February 20, 2025
~L O V E ~
***Means you are to have an affection based on admiration, enthusiasm, passion and devotion***
Read John 15
Key Verses: John 15:9-14
9 “I have LOVED you even as the Father has LOVED Me. Remain in My LOVE. 10 When you obey My commandments, you remain in My LOVE, just as I obey My Father’s commandments and remain in His LOVE. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with My joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is My commandment: LOVE each other in the same way I have LOVED you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are My friends if you do what I command.”
When you obey your Heavenly Father’s commands, do you realize you are expressing the same type of Love Jesus has for the Father? Jesus Loves you. The Father Loves you. The only way you can remain in Christ’s Love is by obeying the commands of God. When you obey God’s Word you will grow more and more in Love with your Savior each and every day. Jesus loved you so much that He died in your place, even before you gave your life to Him! So, now He is asking you to Love others in the same way!
Are you willing to give your life for another? It’s difficult to answer that question, because your human brain will bring up a few conditions as to why that person may not be worthy of your life being sacrificed for them. But that’s not what Jesus did! He saw you just as you are and laid His life down for you. When you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you now have that same Spirit living within you. And when you remain faithful and obedient to the commands of the Lord that you find in the Scriptures, you will be filled with His Joy and His love. It is up to you to Love the same way Jesus Loves. Obeying the commands of the Lord should produce Joy in your life, if obeying the Lord is not something you want to adhere to, is Jesus really the Lord of your life? Remaining in Christ’s love means you are living an obedience life. The result… Love and Joy will be overflowing!
Prayer:
Thank You Jesus for laying Your life down for me, even as a sinner You saw me and loved me enough to sacrifice Your life for me. Help me Jesus to love others as You love them. Help me Jesus to obey Your commands. I want to remain in You just as You remain in the Father. Jesus, I want my Love and my Joy to overflow. Amen.