Feb 22 2026 … Loving Like Jesus …

Feb 22 2026 … Loving Like Jesus … 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...       and PLEASE take the time to listen to music and lyrics from Phil Wickham singing The Jesus Way … calling on all Christians to love others like Jesus loved us.

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Highlight Passage: … 1John 4:19 … [NLT] …  

19 We love each other because He loved us first. 

… John declares truth to fellow Christians about being able to love others the way Jesus loved them (us).

Highlight Passage in Context:  1John 4:16-21 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle John teaches fellow Christians that they (we) will love one another like Jesus first loves them (us).  

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

… Jesus shows Nicodemus how God would love all mankind by sacrificing His Son to save those who believed on Him as Messiah and Lord.

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

… Jesus, teaches and commands His followers that loving one another displays who is really His disciples.  

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

… The Apostle Paul teaches truth on how Jesus gave His life to love even sinners. 

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

…  God’s word, thru Paul, shows the essence of Christlike love to fellow Christians.

Reference Passage: … 1Peter 4:8 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… The Apostle Peter calls on fellow Christians to show deep, Christlike, love for one another. 

Reference Passage: … 1John 4:7 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK … 

… James, the half-brother of Jesus, teaches truth about God blessing those who’re tested because of their (our) faith.

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread from Patricia Raybon …  USE THIS LINK   … related a true story about a young man, named Woody Cooper, who remained silent when a black girl, Dorothy Counts, was admitted to Woody’s high school.   Woody’s silent sin haunted him for over 40 years until he went to Dorothy to apologize later in life.  The two became close friends for years; and Dorothy even spoke at Woody’s funeral, detailing the friendship and love Woody had shown for her over the years.   

And if my readers have taken in the linked song and meditated on the scriptures above, I’m hoping that all of us have come to decide to love others the way that Jesus loved us; and how we should love others, with a Christlike …  sacrificial … love. That’s what I’ll try my best to do today … loving others the Jesus way!   How about you?  

My Thanksgiving: … Oh, King Jesus, thank You …Lord, … for showing me how to love others the way You loved us all.

My Prayer Today: Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, … thank You, Lord, for showing all of us how to love one another the way You loved us.  … Amen

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