For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. – (1 John 3:11, NIV)
This is the teaching you have heard from the beginning: We must love each other. – (1 John 3:11, ERV)
The beautiful message you’ve heard right from the start is that we should walk in self-sacrificing love toward one another. – (1 John 3:11, TPT)
The message that is repeated over and over again throughout the Bible and through the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus, is to love one another. It was the love of God that compelled Him to create. The love of God is what sent His Son to repair what had been broken and restore a right relationship with Him. Daily, we are loved by God and we have been called and created to love each other in the same way. Our love, care and concern for one another ought to be pure and not self-seeking. As we love as God intended, others are lifted up and led to the light of God’s goodness and grace. May we ever seek the Lord to lead and guide us in the fullness of His loving kindness in all that we say and do.
The message we’ve heard,
Is ever the same;
Love one another,
In Jesus’ Name.
For it’s by our love,
In word thought and deed;
That God’s love is shown,
As we trust His lead.
For all that is good,
All that offers light;
Comes from the Father,
The Maker of right.
Let us choose rise up,
Seek the God of grace;
To teach us to love,
Throughout all our days.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You that the message You have given since the beginning of time has been to love. Thank You that You first loved us and demonstrated what it is to love one another. Forgive us for the times that we have neglected to love as we ought to love. Teach us to turn to You to lead us. Show us how to love one another best so that all may come to know and understand the fullness of Your love. May many come into a lasting relationship with You. Be glorified O God, as we love You and receive Your love so that we may love one another well. Amen.
© Shannon Elizabeth Grabrick and Revelations in Writing, May 2011 – present
Be completely humble and gentle; bearing with one another in love. – Ephesians 4:2
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