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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 today with humble

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: Help us to learn what it means to truly put

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Speaker 1: the needs of others above our own for your glory.

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Speaker 1: Let us not be afraid of sacrifice or discomfort as

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

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

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Speaker 1: his life so that we may have eternal life with you.

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Speaker 1: Fill us with humility as we strive to obey your

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Speaker 1: commands and put aside our own desires. Enable us to

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

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

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Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, Amen, thank you for joining me in prayer.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for today's free podcast, Meditative Prayers with Zach Clinton,

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Speaker 1: where you can draw clothes to God and find strength

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Speaker 1: 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 unmass. His

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Speaker 2: Holy Spirit is continuously working to convict the world of sin,

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Speaker 2: and he is constantly interceding on our behalf before God.

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

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

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Speaker 2: it's about serving others in love. Perhaps you've been struggling

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

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Speaker 2: with living it out right. Now this is your chance

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Speaker 2: to change that. So go ahead and present yourself before

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Speaker 2: God and confess your sins to him. Ask the Holy

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Speaker 2: Spirit to convict you of your shortcomings and to minister

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: you in gentleness and loving kindness. My friends, do not forget.

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Speaker 2: God is present and he is always listening to you.

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

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Speaker 2: remove your heart of stone and to give you a

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Speaker 2: heart of flesh. Ask God for the ability to love

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Speaker 2: others as you are loved by Him, To be selfless

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Speaker 2: in your friendships, and to put the needs of others

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: needs of others before your own. To be a friend

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Speaker 2: to others as Jesus is to you. Pray for love

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Speaker 2: in all your interactions, a selfless love that gives without

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Speaker 2: reservations or expectations. Remember, friendship is selfless. Jesus Christ willingly

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Speaker 2: went to the cross so that we might have a

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Speaker 2: relationship with God. When Jesus died, he wasn't thinking of himself.

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Speaker 2: He was thinking of you and me. Through his example

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Speaker 2: of selfless friendship, Christ set the standard we are to

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Speaker 2: live by and became the intent for our friendships. So

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Speaker 2: choose this day to live in love as Jesus does,

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Speaker 2: to rise to the challenge of this standard set before you,

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Speaker 2: and to be to others the friend that Christ is

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