Love One Another
Most Christians know that Jesus wants us loving one another. Nevertheless, loving other humans proves more difficult than loving God. So the Lord wisely included several Love One Another scriptures in the New Testament. As we read the forty-three one another scriptures listed below, His Word will empower us with the ability to choose love for each other. When you don’t feel love, choose to love. Christian love produces feelings of love, but Christian love never depends only upon feelings. “For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen,” 1 John 4:20.
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Our Creator designed us with minds filled with meditation that makes us spiritually, physically, and emotionally healthy. Consequently, the evil one appealed to Eve’s mind in an attempt to inject unhealthy meditation into her. Regrettably, both Eve and Adam succumbed to the type of thoughts detrimental to their health. Since then, the human race has practiced extremely unhealthy meditation that led the human race from the Lord and into lots of suffering. But, there is some really great news! …
In 2oo3, Delores and I decided to explore the possibility of returning to Japan as pastors of Tsukuba International Christian Assembly in Tsukba, Japan. We flew to Tokyo and the missionary picked us up in his vehicle and we drove two or three hours to Tsukuba. We spent three weeks there preaching every Sunday and visiting the people of this international congregation. At the end of three weeks we told the current pastor that we would be willing to move to Japan in December 2003. …
Delores and I always wanted to serve as missionaries. We planned on going to the mission field early in our career, but that didn’t work out. So, after pastoring eighteen years, we decided to move to Singapore, Southeast Asia. On the other hand, the missions department had earlier turned down our application to serve as missionaries because of my legal blindness. Well, we decided that we had to go to the mission field because we were in our early 40’s. We couldn’t wait any longer. …
Many years ago I heard someone suggest reading the book of Proverbs one chapter a day according to the calendar date. I began this practice and have benefited greatly from this wonderful book of divine wisdom. …
As a young man I was more than willing to endure tough times and live on very little resources. I just never required lots of stuff or lots of money. But this attitude became a road block to accomplishing God’s will for our ministry. Consequently, God helped me become willing to abound through his super human provision. …
I can’t count the times God rescued me from ruining my walk with him and my ministry to his people. Let me share with you one of those times. …
We must train ourselves to consider our differences from other people as doorways to success. We must never allow ourselves to consider differences from other people as roadblocks to success. …
