LOVE OF GOD
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Daily Readings: Jude 1 and Psalm 51 As the brother of James, Jude was also the brother of Jesus. Here, however, he writes that he is James’ brother and a bond-servant of Jesus. He wants his readers to know that flesh and blood relationship to the incarnate Jesus is not what set him (Jude) apart
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Daily Readings: 2 John, 3 John and Psalm 51 Writing during a time of severe persecution, the apostle John did not name himself or the congregation to which he wrote. Instead he cryptically referred to himself as “the elder”, to the local church as “the lady”, and to the members as “her children”. When he
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Daily Readings: 1 John 3-4 and Psalm 49 1 John 3-4 is intense and jam-packed with memorable statements about the Lord, His love for us, and the eternal life He longs to pour into us. What follows is my attempt to summarise its main argument. The real, true, deep, rich, full and abundant life for
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Daily Readings: 1 John 1-2 and Psalm 48 The letters of 1-3 John were written by the apostle John, the son of Zebedee and brother of James, around about 90AD. At the time he lived in Ephesus and probably wrote it as a letter to be circulated among the churches of that region. Having known
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Daily Readings: 1 Peter 3-4 and Psalm 44 8 Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. (1 Peter 3:8) 8 Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 9 Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. 10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have
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Daily Readings: Luke 15 and Psalm 31 8 ‘Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbours together and says, “Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.” 10 In
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Daily Readings: Ephesians 5 and Psalm 14 1 Follow God’s example … 2 and live a life of love … 3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. As in the days of the early
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Daily Readings: Ephesians 4 and Psalm 141 On Friday, in reflecting on Ephesians 3, I invited you to … “Imagine when we are empowered to encounter this love not only inwardly and individually by the Spirit, but also as it overflows between us in loving relationship too. Imagine when each member becomes an instrument of
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Daily Readings: Ephesians 3 and Psalm 140 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s
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Daaily Readings: Ephesians 2 and Psalm 139 In Ephesians 2, “the incomparable riches of God’s grace” are celebrated. We are reminded that, before God intervened, we were physically alive but spiritually separated from God. We were spiritually “dead in our transgressions and sin” and thoroughly deserving of God’s judgment. We had done absolutely nothing to
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