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Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
James 5:16, ESV
We confess our sins knowing our God has said He will forgive us, and we show our love Him when we hear each other’s confessions and pray for each other.
“You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”
Luke 12:40, ESV
Our Lord said we show we love Him by obeying His commands. He has said He is coming soon and should be doing the work of spreading the Gospel.
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Romans 10:10, ESV
Loving God is believing His Word – both Scripture and the Person of Jesus Christ. Our only means of salvation is to believe in Christ’s atonement and confess it to others that they may believe!
Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
Psalm 107:1, ESV
Love naturally expresses gratitude. Give thanks to God for His love an and grace.
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you
Philippians 1:3, ESV
We show our love for God by loving the Church. May we pray for and fondly think of our brothers and sisters in Christ.
And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
2 John 1:6, ESV
We show our love for God by obeying His commands – not mere rules, but ways our Creator has told us is best and right.
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
Micah 7:18, ESV
We must get over our ideas of a God who loves completely unconditionally or lets all people “in”.
Our God forgives and loves, but it came at a great price. And what other god has ever done that? Only our great God!
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
1 John 4:18, ESV
We know we are freed from God’s wrath, but do we still give in to fear of what others think of us? Do we love God and them enough to share the truth of the gospel, fearing God’s disapproval more than theirs?
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
John 15:4, ESV
God has sought us out, but we must also choose to honor and love Him.
The best way love others is to love and seek God with everything we are, for He first loved us.
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2, ESV
Life is difficult, so God gave us the example: sacrifice for each other, loving each other through help, work, and comfort.
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