March 25, 2024 … Loving God By Loving Others …

March 25, 2024 …  Loving God By Loving Others  …      

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...   Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Danny Gokey and Michael W Smith singing … Love God, Love People …  Powerfully singing of how our love of God shows up in the way we Christians love others.    

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Highlight Passage: … Matthew 25:40 [NLT] … 

40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’.           

… Jesus shows His followers that loving others is the way that we show our love to Him as our King and Master.                         

Highlight Passage (in context): …  Matthew 25:31-40 … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus uses a parable to show that loving others is the way to show our love of God.                

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 10:12, 17:17 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God, thru Solomon’s teaching, shows that loving others is THE way to show our love of God.    

Reference Passage: … John 3:16, 13:34 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK … 

… God gave His son to show the extent of His love for His chosen; and He commands all who believe in Christ to show their (our) love for each other.            

Reference Passage: …  1Corinthians 13:13  [NLT] …  

13 Three things will last forever — faith, hope, and love — and the greatest of these is love., 

… The Apostle Paul shows fellow Christians that the greatest thing we can share with one another is love.  

Reference Passage: … Romans 13:8 [NLT] … 

8 Owe nothing to anyone — except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God’s law. 

… Paul shows teaches fellow Christians that they (we) fulfill the Law of God when we show love to one another.  

Reference Passage: … Ephesians 4:32 [NLT] …  

32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

… Paul exhorts fellow Christians to share God’s love to one another by being kind and forgiving one another just as God ha forgiven them (us).  

Reference Passage </u>: … 1Peter 5:8  [NLT] … 

<i>  8 Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins.

… Peter calls on fellow Christians to share God’s love with others, coving our sin nature with the love of God.    

 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Elisa Morgan -  AT THIS LINK -  told of how God’s love was on display in how fellow Christian brothers and sisters came along side a young couple who had two sets of twins in 13 months, … helping the couple with supplies and baby sitting time to allow the overwhelmed parents to work to pay for their much needed insurance.   

Do any of my readers, and I, really desire to show off God’s love in our lives, as is shared in the linked song and the Scriptures above, … reaching out to share God’s love by loving others?  So, as God gives us opportunity, will we be there to share God’s love and a helping hand to those who need God’s love, … just as God has shown His love for us by being willing to die on a cross for our sins?   I’m praying we do!                     

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

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

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