God’s Greatest Command is to Love

“We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:19-21‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/1jn.4.19-21.esv

If you want to fulfill and obey the greatest commandment from God then look to love.

There is no room for hate. If God can love you, a rebel and a sinner, and send Jesus to die for you, then you can love others. Even others who have sinned against you.

Ask Jesus to give you that kind of love for others today.

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It All Comes Down To Faith and Love

“And this is his commandment, that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he has commanded us.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:23‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/1jn.3.23.esv

So often we complicate the gospel message and what God’s will for our lives is.

We see in God’s word that to keep the commandments of God is to believe in Jesus for salvation and to love each other.

Plain and simple.

Do Not Love the World

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.

And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.

1 John 2:15-17

https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1JN.2.15-17

Only One Lord and Savior

“”You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.

I, I am the Lord, and besides me there is no savior.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43:10-11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/isa.43.10-11.esv

Trust in the Lord

“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26:3-4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/isa.26.3-4.esv

God is Faithful and Sure

“O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭25:1‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/isa.25.1.esv

Let Us Be Glad and Rejoice

“God will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for him, that he might save us. This is the Lord; we have waited for him; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.””

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Isaiah‬ ‭25:8-9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/isa.25.8-9.esv

Jesus Knows Your Suffering

“For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭2:18‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/heb.2.18.esv

So often when we are suffering we think we are alone. We think no one understands. But that isn’t true. Jesus knows our suffering.

Because He know our suffering and temptations He is able to help us in these times. When we cry out to Him in faith He hears us. He is there with open arms to fill us with His peace and comfort and strength in those times.

Cry out to Jesus in your suffering. Let His love, joy, and peace fill your heart in your times of suffering.

Be Slow to Anger

“Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭7:9‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/ecc.7.9.esv

Have Joy

“And I commend joy, for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭8:15‬ ‭ESV‬‬

http://bible.com/59/ecc.8.15.esv