Corresponding Episode

Choosing Kin | Part 3: Embracing New Family Dynamics with Danika

https://journey-with-care.captivate.fm/episode/s03e03

Passage

1 John 4:19

ESV (English Standard Version): "We love because he first loved us."

NLT (New Living Translation): "We love each other because he loved us first."

NIV (New International Version): "We love because he first loved us."

Walking It Out

• Reflect - Take time to reflect on 1 John 4:19 and consider how God's love for us inspires and informs our capacity to love and include others in our families and communities.
• Engage - Purposefully reach out to someone who may be feeling lonely or overlooked, offering them a gesture of inclusion and warmth.
• Pray - Set aside dedicated time to pray for individuals who are seeking a sense of belonging.

Prayer Points

1. Pray for individuals who are feeling lonely, asking God to lead them to communities and families where they will find love, acceptance, and belonging.
2. Pray for open hearts and compassion within families and communities, that they may become places of refuge and inclusion for those who are lonely or feeling hidden.
3. Pray for personal transformation, seeking to reflect God's love by actively reaching out to those who need acceptance and care, demonstrating the love of Christ by being present for them.

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This is Journey with Prayer, a contemplated prayer journey

corresponding to our previous episode, choosing kin,

part 3, embracing new family dynamics with

guest, Danica.

We love because he first loved us.

1st John four nineteen in the ESV.

Gracious father, we come before you humbly,

acknowledging the depth of your love and grace. We are

grateful for your love that precedes all, providing a

blueprint for how we should extend love to others.

And, lord, Thank you for showing us the immense capacity of

your love through your redemptive plan, culminating the

sacrifice of your son, Jesus Christ for our salvation.

As we reflect on the theme of inclusion and belonging,

we are mindful of those that that may feel isolated and in need of a

family's embrace. So we pray for

individuals who are seeking a place of belonging, asking that

you guide them to find warmth, love, and

acceptance within families and communities.

Lord, may they experience your unconditional love through the

compassion and open arms of those around

You transform our hearts and minds to mirror the

expansive and sacrificial love depicted in the life if of

Jesus. May we be bearers of your

love, pouring out kindness and acceptance to those who are

lonely and hidden, offering them a sense of belonging

and worth. Help us, lord, to

love others as you have loved thus, selflessly

and unconditionally with open hearts and open

arms. In our pursuit of reflecting

your love, of guide us to be intentional in reaching out to

those who may feel forgotten or isolated as we

strive to offer them a place of belonging and inclusion

within our families and communities. In Jesus' name,

amen. So

as you go through your week, I encourage you to reflect.

Take the time to reflect on first John 4/19.

We love because he first loved us.

And consider how God's love for us inspires and informs

our capacity to love and include others in our families and

communities. And engage, purposefully reach

out to someone who may be feeling lonely or overlooked

and offer them a gesture of inclusion and warmth.

Take them out for a coffee. Invite them over and

pray. Set aside dedicated time to pray

for individuals who are seeking a sense of belonging. We

pray these 3 ways. Pray for individuals who are

feeling lonely, asking god to lead them to communities

and families where they will find love, acceptance, and

belonging. Pray for open hearts and

compassion within families and communities that They may become

places of refuge and inclusion for those who are lonely or

feeling hidden. And Pray for your

transformation, seeking to reflect god's love

by actively reaching out to those who need acceptance and care,

demonstrating the love of Christ, by being present for them.

For these references and scriptures, you can check the show notes

or find more about the podcast. Can head over to journey with care

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