Devotional
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This week’s love language in our series called “Loving like Jesus” is Quality Time. People who speak this love language, prioritise giving undistracted time and undivided attention to others. They feel that they are being loving when they are present, attentive and focussed on the person they are with. Even time spent sitting in silence
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Daily Reading: Galatians 6:9-10 “10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.” Although it can feel like a tired cliché, “Charity begins at home” is a very Christian concept. We do bear the responsibility of being Christ-like by doing good and being
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Daily Reading: 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 “… We want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 7 … (S)ee that you also excel in this grace of giving.“ In encouraging the Corinthian
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Daily Reading: Acts 2:42-45 These first 3000 believers in Jerusalem were the earliest expression of a local church. Led by the Holy Spirit, they dedicated themselves to the most important elements of basic discipleship. They were committed to being taught by the apostles, sharing deep fellowship with each other, worshiping at the temple together, eating
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Daily Reading: Deuteronomy 15:7-11 ” … do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted.” What a challenging set of words, and what a great test for ourselves: In my attitude and actions towards others am I hard-hearted and tight-fisted or soft-hearted and open-handed” ? To use yesterday’s key word, “Do I have the heart and the habit
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This week we are seeking to appreciate the art and blessing of loving others through generosity and the giving of gifts (with no strings attached). Loving like Jesus inevitably involves the giving of oneself and whatever one has, in the best interest of others. Daily Readings: Proverbs 22:9 and Proverbs 28:27 “9 The generous will
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Daily Reading: 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 “19 Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.” Humanly speaking, the apostle Paul was very well-positioned in both Jewish and Roman society. In Philippians 3:4-6, as he argued for faith in Christ alone, he laid
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Daily Reading: Mark 10:35-45 Set in the context of the disciples bickering over places of perceived importance, Jesus’ statement about true greatness and true leadership is striking in its clarity: “… Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 For even the
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Daily Reading: Matthew 12:15-21 The Gospel of Matthew makes it clear that Jesus is the Servant of the LORD whose ministry was prophesied in Isaiah 42:1-4. Matthew 12:15-17 points out that one example of the true servant heart of Jesus was that, despite healing “all who were ill” in the large crowd that followed Him,
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This is the 2nd week of our five-week series of devotions on different ways we can minister God’s love to friends, colleagues, acquaintances, family, or even strangers. The five weeks are loosely based on Gary Chapman’s “Five Love Languages”. Last week was about how we use our words to minister God’s love, and this week’s
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