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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Love One Another

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
~John 13:34-35

The word "love" and it's variations, appear more than 500 times throughout the Bible. Most of those are speaking about God's great love for us but it also talks about us loving God and each other. We might not think it's difficult to love God but even after we've been Christians for a while, we can still find it difficult to love one another. Especially when we are told to love each other the way God loves us.

To love another person the way God loves, means no matter what; unconditionally; whether or not they love us back; forgiving them no matter how they may hurt us; praying for them and showing them Jesus through our actions. Loving someone requires sacrifice, not just words that fade into the wind.

"Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another (Romans 19:10)."

When we make an effort to show love to others, it has a two-fold affect. First, we become kinder and more Christ-like. It's difficult to be self-centered when we give to someone else. Secondly, it changes the person we are showing love and kindness to. We cannot know what might be going on in their hearts but a little love and human kindness might be the difference in choices they have to make. Acts of love take so little but can mean so much.

The Bible tells us that we love because God first loved us (1 John 4:19). And when we show true Christian love to others, they also experience the love of God through us. 

Share the love. Be a blessing!

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Exodus 33:7-36:7

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