November 28, 2023… Real Deal Compassion …    

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  Please take the time to take in this song with lyrics from Mack Brock singing  … The Love of Jesus …  Poignantly singing of how the genuine love of Jesus is always there for Christians who seek to reach out and share that love with others. 

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Highlight Passage: … Romans 12:9-10 [6NLT] … 

9 Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. 10 Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other. 

… Paul shows that Christlike love and compassion is a skill that we develop by reaching out with real-deal love to help and edify one another.    

Highlight Passage (in context)  …Romans 12:9-21  … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Paul teaching and exhorting fellow Christians to develop genuine love and compassion for each other.        

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Reference Passage: … Mark 10:42-45 (NLT] … USE  THIS LINK …  

… Jesus teaches His disciples (and us) on what it takes to serve others as the mark of His love for all who desire to serve Him.  .    

Reference Passage: … John 13:34 [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.   

… Jesus commands His disciples (and us) to obey Him by showing our love for one another. 

Reference Passage: …Romans 5:8 (NLT] … 

8 But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners..   

… God showed His genuine love for us by sending His Son to die for us, even as the sinners we were (and are).   

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

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

… Paul teaches truth that we, born-again, Christians experience the greatest of Christ’s character when we share His love with one another.  

Reference Passage: … 1John 4:16 (NLT] …  

16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in His love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 

… God lives in those who trust in and share His love with others. 

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author , Monica La Rose  AT THIS LINK  ,,, shares the words of Catherine of Sienna in the 14th century, who wrote, “A thorn has entered your foot—that is why you weep at times at night….  There are some in this world who can pull it out. The skill that takes they have learned from [God].”  And Catherine devoted her life to developing that servant’s heart by sharing God’s love by serving others.  

And if my readers, who really search to have and share God’s love in this ever darkening world, have taken in the linked song and meditated on the Scriptures above, I’m sure you are as convicted as am I, realizing that we can do so much more to develop and share the love and compassion of Christ with others today … and even more tomorrow.                                                                                                 

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for the love You put in my heart to share with others.  

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

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