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Speaker 1: Arise, O Lord, into thy rest, Thou and the ark

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Speaker 1: of Thy strength, Psalm one point thirty two eight. Dear Lord,

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Speaker 1: without your presence resting in my life, there is no

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Speaker 1: rest for me. I have no strength without your presence

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Speaker 1: flowing through me. I can do nothing on my own

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Speaker 1: and meet you with me. Make my heart your permanent resting. Please,

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Speaker 1: it is in your presence that I find my strength

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Speaker 1: and peace. I trust in you, Lord to direct my

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Speaker 1: path and lead me into your perfect plan for my life.

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Speaker 1: Without your presence, I am lost and alone. I need you,

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Speaker 1: Lord to abide with me and fill my life with

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Speaker 1: your strength. Find your rest in me, Lord, Amen.

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

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Speaker 3: every day and make prayer a priority in your life.

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Speaker 3: Our goal for today's meditative prayer is better marriage. Hit

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Speaker 3: pause for a minute, head to your safe spot where

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Speaker 3: you can settle in and settle down close your eyes,

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Speaker 3: quiet your heart, and ready your spirit to receive from God.

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Speaker 3: We will be meditating on Ephesians chapter five, verses twenty

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Speaker 3: two through twenty four, from the King James version. Wives

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Speaker 3: submit yourselves unto your own husbands as unto the Lord.

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Speaker 3: For the husband is the head of the wife, even

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Speaker 3: as Christ is the head of the Church, and he

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Speaker 3: is the savior of the body. Therefore, as the Church

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Speaker 3: is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to

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Speaker 3: their own husbands in everything. Take a moment to pour

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Speaker 3: out your adoration to God. Jesus. I praise you for

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Speaker 3: sending your Holy Spirit to minister to me. I worship

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Speaker 3: you for preparing your bride the church. As the day

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Speaker 3: of Jesus's return draws near. You are sovereign and almighty.

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Speaker 3: You are selfless and sacrificing. I praise you for your

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Speaker 3: loved life toward me is steadfast and unchanging. I worship

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Speaker 3: you God, and I commit all I am to you.

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Speaker 3: Submission to authority. Wives are to submit to their husband's authority.

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Speaker 3: God created marriage to have give and take, each half

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Speaker 3: doing their part so that the whole works in perfect unity.

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Speaker 3: For wives, this means treating their husbands with deference and honor.

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Speaker 3: When wives respect their husbands, they are respecting God as

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Speaker 3: she would treat Christ. So she respects her husband. For

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Speaker 3: God is the head of man, and Man is the

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Speaker 3: head of the woman. This is the hierarchy God established

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Speaker 3: to govern marriage. This is how the union between a

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Speaker 3: man and a woman is meant to function. As the

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Speaker 3: Church acknowledges and accepts christ spiritual authority, so too should

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Speaker 3: the wife respect her husband. Both husband and wife are

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Speaker 3: called to serve Christ in how they relate to each other.

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Speaker 3: Both husband and wife serve God and follow his commandments.

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Speaker 3: The first of his commandments is to love God, and

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Speaker 3: the second is to love others as yourself. This love

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Speaker 3: is selfless and strengthens the bond between husband and wife.

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Speaker 3: Do not seek to keep score in your relationship, for

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Speaker 3: marriage is not a competition. It is not a struggle

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Speaker 3: for power. Marriage is a covenant of two people laying

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Speaker 3: down their own natures to benefit the whole. Perhaps you've

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Speaker 3: been struggling to submit to God's authority over your life.

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Speaker 3: Perhaps you've been struggling to submit to your husband's authority

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Speaker 3: in your marriage. Bearing in mind the importance of submission,

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Speaker 3: draw near to God in this moment, come before the

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Speaker 3: Lord and confess your sins to him. Confess to Jesus

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Speaker 3: the times you did not respect God's word or your husband,

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Speaker 3: as you should confess the times when you gave into

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Speaker 3: selfishness and did not serve your spouse. Now hand those

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Speaker 3: failures over to Jesus and cast your cares upon him.

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Speaker 3: Take just a few minutes to dwell on what God

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Speaker 3: has given you. Thank Him for your spouse who shares

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Speaker 3: this life with you, His Holy Spirit, who selflessly gives

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Speaker 3: to you without measure. Jesus, who loved us before we

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Speaker 3: returned his love, the Father who draws us with loving

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Speaker 3: kindness and mercy. Thank Jesus for capacitating you to do

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Speaker 3: all things. God is present and he is listening to you.

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Speaker 3: The Bible says we are to outdo one another in

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Speaker 3: showing honor. So ask God to pour out his Holy

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Speaker 3: Spirit without measure over your life. Ask the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 3: to remove all bitterness and resentment from your life. To

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Speaker 3: take away what impedes you from selflessly giving to your spouse.

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Speaker 3: Ask God to fill you with his grace and his mercy.

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Speaker 3: Ask the Holy Spirit to impart God's wisdom to you,

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Speaker 3: to teach you to have a humble heart and self control. Remember,

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Speaker 3: wives are to submit to their husbands. The husbands are

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Speaker 3: to be over the wives as Christ is over the Church.

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Speaker 3: God uses this to bless us within our marriages. The

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Speaker 3: Holy Spirit working within you will help you give of

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Speaker 3: yourself without measure. Be assured in the knowledge that as

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Speaker 3: you are serving your husband, you are also serving God.

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Speaker 3: Choose this day to stand firm on the promises of

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Speaker 3: God for your life and be blessed. Thank you for

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