- The lawyer asked how to gain eternal life, but he already knew the answer.
- Loving our neighbors mean we love them as God does.
- We gain eternal life by obeying God’s command to love.
- We show what is in our hearts when we try to justify ourselves.
- Jesus started the Parable of the Good Samaritan off with a description of how not to show love.
- Love is an investment.
- We serve others through love.
- Our spiritual gifts mean nothing if we do not serve through love.
- We don’t have faith if we don’t have love.
- Trials teach us nothing if we do not navigate them through love for God.
- Love is complex.
- Love remains in character when provoked.
- Love is kind in mind and in actions.
- Envy is the opposite of being content.
- Love eliminates boasting by changing pride to humility.
- Love helps us to maintain a realistic view of ourselves, giving us the right amount of self-respect.
- Love calls us to be polite and fair, not rude.
- Looking to always get our own way is selfishness, not love.
- Love has no room for bitter resentments.
- Love is not suspicious.
- Love rejoices in the truth about God.
- Love is complex and overarching.
Love is one of the spiritual gifts given to us. This daily devotional looks at which ones are temporary and which ones are eternal and how we grow in Him.
- Faith is the foundation of Christianity.
- We exhibit our faith through hope.
- Love, because it leads to perfection, is the highest development of our sanctified character.
- Love is the arena through which faith and hope are shown.
- God requires us to pray for others in a variety of ways.
- It is our duty to pray for government officials.
- Our concern for others impacts our lives.
- Our prayers for others should focus on their spiritual condition.
- God, as designer of the Plan of Salvation, is our ultimate Savior.
- God prefers all to be saved.
- We know that God’s Word is true because He cannot lie.
- There is only one God who created all there is and will rule for eternity.
- Through a mediator — and only Jesus as that Mediator — is only one way in which mankind’s relationship can be restored with God.
- Sin entered the world, demanding the need of a Savior.
- The spreading of the gospel message regarding Jesus’ sacrifice depends on our testimony.
- Prayers are to be offered for all people whoever we find ourselves.
- Our love for our neighbors must be real.
- Our love for our neighbors should be accepting but nurturing them as disciples.
- Loving our neighbors means we live up to God’s standards.
- Disciples are to have a spirit of forgiveness.
- Jesus told the disciples a parable to illustrate how to show forgiveness to others.
- Jesus showed us what not imitating God looks like.
- We are to be a witness to our families.
- We are to be a witness to our friends.
- The decision to follow Jesus is our own.