LOVE
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This week, we’re asking: How on earth can we ever manage to love the Lord, one another, and our neighbours? Living this life of Jesus-following love is a seemingly impossible task. But it can be done! It CAN be done when we approach it as a single-minded pursuit! Prayer before Reading: Before you read, pray…
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This week, we’re asking: How on earth can we ever manage to love the Lord, one another, and our neighbours? Living this life of Jesus-following love is a seemingly impossible task. But it can be done! It CAN be done when we help each other to do it in community! Prayer before Reading: Before you…
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How on earth can we ever manage to love the Lord, one another, and our neighbours? Living this life of Jesus-following love is a seemingly impossible task. But it can be done! It CAN be done because it is a matter of God’s own love overflowing from us. Prayer before Reading: Before you read, pray…
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Over the last three weeks, as we build up towards the start of our Annual Bible Reading Plan, we have reflected on the “Why”. Why should we love God? Why should we love one another? Why should we love our neighbour? This time next week, we’ll start our 11-month journey through “Everything Jesus Commanded Us.”…
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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 Peter 5 and Psalm 45 And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, “God resists the proud, but shows favour to the humble.” 6 Humble yourselves, then, under God’s mighty hand, so that he will lift you up in his own good time.…
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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: James 5 and Psalm 42 9 Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door! You would think that this would be a very simple command to obey, wouldn’t you? Everyone inside the Church of Jesus Christ gets on really well with one…
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Daily Readings: Luke 10 and Psalm 26 The parable of the Good Samaritan (v.30-35) is one of Jesus’ best known stories. It’s point is so crystal clear that we risk not seeing the wood for the trees if we dissect it in minute detail. An expert in the Law approached Jesus with a technical question…
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