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I Bring that One to You

2014-10-30 Devotional with Hymn No comments

Love your enemies,
do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you,
pray for those who mistreat you.
(Luke 6:27-28, NIV)

Father, I bring that one to You –
that one with whom my relationship is strained,
that one who arouses angry or bitter feelings in me
every time I think of them.

Bless that person with
Your wisdom and
Your presence.
Bless them with the full and free forgiveness that You have lavished on me.
Bless them with Your smile,
Your patient forbearance,
Your beautiful, life-giving renewal.
Bless them with all Your very best.

And Father, our Father,
keep me quietly humble
before them and
before You.

Listen and sing:
Hymn: Your Thoughts, Your Words
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Let Me Love You in Others

2014-10-12 Devotional with Hymn No comments

One day a Pharisee asked Jesus a question in order to test Him:

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 

[Jesus] said to him, “’You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the great and foremost commandment. 

“The second is like it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
(Matthew 22:35-40, NASB)

Lord, as I grow to love You more,
as I rejoice in Your personal presence we me,
help me recognize in those around me
Your Spirit,
Your likeness, and
Your love, so passionately poured out.

Jesus,
let me always treat them
as those most precious to You.
I love You;
let me love them the same.

Listen and sing:
Hymn: The Greatest Commandments
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Flavored with Love

2014-06-03 Devotional No comments

[Jesus said:] Love each other as I have loved you. (John 15:12, NIV)

Jesus, You were never unkind.
You were never rushed.
You gladly took time with people.
They were Your agenda.

Jesus,
in my thinking,
in my speaking,
in the decisions I make,
in my reactions to others,
when I am inconvenienced,
when I am under pressure,
flavor my life with Your love.

Keep me in You, and at peace in You.

Jesus,
flavor my life with Your love.

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Hymn: As You Love
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First Things First

2014-05-27 Devotional No comments

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.
(John 13:35, NIV)

Christians are not known by their politics,
by their musical styles,
by their miracles, or
by their cultural preferences.
Christians are known by their love.

God doesn’t require hard or extraordinary things from us.
He doesn’t measure us by our intelligence,
our talents, or
our grand accomplishments.

He asks us to love those around us,
not just in word but in action.
Someday, that’s how we’ll all be judged (Matthew 25:31-46).

Next to loving God, life’s highest calling,
greatest challenge, and
deepest joy
is loving others as we love ourselves (Matthew 22:36-40).
As you set your priorities and goals,
keep first things first.

Daily Love

2014-05-13 Devotional with Hymn No comments

Owe no one anything, except to love one another.
(Romans 13:8, NRSV)

Did you know you are in debt to everyone around you?
You owe each person this:
to love them as you love yourself.

We have so many grand goals.
We get wrapped up in so many worthy
desires,
ambitions, and
ministries.

But Jesus said that the most important thing in all the world,
next to loving God completely,
is to love those around us as much as we love ourselves.

God is love.
Turn to Him.
Talk to Him.
As you walk with Him,
He will lead you into a life of love.

Jesus, help me love others
as I love myself.

Listen…and sing if you want:
Hymn: I Look to You, and You Are Love
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Fill Me with Love

2014-04-08 Devotional, Devotional with Hymn No comments

Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and
with all your soul and
with all your mind and
with all your strength.…
Love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no commandment greater than these.
(Mark 12:30-31, NIV)

God, You are love.
And more than anything else,
You want to fill my life with love.
You want me to love You and
love those around me—
not just in word but in action,
with all I have and all I am.

You want to root out the selfishness that
twists, distorts, and destroys my life.
You want to fill me with Your love and
the peace it brings—
peace with others and
peace with You.

Jesus, today fill every thought
and every action with love.

Listen…and sing if you want:
Hymn: Be Love in Me
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Love One Another

2014-03-18 Devotional No comments

John 13:34-35

What would you most want to say to your loved ones
as you prepared to leave them in this world?
Compare your list to what Jesus says to His disciples in John chapters 13 through 16.

One of the things I would say is this:
My loved ones, I ask you, I beg you,
love each other—
deeply, actively, totally, more and more every day!
Never forget it!
Never grow lax in it!
Never let anything take its place!
Your love can express a portion of the love I have for each of you,
the love I would show you if I were there.
In my absence, friends, I ask you with all my heart:
love each other!

That is one of the first things Jesus tells His disciples
to prepare them for His departure.
Love one another,
even as I have loved you. (John 13:34, NASB)
Later He comes back and says it all again.

We are Christ’s presence in this world.
He longs for us to deeply, daily, totally, actively
express His love for those that are so dear to Him.
Do you love Jesus Christ?
Do you care what matters to Him?
Then love one another.

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