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Speaker 1: My little children. Let us not love in word, neither

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Speaker 1: in tongue, but indeed and in truth. First John three eighteen.

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Speaker 1: Dear Heavenly Father, you are steady and trustworthy in all

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Speaker 1: you do. I can trust that whatever you declare you

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Speaker 1: will do. Your word and your actions are one and

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Speaker 1: the same. I pray that I would have the same steadiness.

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Speaker 1: I pray that you would empower me to be trustworthy,

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Speaker 1: backing up my words and my actions. I don't just

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Speaker 1: want to say I love people. I want to show

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Speaker 1: it with my deeds. Give me vision and clarity daily

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Speaker 1: to put my love into motion by helping those around me.

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Speaker 1: In Jesus's 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 doctor

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Speaker 1: Tim Clinton, where you can draw close to God and

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Speaker 1: find strength in him.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to your meditative prayer on love and Kindness. To

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Speaker 2: get the most out of your spiritual journey, usepray dot

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Speaker 2: com every day. Make prayer priority in your life. Our

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Speaker 2: goal for today's meditative prayer is on love and kindness.

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Speaker 2: I hope you're taking a moment to hide away, Maybe

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Speaker 2: get in your secret place, place where you can relax

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Speaker 2: let your guard down, place where you can turn off everything,

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Speaker 2: remove all the distractions, Breathe in through your nose, excel

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Speaker 2: through your mouth, reach out to God and let his

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Speaker 2: words fill your heart again. We're going to be reflecting

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Speaker 2: on meditating on First John three, verse eighteen from the

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Speaker 2: King James version. My little children, let us not love

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Speaker 2: in word, neither in tongue, but indeed and in truth.

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Speaker 2: Hope you'll take a moment right now to pour out

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Speaker 2: your adoration to God for his love and action. Jesus,

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Speaker 2: I praise you for loving me through your actions demonstrated

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Speaker 2: at the cross, for choosing to die in my place

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Speaker 2: to atone for my sins, for sacrificing yourself to restore

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Speaker 2: my relationship with God the Father. I'll worship you for

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Speaker 2: your love demonstrated in salvation. I praise you for your

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Speaker 2: daily acts of love that never cease. You know, the

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Speaker 2: Bible teaches us that love requires action. Jesus demonstrated this

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

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Speaker 2: chose to lay down his life for love. Since love

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Speaker 2: is shown through action, it can be sometimes difficult to do.

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Speaker 2: That's because action requires servitude and sacrifice. This can cause

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Speaker 2: love to feel more like a chore and less like

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Speaker 2: a choice. The truth is, though to love is to

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Speaker 2: renounce yourself, to love others is to put them first.

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Speaker 2: That's the hard part. You must remember It is okay

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Speaker 2: to struggle with this. Jesus went to the cross, but

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Speaker 2: it wasn't easy, nor was it pleasant for him to

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Speaker 2: overcome this struggle. You must be honest with God in prayer.

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Speaker 2: Take a moment and confess your failures too to God. Now,

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Speaker 2: think for a moment of all those times where God

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Speaker 2: acted on his love for you, All those instances where

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Speaker 2: God put you first simply because He loves you. Think

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Speaker 2: of the challenges Jesus had to overcome to show his

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Speaker 2: love and the pain he pushed through, the scorn he

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Speaker 2: suffered at the cross, all out of his love for you.

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Speaker 2: Think of those past situations where God demonstrated his love

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Speaker 2: through his actions, all the miracles and the mercies that

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Speaker 2: He manifested in your life. Thank Jesus for all of

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Speaker 2: his current blessings in your life and for those to come.

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Speaker 2: I love that God is present and that he's listening

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Speaker 2: to you and me. Be mindful that showing love in

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Speaker 2: action is an obligation. And an opportunity. God never said

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Speaker 2: loving others would be easy, but he promised to help

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Speaker 2: you every step of the way. He sent his Holy

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Speaker 2: Spirit to enable you to succeed. So ask the Holy

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Speaker 2: Spirit to increase your love for others. Ask him to

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Speaker 2: make you more like Jesus. Ask him to empower you

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Speaker 2: to love the way Jesus did, and ask him to

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Speaker 2: teach you to imitate God's love every day in every way. Remember,

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Speaker 2: God has called you to love in action and in truth.

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Speaker 2: Even though loving in action is difficult and require self denial.

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Speaker 2: God expects you to love others in the same manner

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Speaker 2: that you are loved by Him. You can love because

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Speaker 2: you were first love, So don't hold back. Love others

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Speaker 2: through action and in truth. Do this and you will

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Speaker 2: see the very best of God's love manifested in your life.

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