“Abide In My Love”

“…As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.”

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another.”

John 15:9-17

It is hard to find good friends. Some of us do find a few, but you have to go through a lot to find those few. Be certain of this – when you accept Jesus as your personal Savior, He becomes your best friend. No matter what you face, He is there for you, through the Spirit in you.

Friendship with Jesus starts with commitment. He has promised to tell us all that the Father has told Him, in other words to communicate with us. And as His friends we begin to bear fruit sharing a commonality with Him by reflecting His glory in our attitudes and actions.

Jesus welcomes you to the privilege of friendship with Him!

Welcome to the privilege of friendship with God.

Our Daily Bread – June 18, 2008