We Ought To Lay Down Our Lives For

Our Brothers And Sisters

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 and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that 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 keep 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. The one who keeps God’s commands lives 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

What motivates people to drop everything and drive many hours to move appliance, do demolition work, and provide hope in a place they’ve never been before? It’s love.

When a need arises, we can honor God by being willing to offer a “yes” of loved to what we sense He is asking us to do for others.

We show God’s love when we are willing to help others;

we show His strength when we take on the task He gives us to do.

Our Daily Bread – January 23, 2018