NOVEMBER 18, 2025 ~ FROM A PASTOR'S HEART

NOVEMBER 18 DEVOTIONAL BIBLE READING: 1 PETER 4:7-11

Love is at the top of the list...it is above all things. The Bible declares that God is love. It commands us to love God with all our being and to love others as we do ourselves. It is by our love that the world knows we are the followers of Christ. Love is giving and it covers a multitude of our sins and shortcomings. Love is kind and caring. It is long suffering and thinks the best of others. It celebrates what is good and right and rejects that which is evil and wrong. Love brings correction and speaks truth, but never in a brutal way. Love thinks more highly of others than of itself. Love responds to God by obedience rather than disobedience.

The love of the Scripture is more than just a feeling that we go in and out of all the time. When the Scripture speaks of love it is an action, love doesn't just feel, it acts. God loves, so He sent His Son. Jesus loves, so He willingly went to the cross. We love, so we share the Gospel to the entire world. Biblical love always makes a difference in our lives and walk. As a matter of fact, we cannot be a genuine follower of Christ without it. Jesus commands us to love one another...to love our neighbors...and even to love our enemies. We can do this when He is in control of our lives. Jesus enables us to love even the unlovable. When we are called to walk in Christ, we are called to walk in love. Go on now, love them in Jesus!

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