Daily Devotion: Being A Witness Of God's Love To Others

 Daily Bible Verse

No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. ~John 1:18

Daily Inspiration

It is through Christ that we have access to the Father. Jesus Christ made us one with God again when He cleansed us of our sins and justified us, and made us righteous. We have been reconciled to the Father because of our Lord Jesus Christ. With salvation, we adopted the spirit of adoption, the Holy Spirit, which has enabled us to call God Father. This gift is eternal; never to end, and never to change.

Daily Prayer

Dear God, thank You for my new life because of Your Son, Jesus Christ. I am no longer identified as a sinner, or a fallen man or woman, because of what Your Son did for me. I can now boldly say I am Your child, O God. Thank You, Lord, for setting me free from the sin power had over my life. I have chosen to be in Christ, and I will abide in Him. In Jesus’ Name, I pray, Amen.

Life Is Good Because God Is Great!!!!!!

Being A Witness Of God’s Love To Others

By Frances Taylor

Being A Witness Of God’s Love To Others: Jesus gave us this command: love one another.  ~John 13:34-35

I’m going to start with the family! If your family is anything like mine, you will have at least one person who doesn’t speak to another person. Sometimes that one person wants YOU to choose sides. What do you do? Then there’s the neighborhood. Feuds happen. What is your response?’

Moving on to the workplace, do you treat ALL your fellow workers with equal kindness and generosity? Your family, neighbors, and maybe co-workers know that you are a Christian and that you go to church. For them, you are an example of the faith that you – that I – profess, and there are expectations. We are ALL God’s beloved children. He doesn’t expect us to either. Jesus gave us this command: love one another. I don’t hear any exceptions in this Gospel passage.

Sometimes a simple smile can change a person’s day. We are usually good when there is a crisis. We send sympathy cards or a meal to someone who experiences a loss. We might help babysit for someone who has a family emergency. But in the everyday, it’s how we show respect, courtesy, kindness – love – that lets others know that we care. There’s an old story about a monastery where the monks are told that Jesus is one of them. They begin to treat everyone as if they were Jesus, and before long, people flocked to the monastery because of the love they witnessed among the monks. Well, Jesus is among us. He lives in EACH of us. If we begin to treat EVERYONE as we would treat Jesus, what wonders we might see in our families, our neighborhoods, our workplaces, and our church!

Prayer

Lord, please forgive me for the times that my example is not a witness to Your love. Help me to be a better witness of Your love and forgiveness within my family and among my neighbors. Amen.

God Is My Hero!!!!!

When God Seems Far Away

Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou Understandest my thought afar off. ~Psalm 139:2