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1 Samuel chapter 20, verse 17.

And Jonathan made David swear again by his love for him, for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

Is that not a powerful picture of friendship? What a great description of love between friends.

He loved him as he loved his own soul. Don't you want to be a friend like that to others? Don't we

want to have friendships where we love like this and we are loved like this. How meaningful is it to have

someone else love us as they love their own soul? Just that phrase. It makes me think about God's

grace and people who've loved me and cared for me in my life. I have so many people to be thankful

for. Family and friends, brothers and sisters in the church,

my life is the fruit of people who have loved and cared for me. And I want others' lives to be the

fruit of my love and care for them. Don't we all want this? We want to receive this and reflect

this kind of love. So let's just pray for this in our lives and in others' lives.

Oh God, based on 1st Samuel 2017, we pray that you to help us to be friends like this.

Help us to love others as our own soul, just as you taught us, Jesus, to love you, oh God,

with all our hearts, soul, mind, and strength,

and to love others as ourselves. Help us to love the people around us as ourselves. Help us to be

friends like this, brothers and sisters in Christ and the church like this. Help us to be family members

like this. Help us to love spouses, love spouses kids parents siblings as our own souls

god we pray you help us to love those who don't know you as our own souls help us to care about

their souls and to share the gospel with them out of love for them. And God, we pray for

this kind of love in our lives. We pray for friends and family who will love us like they love

their own souls. We ask for these kinds of relationships. We want to experience what First Samuel 2017 is talking about in our lives. God, we

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