July 17, 2025 … Loving Like Jesus …

July 17, 2025 … Loving Like Jesus   …

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to hear music and lyrics with Danny Gokey  singing… Love God to Love People,  … calling Christians to love others as Jesus loved us. 

Highlight Passage: … Deuteronomy 15:11 … [NLT] … 

11 There will always be some in the land who are poor. That is why I am commanding you to share freely with the poor and with other Israelites in need.   

…  God commands His faithful to give and share generously with the poor, … treating them how God has treated His chosen family of people in the Promised Land.       

           

Highlight Passage (in context): … Deuteronomy 15:1-11  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… God, thru Moses, tells His chosen people that they will be able to help the poor in HIs promised land, commanding them (and us) to be generous in lending to those in need.          

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Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… God’s wisdom, from Solomon, teaching his son (and us) that they (we) must trust in God to lead us in His loving ways.

Reference Passage: … Matthew 22:36-39 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Jesus responding to a Jewish leader’s question, gives God’s instruction - from the Old Testament (in Deuteronomy 6) that God’s people are to love and give to others as God has - and will always - love His people.   

Reference Passage: … John 13:12-17  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

…   Jesus washes the feet of His disciples in the upper room, the night of His betrayal, showing them (and us) how to love others as slave love their master. 

Reference Passage: … Romans 5:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul shows fellow Christians how far God, the Father, was willing to love His own, … in that He gave his life to save sinners.      

Reference Passage: …  1Corinthians 1:1- 13 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… Paul gives fellow Christians (and us) Godly instructions on the essence of sharing God’s love with others, especially those in need. .   

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread Author - Mike Wittmer  … AT THIS LINK      … told of how some members of his church wondered about their Pastor’s position to purchase a steeple for their church building when there were so many poor people in their area to help.  And the pastor referred to Jesus, quoting from Deuteronomy 12:8 that there will always be poor in their lives but followers of Jesus are to live and love others the way Jesus did, showing their love for others and honoring those who gave to build a steeple on their chapel building.  But the Pastor them realized that he was taking Jesus’ remarks out of context in this situation.  

And if my readers have taken in the ODB entry, the Scriptures shared above, and the linked song, I think my all of us will be as instructed and convicted to be doing  ALL we can to reach out to others, loving them as Jesus has loved us.  So, let’s all ask ourselves what we can be doing TODAY to reach out and even wash the feet of those who need us, … just like Jesus showed to His disciples in that upper room the night before He went to the cross for you and me!       

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You, … for showing me what Your love is all about.

 

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... . I praise You, … again Lord. …for leading us to love others just as You have loved us.   … Amen

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