![]() He asked to first “go and bury my father.” But Jesus emphasized that following Him must become an all-consuming focus: “Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead” ( Matthew 8:21-22). Recognizing his practical needs, another man was reluctant to follow Jesus. In other words, His followers would need to follow Him regardless of the difficult conditions. When a scribe told Him, “I will follow You wherever You go,” Jesus warned, “The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head”( Matthew 8:19-20). Jesus was aware of the kind of commitment this required. Their commitment was so total that they were forced to depend entirely on Jesus for every need. ![]() Yet each had been called by Jesus and left everything to follow Him and learn from Him. Loving Father, please help me see people with a heart ready to extend compassion and selfless love wherever You send me.The disciples of Jesus had come from different backgrounds and careers. When have you experienced selfless love from someone? How can you love others selflessly this week? When we see beyond our personal space, step out of our comfort zones to serve others, and give-especially when we don’t have to give-we’re loving like Jesus. Those seemingly ordinary moments when we care enough to notice the needs of others and do what we can to help are selfless when we’re motivated by love. Selfless love simply requires us to acknowledge the value of all God’s image-bearers by placing their needs above our own. It doesn’t have to be an extravagant display of sacrifice. Then he turns to Christ as an example of love in action (v. John equates hating a brother or sister to murder (v. It’s an expression of God’s love and what He desired His disciples to live out: “We should love one another” (1 John 3:11 emphasis added). When this photo went viral online, many viewers left comments about the power of random acts of kindness.įor believers in Jesus, kindness to others reflects the self-sacrificing care that He showed for people like us. When the elderly man hunched over and began teaching the young man how to knot the tie, a stranger took a photo of the trio. As he struggled with his tie, an older woman encouraged her husband to help. While waiting for a train at a station in Atlanta, Georgia, a young man wearing dress pants and a button-down shirt sat on a bench. 14) and “is a child of God” (4:7 nlt) anyone who “does not love does not know God, for God is love” (v. Such love is the clearest evidence that one has new life (v. ![]() John exhorts us to be loving in our speech and in our actions (v. True love is sacrificial giving and spontaneous generosity (v. The apostle John here reminded believers to model this sacrificial love of Jesus-“Jesus Christ laid down his life for us” (1 John 3:16). The “new” commandment raised the bar to the highest standard of love: “As I have loved you, so you must love one another” (John 13:34). This command is actually “an old one” (1 John 2:7), for God had commanded every Israelite to “love neighbor as ” (Leviticus 19:18). Jesus spoke a new commandment to “love one another” (John 13:34). READ PREVIOUS> The Power of Forgiveness> Our Daily Bread 22 April 2023 Read and Digest OUR DAILY BREAD Devotional written By Xochitl Dixon and was published to bless, inspire and uplift you every day as you benefit from the deep Insight of God’s infallible WORD.īible in a Year: 2 Samuel 16–18 Luke 17:20–37īible Verse: Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. OUR DAILY BREAD DEVOTIONAL TODAY 23RD APRIL 2023 MESSAGE
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