John 14:21-24

Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him

That's the truth, plain and simple.
"Don't you just love this pudding?"
"Yes, though I wish you wouldn't use that word  so loosely. I mean, you don't have to love everything. It OK to just like some things."
"And I like green beans. However, I love banana pudding."
"I know. But can you truthfully say you love the one who prepared it for you?"

Lord, I want to obey you, teach me how.

1 John 4:18

“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”

“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7). Though we may fear the Lord in the beginning, it is not the end of our spiritual quest, for “perfect love casts out fear.” Jesus perfect love casts out our fears when He embraces us as His friends (John 15:13, 14).

Lord, how do I love You?

1 John 3:11

“[Love one another] This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.”

Again and again written, we are to love one another. This week's shows of verses about loving others and loving one another, as God first loves us, we should also love others.




1 John 4:10

“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”

Because of God's holiness, human's sins has to be punished. But because of God's love, out of love He gave Jesus to die on the cross for human's sins as an atonement sacrifice. This is love.

Dear God, You are Holy, You are wonderful and Your love is amazing. Thank You for Your great love towards us. I pray that I wont take this for granted.

It's Your blood that cleanses me,
It's Your blood that gives me life,
It's Your blood that took my place,

In redeeming sacrifice.
Washes me whiter than the snow ,than the snow,

My Jesus, God's precious sacrifice.

It's Your love

John 13:34-35

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

And again love one another as God first loves us. This command is not really new from God as old testament such as Lev 19:18 teaches about loving others. But this is a new command for the disciples, from Jesus special love for them.

Thank You Jesus for Your love for us. Teach me to love other like how You love Your disciples and people. In that way, others may see that I belongs to You and they will also come to know You.

John 4:24

“God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

We are to worship God in the way that is acceptable to Him. We must make sure we obey all of His commandments as given by Him in the Bible on how He is to be worshiped and from the Bible, not more, not less. To do so, have to be equip with the Word of God first ourselves.

God, will you show me the way to worship You, the way that is pleasing to You. Not just Sunday worshiping in church, also daily. Continue to give me perseverance to go into Your Word daily so that I could be equipped with it closely, also to obey the things that You said through the Bible.