Love
Each Other.
Just
As I Have Loved You,
You
Should Love Each Other.
Scripture
John
13
34 So now I am
giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved
you, you should love each other. 35 Your
love for one another will prove to the world that you are my
disciples.”
Observation
Jesus
is not making a suggestion when He tells us in John 13 that we are to
love each other.
Hate,
anger, refusing to forgive, revenge, holding on to grudges that is
how the people of the world treat each other.
In
fact, it is only when the world sees us respond differently, when
they see and experience Christ's love in us and through us that is
when they will understand that we really are His disciples.
If
we are still saying, “I love them but...” or if we still say, “I
have forgiven them but...”, if that is where we still find
ourselves then we need to cry out to God and ask Him to change our
hearts. And we need to ask Him to give us His love for those
difficult people in our lives.
I
forgive you. I love you. Period … with no strings attached.
Application
I
will love and pray for those who do not love or like me. How about
you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, Jesus' love for me sent Him to the cross. He died in my
place. And He has commanded me to love those that come into my life
whether they love me or like me or not. I am to love them. Help me to
do that Lord. Give me Your Heart for them. Give me the capacity to
love those who do not love me. Show me ways to express my love to
them. Don't let me ever give up on them.
Daily
Bible Reading: Jeremiah 7,8,9; John 13
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