DAILY BREAD OF LIF

(KJV.)  I JOHN 3:18-22

(18)  My little children,  let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
(19)  And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
(20)  For if our heart condemn us,  God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
(21)  Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
(22)  And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.


TRULY, LOVE ONE ANOTHER

Brethren, humanly, at times we fake ourselves to make others believe that we are in tuned with them, whereas inwardly we are not in one accord;  my question is, would not it be more easier if we portray who we truthfully are to one another?;  if we have any concerns, grudges or malice with our fellow brethren, it is godly on our part to settle all issues and purge our hearts out before Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior so we can continue to enjoy his grace freely forevermore.

Case in point, in the above text, we read about how to truly love one another; (i)   My little children,  let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth;  that is,  to genuinely embrace one another, not just showing love by hugging or speeches alone but in our thoughts processes and actions with truthfulness of our hearts, let us emulate the love of Christ;  (ii)   And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him;  that is, by truly loving one another, we will know for sure that our consciences and hearts are clear before Jesus Christ; and are free to receive favors and blessings;  if our consciences are cleared, no weapon fashioned against us shall prosper and every tongue that will rise up in judgment against us shall be condemn by Jesus Christ because we belong to him and have no alliance with the enemy; (iii)   For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. that is,, if we transgress or keep malice and grudges against one another, we are in darkness;  for the LORD our maker has a clear insight and complete idea of what we nurture in our hearts before him;  therefore, let our dark consciences be seared with lights of godliness and love one another with the love of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.


WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT:

Points to ponder,  however, (a)   Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.  that is, if we purge our hearts of wrong doings, grudges and malice and forgive others their trespasses and our hearts are clear without thoughts of evil but feel good about ourselves and truly love one another as we love ourselves, then we will succeed in doing all things; for the LORD of hosts will be our strengths;  (b)   And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight;  that is, after we have become children of lights with no darkness in our hearts but we walk in faith through the righteousness of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior and genuinely love one another as ourselves; there is no prayer requests or heart desires that will not be granted unto us from the LORD of hosts and we will find favors in the eyes of humanity by the grace of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior.

Fruits of thought,  dearly beloved, as another year will soon roll away, we are getting closer and closer to our destinations in life;  today, let us check ourselves to know what types of luggage have we packed along the journey to our destinations: are contents of our luggage acceptable to pass through check points into our destinations or do we need to toss some items over board? is up to us to double check our luggage.
Also, those of us who will be feasting for Thanksgiving, are we feasting in love with one another? or it is just a day to eat more than what we would normally eat for dinner;  are we still upset with what happened to us last thanksgiving and would not want to get any closer to uncle P or aunt J? let us purge our hearts out before we get to the feast table, and truly love ourselves with the love of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior so we can dine with him and receive blessings, good health and life everlasting.


CONCLUSION:

Brethren,  we hear about how to love one as we love ourselves; it is easy to just talk about it than to actually exercise love:  today's text is encouraging us to not only talk or think about love; but also genuinely obey the words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; we can fake love to one another but we cannot fake our actions with him; therefore, it is godly on our part to be open minded with one another if we feel any different from what Christ is asking of us to do; for a little lump can leaven a whole lump, if we keep grudges and malice against one another;  if we find it difficult to let go of hurts and issues ourselves, let us call on family members or elders from our churches to help set things in proper perspectives so we can genuinely love one another and receive heavenly blessings and life everlasting; this is the will of the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior forever and evermore.  Amen and Amen!


QUOTES OF THE DAY:

(KJV.)  I John 4:7-8  Beloved,  let us love one another for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God....He that loveth not knoweth not God;  for God is love.
       



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