Today : Love Others
TODAY’S VERSE
“Finally, all of you should be of one mind. Sympathize with each other. Love each other as brothers and sisters. Be tenderhearted, and keep a humble attitude. Don’t repay evil for evil. Don’t retaliate with insults when people insult you. Instead, pay them back with a blessing. That is what God has called you to do, and he will bless you for it.” I Peter 3:8-9 (NLT)
TODAY’S THOUGHT
Isn’t funny how we can spend so much time trying to figure out the “will of God” is for our life when so much of it is right in front of us? Peter wrote to the church, “Here is what God has called you to do, and he will bless you for it!” And what is it that God wants us to do? He wants His church to be of one mind. He wants us to sympathize with each other and to love each other as brothers and sisters. If we are to do His will we must be tenderhearted toward others and be humble. We cannot repay evil for evil and feel we are following Him. Neither can we retaliate with insults when people insult us. If we are going to do His will we need to pay those that hurt us back with a blessing. Simply said, if we are going to live out the will of God we must love. We must love! John wrote it this way, “Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” Today ask God to help you live out His will for your life. Ask Him to help you love others.
TODAY’S PRAYER
Father, thank You for showing me Your will for my life. Help me to love others, really love them the way You do. Help me behave toward others the way You would have me to. Empower me Lord through Your Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name.
AMEN
TODAY’S AFFIRMATION & MEDITATION
I am an ambassador of God’s love
Today simply mediate on these two concepts. The first is, “God is love.” Sense what that means. See God as a loving Father not just loving but the actual essence of love. Picture God illuminated with a bright light of love. Bask in it. Soak it in. Worship Him and sense your connection with Him. Then second meditate on the fact that God wants you to go and love others. See yourself walking away, glowing with the love that has radiated from His presence. Ask the Holy Spirit to fill you with God’s love and to use you even today to love others. Feel the calling of God on your heart to love others in the way He has loved you.
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