This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.—1 John 4:10-12 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
Help me to fully understand what real love is, so that I would love more like You love—knowing that as I sacrificially love others, it is You that lives in me and Your love that is brought to full expression in me.
I know that my love for
You will never match the love You have for me and for each and every other soul
You have created—a love demonstrated by the sacrifice of Your only begotten Son
for all of our sins.
But still, help me to love
You more each day—and help me to demonstrate that love for You by loving others, as I ought to,
with Your love, that they might see You in me.
For no one has ever actually
seen You. But if I truly love others,
You are alive in me, and Your love will be revealed in full expression through
me—so that not only would those I love come to know You more, but I would
experience who You are in me more deeply and intimately, as well.
Help me to fully understand what real love is, so that I would love more like You love—knowing that as I sacrificially love others, it is You that lives in me and Your love that is brought to full expression in me.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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