02-12-2021, 07:44 AM
*RESTORATION TODAY*
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021
*TOPIC: VESSELS OF LOVE*
"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” 1 John 4:10–12
*MESSAGE*
Love is the big idea behind all the stories and teachings contained in the bible. Love dominates God’s story. Even Jesus confirmed that two commands from the Old Testament— to love God and love others—are the greatest of all the commandments (Mark 12:28–34).
Followers of God are to live lives distinctly different from those around them. They are to be forgiving and self-giving, showing love to all. However, our capacity to love begins with receiving God’s love for us. When we receive his love for us, then we will be able to become vessels through which God pours out His love on earth. The presence of God’s Spirit in us works through us to overcome our passion for self in favour of loving others — including those we could never love before.
Each day as we live out our lives, Jesus loves us unconditionally and sacrificially, and He offers ongoing forgiveness. He asks us, as His followers, to offer the same in our relationships. Why? This new breed of love allows us to be involved in healthy relationships and also to be free to express God’s love to the world.
*ACTION POINT*
?️Let someone experience God’s love through you today.
*SCRIPTURES*
Mark 12:28–34; 1 John 2:7; 3:11; 4:7
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Father, thank You for loving me.
2. Lord, make me a vessel through which your love flows into the world in the name of Jesus.
3. Father, guard me from selfishness in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
Exo. 1-2.22, Ps. 31, Matt. 27:45-46
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021
*TOPIC: VESSELS OF LOVE*
"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” 1 John 4:10–12
*MESSAGE*
Love is the big idea behind all the stories and teachings contained in the bible. Love dominates God’s story. Even Jesus confirmed that two commands from the Old Testament— to love God and love others—are the greatest of all the commandments (Mark 12:28–34).
Followers of God are to live lives distinctly different from those around them. They are to be forgiving and self-giving, showing love to all. However, our capacity to love begins with receiving God’s love for us. When we receive his love for us, then we will be able to become vessels through which God pours out His love on earth. The presence of God’s Spirit in us works through us to overcome our passion for self in favour of loving others — including those we could never love before.
Each day as we live out our lives, Jesus loves us unconditionally and sacrificially, and He offers ongoing forgiveness. He asks us, as His followers, to offer the same in our relationships. Why? This new breed of love allows us to be involved in healthy relationships and also to be free to express God’s love to the world.
*ACTION POINT*
?️Let someone experience God’s love through you today.
*SCRIPTURES*
Mark 12:28–34; 1 John 2:7; 3:11; 4:7
*PRAYER POINTS*
1. Father, thank You for loving me.
2. Lord, make me a vessel through which your love flows into the world in the name of Jesus.
3. Father, guard me from selfishness in the name of Jesus.
*THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*
Exo. 1-2.22, Ps. 31, Matt. 27:45-46