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Thank you for listening to Your Daily Prayer, a podcast dedicated to helping you find the words you need to connect with your father in heaven.

No matter what is going on in your life today, you can trust that God wants to hear from you.

Right after this short word from our sponsor, we will pray through today's prayer

for love to overflow in relationships. May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else,

just as ours does for you.

First, Thessalonians 312.

My son just graduated from high school.

This week was a whirlwind of party planning, welcoming out-of-town guests,

organizing ceremony logistics, and a flood of emotions

pouring from my heart. My prayer for him that day was simple, that he would feel loved and celebrated.

I wanted his heart to overflow with love on this milestone day, one I hoped he would remember forever.

And God answered, our home was filled with guests I hadn't expected to come. The 16 pounds of

pulled pork I feared would go and eaten disappeared quickly. More importantly, my son was surrounded by love,

tangible, powerful, encouraging love. Not just through gifts, but through presence, heartfelt words and

genuine celebration. It was beautiful and

unforgettable. As I've grown older, one truth has become blindingly clear. Relationships are among

the most important parts of life, second only to our relationship with Jesus. It sounds obvious,

but we often take our relationships for granted, especially if we've always been surrounded

by love. But God calls us to love in a way that reflects his heart, not just a trickle of love,

but an overflowing, abundant, spirit-filled kind of love. So how do we love like that? By being

filled first. Romans 5-5 says, And hope does not put us to shame because God's love has been poured out into our hearts

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