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There are times when I fail to follow this law like the way my Lord so does, so is.

John 13:35 “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

I do believe when we fail to love we reject Jesus Christ, because He is love. Though it may not have been our intentions, but ultimately this is what happens. Sadly.

Let’s remind ourselves shall we?

1 Corin 13:

3 If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, ^b but have not love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

So let’s be loving, shall we?

In His Love,
Lisa

Today at service I learnt one of the most interesting things about the Our Father prayer. Jesus taught us that prayer, well for the lack of a better word, it contains the exact structure or format we need when we come to Him in prayer. I don’t remember the exact wording of the preacher, but I guess I’m not supposed to. So let’s take a look.

Luke 11:
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Firstly, verse 2 points out that we must always put God in His rightful place. He is above all, therefore when we come to Him in prayer we first address Him.
Thy kingdom come then tells us that basically all nations must know of God’s glory, His grace, His love, His awesomeness and all that He is must be known here on earth. Thy will be done, well this is pretty simple. Our lives are not our own. What God wants goes. We are to come to Him daily and ask Him of His desires and completely submit ourselves to be used as His instruments for His glory.

Next, in verse 3, we must then humble ourselves and come to the realization that we cannot fend for ourselves, we are eternally dependent on God and His infinite wisdom.
As the Bible says, all have fallen short of the glory of God, what this means is that all of us have sinned. Therefore, we need to ask God to pardon us of our sins. It is again humbling ourselves. Most of us folks don’t like admitting when we do wrong, but too bad, we all do it one time or another. Brings me in mind of:

2 Chronicles 7:14
14 If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Most naturally, if we are going to ask God for forgiveness we also need to show others the same grace that He has shown to us.

Finally, since sin infests the land, we must further ask God for His Holy Spirit, Whom leads us in the path of righteousness, the Divine driving force that aids us into fighting temptation.

Isn’t God awesome? Not only does He die for us, but also does He send forth His Holy Spirit to live in us. That’s awesome! Praise be to the everlasting God.