Title: The Power of Loving One Another
Text:
John 13:34-35 (HCSB)
34 "I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another.
35 By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
Observation:
In giving His followers this new commandment Jesus took the commandments to a new level. He took it from the law, and put it on His character.
We see the character of God in human flesh; we see it in Jesus, and He says love others as I have loved you.
1 Peter 2:21 (HCSB)
21 For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you should follow in His steps.
1 John 4:8 (HCSB)
8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
This commandant to love is instructive and inspirational. It is powerful and productive.
1 Peter 4:8 (HCSB)
8 Above all, maintain an intense love for each other, since love covers a multitude of sins.
Prayer:
Father, I thank You for loving us with an everlasting love, and for loving us first.
Father, I am so grateful that You have poured out Your love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit that You have given us.
Romans 5:5 (HCSB)
5 This hope will not disappoint ⌊us⌋, because God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Father, help us to trust and obey, and to be inspired and encouraged to love one another as You have loved us. So, thankful that what You command us to do, You enable us to do. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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