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document.write('| SCRIPTURE READING: Matthew 22:34-40 |
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document.write('| KEY VERSE: Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law (Rom. 13:10).');
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document.write('| Love Rules |
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document.write('Love does no harm: Other than family, few relationships present more opportunity for friction than neighbors. However, those same interactions offer many occasions to express genuine love. Our relationship with neighbors should be the practical living out, hands-and-feet demonstration of the love we claim.
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document.write('Love seeks what is best without regard for merit: Those who have experienced Christ’s love cannot withhold that same love from others without first redefining the gift they have received. I didn’t deserve it either; remember what I had done?
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document.write('Love acts: God so loved the world that He gave . . . The world is often an idea too broad to have personal meaning. Instead of "the world," insert your name. Do you see how incredible God’s love is for YOU? Now replace your name with your neighbor’s name. God so loved YOUR NEIGHBOR . . . How can we really understand and accept that incredible love for ourselves and not extend it to others as well? Loving God and neighbor is the fulfillment of the law.
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document.write('God has lavished His love on us. Recipients of love, who recognize His vast and gracious gift, will also love those He loves. Turns out, that includes our neighbors.');
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document.write('| Gary Shank |
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document.write('| SING TO THE LORD |
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document.write('More about Jesus would I know,
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document.write('More of His grace to others show;
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document.write('More of His saving fullness see,
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document.write('More of His love who died for me.');
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document.write('| "More About Jesus" by Eliza E. Hewitt |
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document.write('| REACH OUT IN PRAYER |
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document.write('| Many people in Equatorial Guinea will come to know Christ and receive the fullness of the Holy Spirit. |
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document.write('| THOUGHT FOR THE DAY |
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document.write('| [Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres (1 Corinthians 13:7). |
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document.write('| THROUGH THE BIBLE IN A YEAR |
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document.write('| Micah 5-7 |
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All hymn texts are taken from the hymnal Sing to the Lord. Copyright © 1993 by Lillenas Publishing Company.
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