Title: True Love
Memorize: If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 1 John 4:20 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading: James 2:15-16 (Nkjv)
[15] If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food,
[16] and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?
Message:
When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment is, His answer was, “Love God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.” He then went further to say, “On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets” (Matthew 22:37-40).
True love is in the DNA of every genuine child of God. Anyone who claims to be a Christian but does not have love as one of his or her characteristics is not a genuine Christian (1 Corinthians 13:1-2). If there is true love, then it implies that there is fake love. True love is empathetic in nature. True love does not do good just for people to see; it does good because it feels the pain of others and genuinely wants to help. True love is when you make sacrifices to help someone who is in need and do all you can to ensure that their problems are solved. In today’s Bible reading, James noted that if you truly love someone, you would do everything within your power to solve their problems.
Reflection:
If you truly love God, you will love people around you.
Hymn 44 – Deeper, Deeper In The Love Of Jesus
1 Deeper, Deeper In The Love Of Jesus
Daily Let Me Go;
Higher, Higher In The School Of Wisdom,
More Of Grace To Know.
Refrain:
Oh, Deeper Yet, I Pray,
And Higher Evry Day,
And Wiser, Blessed, Lord,
In Thy Precious, Holy Word
2 Deeper, Deeper! Blessed Holy Spirit,
Take Me Deeper Still,
Till My Life Is Wholly Lost In Jesus,
And His Perfect Will.
3 Deeper, Deeper! Tho’ lt Cost Hard Trials,
Deeper Let Me Go!
Rooted In The Holy Love Of Jesus,
Let Me Fruitful Grow.
4 Deeper, Higher, Ev’ry Day In Jesus,
Till All Conflict Past,
Finds Me Conqu’ror, And In His Own Image
Perfected At Last.
Bible In One Year: Exodus 30:11-31:18, Matthew 26:47-68
Authors: Pastor E. A. Adeboye and Pastor Folu Adeboye