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Speaker 1: This is my rest forever. Here will I dwell, for

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Speaker 1: I have desired it Psalm one thirty two fourteen. Thank

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Speaker 1: you Lord for longing to rest within me. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for your desire to refresh and bless me. I am

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Speaker 1: grateful for your delight in my love. You designed me

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Speaker 1: for fellowship with you and desired to commune with me

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Speaker 1: in all things. What an honor it is to know

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Speaker 1: how much you love me and want to hear my

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Speaker 1: heart and needs. You are my benevolent father who cares

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Speaker 1: for me. You desired to be with me so much

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Speaker 1: you sent your son to pay the price for my

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Speaker 1: sins so I could come into your presence. I give

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Speaker 1: you all the praise and glory for your exquisite love. Amen.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on better Marriage. To get

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Speaker 2: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is better Marriage. Go

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Speaker 2: to a place where you can relax and let your

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Speaker 2: guard down. Now take a few minutes to disengage from

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Speaker 2: all distractions, disentangle yourself from everything else. Take a deep breath, exhale, repeat,

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Speaker 2: ready your heart, and open your mind to receive what

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Speaker 2: God's Holy Spirit has for you. We will be meditating

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Speaker 2: on Ephesians chapter five, verses twenty five through twenty nine

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Speaker 2: from the King James version. Husbands, love your wives even

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Speaker 2: as Christ also loved the Church and gave himself for it,

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Speaker 2: that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing

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Speaker 2: of water by the word, that he might present it

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Speaker 2: to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle

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Speaker 2: or any such thing, but that it should be holy

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Speaker 2: and without blemish. So ought men to love their wives

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Speaker 2: as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

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Speaker 2: For no man ever yet hated his own flesh. But

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Speaker 2: nourisheth it, and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church.

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Speaker 2: Take a moment to pour out your adoration to God

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Speaker 2: for his great love. God, I praise you, for your

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Speaker 2: love is unquenchable and unending. Jesus, you loved me while

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Speaker 2: I was yet a sinner and gave your life for mine.

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Speaker 2: I worship you, for you washed me clean selfless servitude.

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Speaker 2: As marriages are created in the image of God, husbands

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Speaker 2: are to love their wives as Christ loved the Church.

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Speaker 2: Jesus says that the greatest love one can have is

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Speaker 2: to lay down his life for another. He modeled this

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Speaker 2: when he died for our sins on the cross. When

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Speaker 2: husbands love their wives selflessly, they follow in the path

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Speaker 2: Christ laid out for them, putting their wife's well being

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Speaker 2: above their own. Christ loved the Church unconditionally, laying aside

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Speaker 2: her failings and weaknesses. The Bible says that Jesus loved

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Speaker 2: us while we were still sinners. As a result of

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Speaker 2: God's attitude toward us, we are continuously drawn to him

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Speaker 2: by his faithful and steadfast love. And marriages are built

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Speaker 2: on the firm foundation of God's word. As the wife

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Speaker 2: is to submit to her husband's authority. The husband is

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Speaker 2: to love his wife unconditionally and more than he loves himself.

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Speaker 2: And in serving God and following his commandments, you fortify

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Speaker 2: your relationship with your spouse and build a better future.

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Speaker 2: The husband's love will nourish his wife and the wife

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Speaker 2: will flourish when she is cherished. A wife who is

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Speaker 2: loved and cared for as Christ loved and cared for

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Speaker 2: the Church, is a blessing and an honor unto the

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Speaker 2: man she serves for. A wife who is treasured becomes

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Speaker 2: a crown for her husband. As husband and wife serve

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Speaker 2: each other not out of rivalry, but out of love,

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Speaker 2: they will strengthen their bond and walk in unity with

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Speaker 2: each other and with the Holy Spirit. Perhaps your love

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Speaker 2: for your spouse has been restricted. Perhaps you have failed

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Speaker 2: and have not loved your wife as you have been

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Speaker 2: loved by God. This is your opportunity to present yourself

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Speaker 2: before the Lord, confess to him your sins, and commit

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Speaker 2: to walking in his ways. Now consider for a moment

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Speaker 2: God's sacrificial love for you. Thank Jesus for loving you

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Speaker 2: and dying in your place, for loving you while you

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Speaker 2: were still a sinner. Thank God for his unconditional love

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Speaker 2: independent of your actions or beliefs. Think for a minute

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Speaker 2: on past experiences where you were drawn in by God's love.

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Speaker 2: Thank Him for his care for you and his selfless

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Speaker 2: offering on the cross. God is present and he is

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Speaker 2: listening to you. Loving your spouse as you love yourself.

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Speaker 2: Is difficult, but it can be done. The Holy Spirit

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Speaker 2: is on your side wanting to help you, so be

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Speaker 2: bold and ask him. Ask for grace, patience, and humility.

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Speaker 2: Ask to help you love God and your spouse well.

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Speaker 2: Ask the Holy Spirit to help you overlook your spouse's flaws,

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Speaker 2: to see them as God sees them, and to honor them. Remember,

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Speaker 2: husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the Church,

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Speaker 2: love them as they love themselves, and to treasure them.

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Speaker 2: Doing this goes against our selfish nature, but be encouraged.

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Speaker 2: The Holy Spirit is your heavenly helper who will sustain

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Speaker 2: and strengthen you. Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer

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