Just A Few Of My Thoughts …

“The beautiful message you’ve heard right from the start is that we should walk in self-sacrificing love toward one another. So don’t be shocked, beloved brothers and sisters, if you experience the world’s hatred. This is how we have discovered love’s reality: Jesus sacrificed his life for us. Because of this great love, we should be willing to lay down our lives for one another. Beloved children, our love can’t be an
abstract theory we only talk about, but a way of life demonstrated through our loving deeds. We know that the truth lives within us because we demonstrate love in action, which will reassure our hearts in his presence. So these are his commands: that we continually place our trust in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and that we keep loving one another, just as he has commanded us.”
1 John 3:11,13,16.18-19,23 TPT

Within today’s society, we find that anger and hatred have infiltrated so many of the activities, or areas of our lives, with Satan at the head of the realm, creating an atmosphere of bitterness, far from the love as shown us through our Heavenly Father. Realizing true love for one another is shown more in the way we act, than the words we speak, should prompt us to become persons of giving of ourselves, not necessarily in material possessions, but that of caring for those around us.

In this passage, we are being instructed to walk in self-sacrificing love toward one another, as we have been shown by our Lord Jesus, who, because of his love for us, gave his life. Sacrificial giving, the giving of ourselves, serving others as needed, overcoming anger and bitterness, brings real love into action. We can be assured that this Christ-like love dwells within, waiting to grow, as we continue to seek, all for the asking!

Heavenly Father, help us to remember, loving one another, as you have loved us, is demonstrated in the way we act, no matter the circumstance, as we continue to grow, seeking your nearness.

In Christ Love
Margaret