Month: April 2025
United in Love
Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.Romans 13:8 NIV *** Love is creative and redemptive. Love builds up and unites; hate tears down and destroys. The aftermath of the ‘fight with fire’ method … is bitterness and chaos, the aftermath of…
United in Community
This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us,…
United in Peace
Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.Romans 12:18 NLT *** Holy Spirit, whisper into our hearts a longing for unity and peace. In Your heavenly kingdom, dear God, let us dwell as one body with the same mind; let harmony prevail over discord. We request the grace to accommodate differing perspectives;…
United in Christ
How good and pleasant it iswhen God’s people live together in unity!Psalm 133:1 NIV *** The saddest thing that is happening now is the anger and bitterness Christians have toward one another. How God must grieve. Surely, we can do better! Surely, we must! Father, help us our of this pit of disunity! *** Lord, we…
For Our Country
Godliness makes a nation great,but sin is a disgrace to any people.Proverbs 14:34 NLT *** “Father, We come before You with a heavy heart, burdened by the divisions that plague our nation. We lift up our divided country to You, knowing that You alone can heal and restore what is broken. Help us, Lord, to…
“Go Light Your World”
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your…
Really Seeing the “Other”
As, therefore, God’s picked representatives of the new humanity, purified and beloved of God himself, be merciful in action, kindly in heart, humble in mind. Accept life, and be most patient and tolerant with one another, always ready to forgive if you have a difference with anyone. Forgive as freely as the Lord has forgiven…
The Reason
Some think that the sign maker would have written, “I can love for no reason,” but ran out of room. I suggest that Christ-followers have a reason: Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your…
“They’ll Know …”
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”John 13:34-35 NIV ***