1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: This is my commandment that ye love one another as 2 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: I have loved you John fifteen twelve. Dear Heavenly Father, 3 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: your love is vast, like the expanse of the heavens. 4 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: Your love is deep, like the depths of the sea. 5 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: Your love is tender, like a mother to her newborn child. 6 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: It seems too great a task to emulate that love, 7 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: to show it to others, Yet you give us that command. Nonetheless, 8 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 1: you have commanded me to love others as you have 9 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:51,760 Speaker 1: loved me. I know this is impossible without your spirit 10 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: guiding me and empowering me. So today, as I reflect 11 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: on your goodness, pray that you would help me show 12 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 1: love to everyone around me. In Jesus' name. Amen, thank 13 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: you for joining me in prayer. Stay tuned for today's 14 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: free podcast Meditative Prayers with Doctor Tim Clinton, where you 15 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: can draw close to God and find strength in him. 16 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on love and Kindness. To 17 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:29,959 Speaker 2: get the most out of your spiritual journey. I hope 18 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: you use pray dot com every day. Make prayer priority 19 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 2: in your life. Our goal for today's meditative prayer is 20 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 2: on love and kindness. Take a moment to gather your thoughts. 21 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 2: Maybe quiet your spirit, get yourself in a comfortable corner 22 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 2: place where you could close your eyes, breathe easy. Now 23 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 2: I want you to fix your attention on God. Turn 24 00:01:57,080 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 2: your heart toward him and all that He asked for you. 25 00:02:00,800 --> 00:02:05,560 Speaker 2: This day we're going to be meditating on John fifteen, 26 00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 2: verse twelve. From the King James version, it says, this 27 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 2: is my commandment that you love one another as I 28 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 2: have loved you. Take a moment right now to adore 29 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 2: God for loving you in spite of your sins. He 30 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 2: loves you. God. I look to the cross and praise you, 31 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:40,919 Speaker 2: for your love is great. I praise you for sending 32 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:46,800 Speaker 2: your son to sacrifice himself for me. By your love 33 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 2: and the strength of your power, you have redeemed me. 34 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 2: I sing your praises for you alone hold salvation in 35 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 2: your hand. God. I worship you for your loving kindness 36 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 2: has restored my and that you do not hide yourself 37 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: from me, and you give your love without measure. Loving 38 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 2: others as Jesus loved you requires submission to his word, 39 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: submitting to anything that's a struggle, more so, even to 40 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 2: the word of God. Human nature, by default, is contrary 41 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 2: to the calling found in Christ. The things I would do, 42 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 2: I don't. Your mind has its own selfish ways, and 43 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 2: your heart longs to please itself. Your desire will be 44 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 2: against you, and so it's up to you to overcome it. 45 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 2: God set that bar high. Yet don't be discouraged or disheartened. 46 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: God knows the task is not easy, and you are 47 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 2: not perfect. You're going to war within yourself, and you're 48 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 2: going to struggle with your flesh to submit to God. 49 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 2: And the road to success will be filled with impasses 50 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 2: and imperfection. But the secret to success is simple. Don't 51 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 2: allow these imperfections, these insecurities, these challenges to bind you 52 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 2: or blind you. Keep reaching out to God with your 53 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 2: whole heart. Confess your concerns to the Holy Spirit, and 54 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 2: He will care for you and aid you. Take a 55 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,120 Speaker 2: moment right now to dwell on the unconditional love that 56 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 2: God has for you. Think of how Jesus had to 57 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 2: submit to God's plan. Thank him for submitting himself in 58 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 2: obedience to God's love, even though that love took him 59 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 2: to the cross. Thank him for setting aside his desires 60 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: out of love for you, for sacrificing who he was 61 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 2: to restore you to whom you are called to be. 62 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 2: Thank Jesus for loving you unconditionally in the past and 63 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:19,719 Speaker 2: even now. Thank him that his love will never change. 64 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 2: Give thanks to God for loving you yesterday, today, and always. 65 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 2: I love that God is present and that He's listening 66 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 2: to you. Jesus was intimately acquainted with the pain of submission. 67 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 2: He is aware of the struggle and the sorrow associated 68 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 2: and the difficulties was submitting to God's will. However, he 69 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:51,360 Speaker 2: overcame the world, and as Jesus overcame, you can too. 70 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 2: Know this. You are not alone. Ask the Holy Spirit 71 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 2: to help you submit your whole heart to obeying Christ. 72 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 2: Ask him to empower you with conviction and determination to 73 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 2: live as Christ lived, To love as Christ loved. And 74 00:06:11,480 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 2: remember God has called you to love others as He 75 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 2: loves you. Never forget the intensity and the depth in 76 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 2: which you are loved. God's love for you is unconditional. 77 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 2: He will always choose you. 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