guard your heart from arrogance and pride. Ask the 91 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 3: Holy Spirit to empower you and to control you over envy. 92 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 3: To not be boastful or self satisfied, and ask God 93 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 3: to teach you to find joy in righteousness and to 94 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 3: rejoice in the truth. Ask God for a love that 95 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 3: will bear all things, believe all things, a love that 96 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 3: will hope for all things and endure all things. Ask 97 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 3: God to give you all of who he is. And 98 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 3: remember God has called you to love in its truest form, 99 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 3: a love that's all encompassing and all consuming, a love 100 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 3: that transcends time and space and goes beyond all that 101 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 3: you could imagine. God wants you to experience this kind 102 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 3: of love today and always, so live boldly and don't 103 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 3: fear what is to come. 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