Lay Our Lives Down
This
is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we
ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone has material
possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the
love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but
with actions and in truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the
truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts
condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows
everything.
Dear
friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and
receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his
commands and do what pleases him. And this is his command: to believe in the
name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us.
Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we
know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.
1 John 3:16-24
As a result of adult children neglecting their responsibilities,
some elderly parents in
We cannot legislate love, but love is commanded in the Bible.
How can God command love? His supreme display of love at
What opportunities do you have to obey God’s command to love?
Honoring parents by caring and providing for them? Ministering to a sick
friend? Offering a gracious and kind word to someone who is difficult to love?
We show our love for God when we love
one another.
Our Daily Bread –