LOVE - Day 5

Weekly Prayer:

Loving Father, we are humbled by the depth of your love for us. Thank you for sending Jesus to save us. Help us to love others as you have loved us and to be a reflection of your love in this world. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.

Friday December 13th: 2 Corinthians 5:14-20

“For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.”

Reflection: The Love we receive from God is a gift displayed in the sacrifice of Jesus so that we could be restored in our relationship with God. But His love doesn’t stop there… The love of God is fuel for us in how we love, serve, and share with the world around us; it compels us to tell others. Think about your circle of influence… who do you know who has not embraced and experienced the love of Jesus? How could you show them how much Jesus loves them? Pray that God would soften their heart towards Him and pray for boldness to show them His love. 

-written by Dustin Kleinschmidt, Minister of Worship