Heavenly Father
Give us grace to remain in your love today16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us.
God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. (1 John 4v16)
In his letters to a laywoman, Brother Lawrence shares:
God does not ask much of us, merely a brief thought of them from time to time, a little love, sometimes asking for grace, sometimes offering them your sufferings, other times thanking them for the blessings they…
more16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 17 In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us. 20 If a man says, “I love God,”…
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Give us grace to keep our eyes on the Jesus today, being changed into his likeness - the one who is perfect in love17 In this, love has been made perfect among us,
that we may have boldness in the day of judgement,
because as he is, even so we are in this world.
Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to not be afraid18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
- At the beginning of Jesus’ life in Mary’s womb there is an Angel saying “Fear not!”… At the beginning of Jesus’ risen life he says “Peace be with you” The author of 1 John later wrote, “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear” [1 John 4:18]. I think that this is the point of Jesus’ life: Perfect love casts out fear. Fear is a biological response and universal experience, but Jesus’s assurance is also true: “Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you….’ When he had said this, he breathed on them…” “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.” The door opens… more
18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4)
Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to know that we are loved19 We love him, because he first loved us.
Heavenly Father
Give us grace today to love those we work and live alongside20 If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar;
for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brotherHeavenly Father
Give us grace today to love you and trust Jesus to be our saviour (Christ)1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God.
Whoever loves the Father also loves the child who is born of him.
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