Love in Deed and in Truth

 

Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.

 

—1 John 3:18 (ESV)

 

 

Heavenly Father,

 

May every deed I do confirm the truth of every word I speak of my love.

 

Don’t allow me to merely talk about my love. Cause Your love to fill my heart and drive my words to produce in me the actions that demonstrate the proof of real love.

 

Don’t allow me to withhold Your love within me from anyone who needs it. Help me give it freely and generously in my every thought, word, and action toward another.

 

Don’t allow me to be any less than humble before you and others. Help me to give the best of what I have been given to meet the need in someone else—that need that cries out for real love.

 

May every deed I do confirm the truth of every word I speak of my love.

 

In the Name of Jesus, Amen. 

Loving Others As You Have Loved Me

Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.

—Ephesians 4:2 (NLT)

Heavenly Father,

Let me always love others as You have loved me—humbly, gently, patiently, and compassionately, with great mercy, forgiveness and grace.

Grant me a humble heart—that I might not think more highly of myself than I ought to think—as I acknowledge that any good thing that is seen in me comes only by Your hand.

Help me to be lovingly gentle in all of my dealings with others—remembering at all times that Christ died for every one of us, out of His immeasurable love for us all.

Remind me of the patience, mercy, forgiveness and grace that You show me—every moment of every day—so that I might live out Christ’s patient love toward others at all times.

And help me to make allowances for the faults of others, as I demonstrate my love them—as I remember that all of us are broken in some way and will never be made completely whole again, will never reach perfection, until we come to be with You there.

Let me always love others as You have loved me—humbly, gently, patiently, and compassionately, with great mercy, forgiveness and grace.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.

With Everything That Is In Me

You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. – Deuteronomy 6:5 (NKJV)

Dear Lord,

Show me the depths of blessing that Your love holds for me—when I love You with everything that is in me.

Your Word tells me that it is not enough for me to know about You.  It is not enough for me to know who You are. I must love You completely.

I want my love for You to burst from my spirit and flood my mind, will and emotions—so saturating me that with every ounce of strength in me, I demonstrate my love for You.

Help me to love You that way, so that I can experience all the blessings that obedience to Your greatest command will bring.

Show me the depths of blessing that Your love holds for me—when I love You with everything that is in me.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.