If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God's love be in that person? 1 John 3:17
Today, we often say the word "love" flippantly. One minute, we end a conversation on the phone saying "love you," the next, we say ...
Continue ReadingWe know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. 1 John 3:16
At the root of love, Scripture makes very clear, is sacrifice. You see, Jesus Himself said in John 15:13, "there is no greater love than to lay ...
Continue ReadingIf we love our brothers and sisters who are believers, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead. 1 John 3:14
If you have followed along with these daily devotions for a while, you know that when my niece, Collins, was born, my three-year...
Continue ReadingThis is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was righteous. 1 John 3:11-12...
Continue ReadingThose who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them." John 14:31
The words "I love you" elicit a response, don't they? Whether they are said from a parent to a c...
Continue Reading"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16
There is a reason why the Bible is often referred to as God's love letter to us. You see, the entire message of the Bible is that a per...
Continue ReadingDon't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my Father's home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? John 14:1-2
There is a universal longing for home in all of us, I believe. We a...
Continue ReadingAll praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Ephesians 1:3
Of all the things I could be concerned and worried about in the world, I am certainly not worried about Prince W...
Continue ReadingDear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. 1 John 3:2
In the time of the New Testament, family names meant everything. Your value, your inh...
Continue ReadingSee how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him. 1 John 3:1
It does not take long to flashback to middle school gym class, where you...
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