This is the ninth memory verse from the Experiencing God study by Henry Blackaby, which continues to echo the theme the Lord has put on my heart this year to Live, Love, and Laugh. It is the love part that I just can't get away from. God really wants me to learn this lesson, and I am thankful that He is gently leading me along step by step.
This morning, I am convicted by the Scriptural truth that our actions reflect what we believe. In this verse, Jesus is pointing out that if we say we love Him, we will demonstrate it by following His teaching. It is certainly causing me to think about whether I am a "doer" of the Word or just a preacher of it. It is making me consider how my words of love to my family and friends hold up to my actions of love.
I regularly tell my teen girlfriends that love isn't a feeling, it is a fact and a determined behavior of expression. Looks like I'm being called to action once again by the Lord, with plenty of opportunity to practice love today as I care for my good-spirited, but sick little girl. Will I be a doer of love today, as unto the Lord? Will I serve joyfully? Practice time now meets reality.
Yet in the front of my mind, I hope to keep the second part of this verse that promises that My Father will love me and will come to me, and make my home with Him, as I love Jesus and obey His teaching. I look forward to the opportunity of experiencing His love today as I submit to His call to love one another as He has loved us.
Heavenly Father, help us to understand your teaching and apply your Word with an obedient heart in our lives, that we may know your love fully and find our home in you. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
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Great inspirating verse to memorize..That is so true about love...It's a fact and it's something we must determined and make an active choice, it doesn't just happen.
God bless you!
Beautiful verse and thought to go along with it. Love is truly an action and a choice. Hope your day goes smoothly with your sick one, prayers for a quick recovery!
we use this verse often in our house. If you love me, you'll obey. oh how I fail at this so much more than my children do!!!
Live, Love and Laugh hangs in my kitchen.....
serving JOYFULLY as HE always did....
your picture and verse are BEAUTIFUL....
I LOVE it...all, the colors, the verse...it's awesome!
lori
Thanks for sharing the verse and picture. A wonderful reminder to us all.
Such a lovely verse my friend.
GREAT WORD, Elisa! I LOVE Dr. Blackaby!! You are right.. it's a wise thing to be "doers of the WORD and NOT hearers only." =-)
~Have a BLESSED day~
What a sweet verse and post. I have a sick child today too, though he's on the mend. Hope your little girl is feeling better.
Elisa,
I just loved this post. 'God so loved the world that He gave...'
That so speaks to my heart. Love is a verb, a sacrificial outward action. What a reminder to me. It can convict me so quickly. For what I am learning is that we can only live out the gospel by love, His love through us.
Reminds me of a favorite saying, "No one will care how much you know, until they know how much you care."
In His Love, Joanne
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