GOD’S KIND OF LOVE – Friday November 25th
2016
Memorise: Greater love hath no
man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13
Read: John 15:7-13 (KJV)
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall
ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:
continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love;
even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might
remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I
have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down
his life for his friends.
Bible in one year: Genesis
46-47, Psalms 107:33-43
MESSAGE
God
is love; He dwell in love; He acts in love; He judges in love. Everything
around God is love. In our text for the day, we are confronted with God’s kind
of love demonstrated through His Son, Jesus Christ. Open Heavens Friday 25 November
2016:- God’s
kind of love Jesus Christ affirms the quality of God’s kind of love
that He represents when he said:
“Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”
John 15:13
Now,
as beneficiaries of this great love, we are obliged to show this kind of love
to our Maker and more importantly to our neighbours.
It is
wisdom for us to love the One who loves us at least for two reasons. One; when
we love someone that loves us, he keeps on loving us the more. Secondly, the
love that is not reciprocated will grow sour. Even God stops loving those who
do not return His love. Proverbs 8:17 says:
“I love them that love me; and
those that seek me early shall find me.”
How
can we love a God that we do not see? We can, by loving our neighbours, Matthew
25:35, 37, 40 says:
“For I was an hungered, and ye
gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink. I was a stranger, and ye
took me in… Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee
an hungered and fed thee? Or thirsty, and gave thee drink? And the King shall
answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”
John
the beloved apostle went further to teach us how to love our God in practical
terms 1st
John 4:19-21:
“If a man say, I love God and
hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he
hath seen how can he love God whom he hath not seen?”
May
the good Lord give us the grace to show our love to Him through our neighbours.
25 November 2016 Open Heavens.
Prayer Point
Father, give me your own kind
of love. I want to live for you and Your Church.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye
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