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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.

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Speaker 2: Amen.

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Speaker 1: to experience a pocket of peace before you go to sleep.

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Speaker 1: Stay tuned for our free meditative prayer after this quick

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Speaker 3: Welcome to your meditative prayer on better Marriage. To get

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Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is better Marriage. Go

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Speaker 3: to a place where you can relax and let your

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Speaker 3: guard down. Now take a few minutes to disengage from

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Speaker 3: all distractions, disentangle yourself from everything else.

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Speaker 2: Take a deep breath, exhale, repeat, ready your heart, and

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Speaker 2: open your mind to receive what God's Holy Spirit has

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Speaker 2: for you. We will be meditating on Ephesians chapter five,

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Speaker 2: verses twenty five through twenty nine from the King James version. Husbands,

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Speaker 2: love your wives even as Christ also loved the Church

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Speaker 2: and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and

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Speaker 2: cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

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Speaker 2: that he might present it to himself a glorious church,

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Speaker 2: not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but

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Speaker 2: that it should be holy and without blemish. So ought

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Speaker 2: men to love their wives as their own bodies. He

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Speaker 2: that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever

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Speaker 2: yet hated his own flesh. But nourisheth it, and cherisheth it,

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Speaker 2: even as the Lord the Church. Take a moment to

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Speaker 2: pour out your adoration to God for his great love. God,

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Speaker 2: I praise you, for your love is unquenchable and unending. Jesus,

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Speaker 2: you loved me while I was yet a sinner and

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Speaker 2: gave your life for mine. I worship you, for you

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Speaker 2: washed me clean selfless servitude. As marriages are created in

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Speaker 2: the image of God, husbands are to love their wives

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Speaker 2: as Christ loved the Church.

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Speaker 3: Jesus says that the greatest love one can have is

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Speaker 3: to lay down his life for another. He modeled this

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Speaker 3: when he died for our sins on the cross. When

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Speaker 3: husbands love their wives selflessly, they follow in the path

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Speaker 3: Christ laid out for them, putting their wife's well being

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Speaker 3: above their own. Christ loved the Church unconditionally, laying aside

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Speaker 3: her failings and weaknesses. The Bible says that Jesus loved

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Speaker 3: us while we were still sinners. As a result of

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Speaker 3: God's attitude toward us, we are continuously drawn to him

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Speaker 3: by his faithful and steadfast love. And marriages are built

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Speaker 3: on the firm foundation of God's word. As the wife

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Speaker 3: is to submit to her husband's authority. The husband is

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Speaker 3: to love his wife unconditionally and more than he loves himself.

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Speaker 3: And in serving God and following his commandments, you fortify

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Speaker 3: your relationship with your spouse and build a better future.

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Speaker 3: The husband's love will nourish his wife and the wife

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Speaker 3: will flourish when she is cherished. A wife who is

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Speaker 3: loved and cared for as Christ loved and cared for

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Speaker 3: the Church, is a blessing and an honor unto the

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Speaker 3: man she serves for. A wife who is treasured becomes

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Speaker 3: a crown for her husband. As husband and wife serve

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Speaker 3: each other not out of rivalry, but out of love,

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Speaker 3: they will strengthen their bond and walk in unity with

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Speaker 3: each other and with the Holy Spirit. Perhaps your love

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Speaker 3: for your spouse has been restricted. Perhaps you have failed

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Speaker 3: and have not loved your wife as you have been

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Speaker 3: loved by God. This is your opportunity to present yourself

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Speaker 3: before the Lord, confess to him your sins, and commit

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Speaker 3: to walking in his ways. Now consider for a moment

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Speaker 3: God's sacrificial love for you. Thank Jesus for loving you

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Speaker 3: and dying in your place, for loving you while you

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Speaker 3: were still a sinner. Thank God for his unconditional love

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Speaker 3: independent of your actions or beliefs. Think for a minute

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Speaker 3: on past experiences where you were drawn in by God's love.

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Speaker 3: Thank Him for his care for you and his selfless

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Speaker 3: offering on the cross. God is present and he is

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Speaker 3: listening to you. Loving your spouse as you love yourself.

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Speaker 3: Is difficult, but it can be done. The Holy Spirit

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Speaker 3: is on your side wanting to help you, so be

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Speaker 3: bold and ask him. Ask for grace, patience, and humility.

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Speaker 3: Ask to help you love God and your spouse well.

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Speaker 3: Ask the Holy Spirit to help you overlook your spouse's flaws,

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Speaker 3: to see them as God sees them, and to honor them. Remember,

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Speaker 3: husbands are to love their wives as Christ loved the Church,

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Speaker 3: love them as they love themselves, and to treasure them.

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Speaker 3: Doing this goes against our selfish nature, but be encouraged.

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Speaker 3: The Holy Spirit is your heavenly helper who will sustain

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Speaker 3: and strengthen you. Thank you for completing today's meditative prayer

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