Prayer
– Lord, I love You…with all of my heart, mind, soul, and strength—and my
neighbors as myself. Or at least I try. Sometimes my heart seems to be like a
cold stone…an impenetrable rock. Not much love there so, refresh my heart,
Lord, that I would love what You love.
Do
not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the
love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the
flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is
of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he
who does the will of God abides forever. Little children, it is the last
hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many
antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. They went out
from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have
continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that
none of them were of us. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you
know all things. I have not written to you because you do not know the truth,
but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he
who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and
the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who
acknowledges the Son has the Father also. 1 John 2:15-23 NKJV (Underlined for
emphasis.)
Meditate.
Acknowledging or denying Christ?
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| The world is passing away. |
Jesus said to the people who
believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my
teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32 NLT
Jesus spoke
to His disciples about the end times.
Now as He sat on the Mount of
Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will
these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of
the age?" And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no
one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,'
and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that
you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is
not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And
there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All
these are the beginning of sorrows." Matthew
24:3-8 NKJV (Underlined for emphasis.)
Know His
word so that you won’t be deceived. It is amazing to me that the more I study
Jesus, the more I love Him. Other friends have found the same to be true. Know
God—know love. It makes sense since we are told that God is love.
Beloved, let us love one another,
for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who
does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 John 4:7-8
God spoke
to the Israelites through Ezekiel about a heart of stone—an unloving heart.
Then I will give them one heart,
and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their
flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in My statutes
and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be
their God. Ezekiel
11:19-20
I’ll give
up my stony heart and take that heart of flesh—a loving caring heart. I lovingly
trust in the Lord with all my heart. He is the one I love, not the world. It is
passing away—with sorrows, famines, pestilences, and earthquakes. Look around—is
it happening? Take courage and be strong.
I would have lost heart, unless I
had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the
living. Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your
heart; Wait, I say, on the LORD! Psalm
27:13-14 NKJV
Who do
you love and serve today?
Verse
of Salvation ~ Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my
salvation; On You I wait all the day.
Psalm 25:5 NKJV
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