Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube video of images and lyrics of Tim McGraw singing … Humble and Kind … poignantly singing of we Christians should ALWAYS live … expressing the love of God.
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Highlight Verse[s]: 1 Thessalonians 1:3 [NLT] … 3 As we pray to our God and Father about you, we think of your faithful work, your loving deeds, and the enduring hope you have because of our Lord Jesus Christ.
… Examples of how God’s love is lived out in the lives of genuine Christians.
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Highlight Passage [context]: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-3 [NLT] …USE THIS LINK …
… God shows how the Thessalonians were examples of living in and living out God’s love.
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Reference Passage : … Mark 12:28-31 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Jesus declares God’s “Law of Love” to the Jewish Leaders, expressing how a true believer must love God first and others second to live out God’s love in his/her life.
Reference Passage : … 1st Corinthians 13:13 [NLT] … 13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.
… Of all the qualities of Christlikeness others should see in the lives of Christ, LOVE should shine the brightest.
Reference Passage : … Galatians 6:9-10 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …
… Humbly doing good for others, is simply expressing God’s love thru our deeds to help others.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Lisa Samra, used a personal story of a family member who exemplified the living out of God’s love by loving someone else enough to serve that family member humbly for as long as needed. … The ODB author wrote: For ten years, my Aunt Kathy cared for her father (my grandfather) in her home. She cooked and cleaned for him when he was independent, and then took on the role of nurse when his health declined. …
My aunt served in faith and love. Her daily, consistent care was the result of her belief that God called her to this important work. Her labor was borne out of love for God and her father.
She also endured in hope. My grandfather was a very kind man, but it was difficult to watch him decline. She gave up time with family and friends, and limited travel to care for him. She was able to endure because of the hope that God would strengthen her each day, along with the hope of heaven that awaited my grandfather.
Jesus clearly declared that it was God’s “law of love” for His disciples to love God so much that serving others becomes the expression of that love in our lives [see Mark 12:28-31]; and the OBD story above exemplifies that kind of life.
Please take the time to hear Tim McGraw’s lilting song about how we should live our lives … being humble and kind. And then meditate on the truth expressed in God’s word above about living as disciples of Christ; … and then let’s all do a life inventory and see if there’s somewhere, or with someone, we can live out God’s law of love in our lives as the ODB author’s aunt lived to care for her beloved earthly father.
BUT TODAY, … as Tim McGraw sings, … let’s all be “Humble and Kind!”
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for Your infinite love which empowers me, thru Your grace, to love others more than myself.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … I pray that I can express or share Your love with someone in my life today. … Amen
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