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TODAY’S WORD…

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Jesus said,

“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.”

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– John 13:34-35 (NIV)

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REFLECTION…

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True love is not what the world is trying to reduce it to

– that self-satisfying desire

for physical passionate possession.

Sex can be a wonderful expression of love between husband and wife,

but sex is not love.

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Nor is charity (or philanthropy) love,

when the motivation is purely humanitarian

and done to placate a nagging conscience.

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The prime example of true love is God’s love for mankind,

a love so intense that He sacrificed His only-begotten Son.

Jesus, in becoming one like us,

gave us the perfect, living example of how to love.

This is why He tells us,

“As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”

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PRAYER…

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Take my life and make it Yours, Lord,
fill me with Your love.
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I surrender all of me, Lord,
– take my life and make it Yours,
and fill me with Your love,
and show me how to truly love

like You have truly loved me.

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Amen.

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REPETITIVE PRAYER FOR TODAY…

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Lord, fill me with Your love…and show me how to love.

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