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“You have heard that it was said, Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”
Matthew 5:43-44, CSB
How can we not offer love to those who hate us after the God we hated through sin loved us enough to die for those sins? Let us learn from and be empowered by Him to love those who mistreat us that they may see the truth of the gospel.
For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you demonstrated for his name by serving the saints — and by continuing to serve them.
Hebrews 6:10, CSB
Jesus gave us a new commandment, to love the Church, and He helps us by growing our love for His Church as we seek Him.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:9, CSB
Jesus has called us to salvation, and He has called us to share this salvation with others. Sometimes, we’re ready for the end to come, but He is waiting until we have carried His gospel to everyone.
“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.”
Matthew 5:14, CSB
Jesus has put His light in us and called us to live like Him, so let us pray that He helps us overcome ourselves and live His truth so that others may see us and turn to Him.
Then he said, “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen.”
Mark 4:9, CSB
Jesus said some things that can be hard to understand or to love out. Let us pray for understanding and the courage to obey.
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Hosea 10:12, ESV
God alone is our source of righteousness and love. He can make the cruel compassionate and the evil righteous, but we must turn to Him and seek Him.
Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations
Deuteronomy 7:9, ESV
There is one God, and He alone is our Creator, standard of goodness and love, and hope for eternal life.
fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10, ESV
The Light of the world came to us and fills us. He has overcome sin, death, and this world, and by indwelling us shares that power in our lives.
Fear not.
One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.
Psalm 27:4, ESV
The Light of the world has come and revealed Himself to us. If we desire truth and goodness, we will see Him and He will shine through us to this world.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2, ESV
We can’t truly know the eternal love of God with our fallen hearts and minds until we learn what it means to love Him with all of our heart, soul, and mind. The Holy Spirit is the one who renews and transforms our minds. Seek God and let him change you to love God.
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