Aug 5, 2024 … Reflecting God’s Love …

Aug 5, 2024 … Reflecting God’s Love  …   

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  …   to hear Matt Boswell and Matt Papa. with music and lyrics, singing The Everlasting Love of God, which calls on all Christians to reflect God’s love in their (our) lives. 

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Highlight Passage: … Romans 12:17-18 [NLT] … 

17 Never pay back evil with more evil. Do things in such a way that everyone can see you are honorable. 18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.  

…Paul exhorts Christians to reflect God’s love as we do all we can to live at peace with others.                          

Highlight Passage (in context): … Romans 12:9-18  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle Paul calls on fellow Christians to do all we can to reflect God’s love as they (we) share life with one another.                                                                                                              

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Reference Passage: … Psalms 86:15  [NLT] …   

15 But You, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, … slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness, 

… King David sings of God’s unfailing love and compassionate mercies.      

Reference Passage: … Zephaniah 3:15-17 [NLT] … USE THE LINK … 

… God, thru the Prophet Zephaniah, promises a day when God’s love will be reflected as He sings joyfully over God’s chosen people.                             

Reference Passage: … John 3:16:17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… Jesus relates to Nicodemus - and to all - that God will show His ultimate expression of love by giving His son to save sinful man.     

Reference Passage: … Galatians 2:20  [NLT] …  </b> 

20 My old self has been crucified with Christ.  It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 

… The Apostle Paul gives witness to how God’s love becomes his life witness. .    

Reference Passage: …1John 4:15, 19 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… The Apostle John teaches truth about the effects of God’s love expressed in the lives of fellow Christians.   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Cindy Hess Kasper -  AT THIS LINK  -  relates how a simple disagreement involving two old “friends,” who had gathered at a reunion, erupted into a rather violent shouting match.  And the episode illustrated how such disagreements illustrate the opposite which God is calling His chosen to reflect in this world.  

Personally, after taking in the ODB entry, …  the linked song, …  and meditating on the Scriptures shared above, i think any Christian should - and likely will - seek to reflect God’s character of love, by the words we share with one another in our lives   That’s my goal today  - and tomorrow.   How about you?

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

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I’m praying that those who read with me here will seek to reflect Your love in the words we share with others today. … Amen

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