John 13:34-35 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (35) By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
WE ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
For Christians to love one another is not optional. It is a commandment from Jesus. I have found that some people are a whole lot easier to love than others are. It has also sadly come to my attention that everyone is not going to love me. I really don't understand that but it is just a fact.
That realization came to me early in my ministry. I was trying to do everything and be everything that I was supposed to do and be and still some people did not love me. It was then that I realized that God did not call me into the ministry for me to be loved. He called me into the ministry to love others.
I learned, through much prayer and some agonizing that you can love even those who don't love you. If they don't love you that is their problem. If you don't love them that is your problem. Sometimes the people who are hardest to love are the ones that need loving the most.
You might not owe your Christian brothers much but one thing you do owe them is your love. After all, God replaces all you give away with special love from Him.
Please feel free to contact me by email at
shilohkosciusko@gmail.com with questions, comments or even suggestions for further devotional studies.
If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know. Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus. I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.
WE ARE TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
Romans 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
For Christians to love one another is not optional. It is a commandment from Jesus. I have found that some people are a whole lot easier to love than others are. It has also sadly come to my attention that everyone is not going to love me. I really don't understand that but it is just a fact.
That realization came to me early in my ministry. I was trying to do everything and be everything that I was supposed to do and be and still some people did not love me. It was then that I realized that God did not call me into the ministry for me to be loved. He called me into the ministry to love others.
I learned, through much prayer and some agonizing that you can love even those who don't love you. If they don't love you that is their problem. If you don't love them that is your problem. Sometimes the people who are hardest to love are the ones that need loving the most.
You might not owe your Christian brothers much but one thing you do owe them is your love. After all, God replaces all you give away with special love from Him.
Please feel free to contact me by email at
shilohkosciusko@gmail.com with questions, comments or even suggestions for further devotional studies.
If you know of someone new to the Kosciusko area and would like for our church to visit them please let us know. Our prayers are that this devotional ministry will be an outreach to bring people into a closer relationship with Jesus. I do appreciate you taking the time to read these devotionals and please keep us in your prayers.
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