Love One Another Deeply – 1 Peter 1:22
It is good to have an emotional love for one another. But we should go beyond that and have an active love that seeks the best for others.
Encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)
It is good to have an emotional love for one another. But we should go beyond that and have an active love that seeks the best for others.
John tells us that either we love our brother and walk in the light. or we hate them and walk in darkness. There is no middle ground.
Jesus sole command for us as his followers is that we love each other. Not with an emotional love, but sacrificially caring for each other.
Jesus calls on us to bear fruit that will last. Fruit that is the result of faithful service within his kingdom. Fruit fertilized by love.
God loves me. In spite of who and what I am. And, because God first loved me, I am able to love other people in return.
Many people in the world today have no voice in what happens to them. Will you be a voice for the voiceless and speak up in their behalf?
Don’t be content with your love for other believers. Let it grow. Never stop growing in your love for others within the body of Christ.
Our initial reaction to being wronged is to think, I’ll pay them back. But, as God’s people, we should love them instead and seek their good.
Jesus called Zacchaeus to come down and spend time with him. And it changed his life. How many today would respond to such kindness from us?
In response to the question “Who is my neighbor”, Jesus told the parable of the Good Samaritan. Our neighbor is anyone that we can help.
Jesus told us the greatest command is to love God with all that we are and others as ourselves. Let your love make a difference in the world.
Grumbling, or complaining, is all too common in our churches today. But James tells us to don’t grumble. Instead look to build others up.