“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other.”We would all agree that the journey to the cross and dying on the cross is certainly the unspeakable and inestimable sacrifice of Christ. If someone asked you why he did it—why did Christ die on the cross—what would you answer?
John 15:9-17
Think for a minute about all the songs you know or have heard that send the message that “love is the answer.” From early hymns to contemporary Christian songs, from Nat King Cole to Miguel and J. Cole, from the Beatles to Beyoncé...all sing songs that tell the message that love is what motivates all of us and is the answer to everything.
Do you believe that? What about that do you have trouble with? Do you live your life in that belief?
Would you agree that it is easier to love someone who loves you than it is to love someone who doesn’t care? What makes it easier? Does Jesus fit into that category for you?
Your Mission
“The opposite of love is not hate, but apathy.” Pray for a change in how you feel toward people who have wronged you.
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