January 29, 2024 … Sharing God’s Caring

January 29, 2024 … Sharing God’s Caring  

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from The Maranatha Singers singing … I Cast All My Cares …  poignantly singing of how we Christians need to turn our cares and concerns onto God by caring for the concerns of others. 

Sharing God's love with others ... 

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Highlight Passage: … Galatians 5:14 [NLT] … 

14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command:  “Love your neighbor as yourself.”           

… Paul quotes from Moses in Leviticus 19:18 God’s command to love others as we would love ourselves. 

Highlight Passage (in context): … Galatians 5:14-15, 22-26 … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul shows fellow Christians that they (we) are to let God’s Spirit lead them (us) in all we can do for others.                                                                 

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Reference Passage: … John 13:34-35  [NLT] … 

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.”

… Jesus teaches His disciples (and us) that they (we) are to share the love of God by sharing and caring for others.  

Reference Passage: … Acts 1:8 [NLT] …   

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”   

… Jesus commissions all Christians to be God’s witness of love throughout our world.    

Reference Passage: … Philippians 2:3-5  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul exhorts fellow Christians to be like Jesus in sharing God’s caring love with others.  

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 5:15  [NLT] …   

15 Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it.    

… Peter exhorts fellow persecuted Christians to always be reading to answer the questions of those who’re seeking answers about our Lord. 

Reference Passage: … 1John 3:17-18  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John exhorts fellow Christians to ALWAYS be ready to share God’s caring love with others when we see others in need.  

        

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author , Patricia Raybon  -  AT THIS LINK - - tells of a young Pastor who prayed every morning for God to give him an opportunity to share God’s love and His saving grace with others; and one day, a coworker began to ask questions about Jesus; and all the young Pastor did was quietly answer his fellow worker’s questions.  And that is a living example of what all the Scriptures above call on us Christians to do.         

And I’m praying that all my readers join me to pray for, and look for, opportunities - yes, even today - to share God’s caring concern with others, especially those who are seeking to know more about the Lord.   

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for opportunities to share Your love with others today.          

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I pray. again today, that all reading here will join me, … as we reach out, Lord, again today, to share Your love and grace with others.      Amen  

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