Scripture: John 15:9-17
9 As the Father has loved me, so have I
loved you; abide in my love. 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in
my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. 11
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy
may be full. 12 "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I
have loved you.
13 Greater love has no man than this, that
a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I
command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know
what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have
heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I
chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your
fruit should abide; so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give
it to you. 17 This I command you, to love one another.
The love of Jesus Christ
compels us to give our best not only to God but to our neighbor who is created
in the image and likeness of God. God's love purifies and transforms us into
the likeness of Christ. The Lord Jesus promises that those who abide in his
love will bear much fruit for the kingdom of God – fruit that will last for
eternity as well (John 15:16).
If you seek to unite your
heart with the heart of Jesus, you will bear great fruit in your life – the
fruit of joy, peace, friendship, and love that lasts forever.
"Lord Jesus, make me fruitful in your love, mercy, kindness,compassion
and gentleness. I thank you for all my friends in my life who colored my life.
May you always remind me that my vocation is to love and not to have.
May you always remind me that my vocation is to love and not to have.
May there be nothing in my life which keeps me from your love and
joy."
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