You're listening to Encounter, a simple daily podcast of sacred and mindful meditations

to help you encounter the divine presence of God all throughout your day.

If you want to have free access to the entire library of 500 meditations, I encourage

you to download the Encountering Peace app where all the meditations are free, as they should be.

Loser times infinity, ha! Loser times infinity, times one! Yeah! Loser times infinity,

and infinity, ha, ha, ha! We have all heard it, or been in the middle of it. Dad, tell my sister to stop

looking at me, or mom, tell my brother to stop breathing my air, and then, haven't we all heard,

or made this plea? For the love of God in all things holy, will you please stop fighting?

And the topic seems to be pretty consistent. Can you just get along just this once, just for a minute?

Well, that is the theme of this meditation from Philippians chapter 2,

living humbly and finding value in others, putting aside our own petty selfish agendas for the

betterment of those in our path, leaving behind our own interests for the interests of others.

So to begin your meditation, slip into a time and a place of just quiet humility.

Surrendering your will to that of God, spirit and sun.

Start by listening and responding to this prayer from Galatians chapter 5, and respond

Heavenly Father. Help me value others.

God's spirit makes us loving, happy, peaceful, patient, kind, good, faithful, gentle and self-controlled.

There is no law against behaving in any of these ways.

So Heavenly Father, let me use those by valuing others.

And because we belong to Christ Jesus, we have killed our selfish feelings and desires.

God's spirit has given us life, so we should follow the spirit.

And Heavenly Father, help me value others.

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