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I must try to love all humanity.
Love comes from thinking of every man or woman as your brother or sister,
because they are children of God.
This way of thinking makes me care enough about them to really want to help them.
I must put this kind of love into action by serving others.
Love means no severe judging, no resentments, no malicious gossip, and no destructive criticism.
It means patience, understanding, compassion, and helpfulness.
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Rom 5:5 And hope does not make us ashamed, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit given to us.
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Having sympathy and compassion for all who are in temptation, a condition
that we are sometimes in, we have a responsibility towards them. Sympathy
always includes responsibility. Pity is useless because it does not have a
remedy for the need. But wherever our sympathy goes, our responsibility goes
too. When we are moved with compassion, we should go to the one in need and
bind up his wounds as best we can.
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Luk 10:26 He said to him, What is written in the Law? How do you read it?
Luk 10:27 And answering, he said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.
Luk 10:28 And He said to him, You have answered right; do this and you shall live.
Luk 10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
Luk 10:30 And answering, Jesus said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothing and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
Luk 10:31 And by coincidence a certain priest came down that way and seeing him, he passed by on the opposite side.
Luk 10:32 And in the same way a Levite, also being at the place, coming and seeing him, he passed on the opposite side.
Luk 10:33 But a certain traveling Samaritan came upon him, and seeing him, he was filled with pity.
Luk 10:34 And coming near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Luk 10:35 And going on the next day, he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him. And whatever more you spend, when I come again I will repay you.
Luk 10:36 Then which of these three, do you think, was neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?
Luk 10:37 And he said, The one doing the deed of mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise.
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Love is the power that transforms your life.
Try to love your family and your friends and then try to love everybody that you possibly can,
even the "sinners and publicans"- everybody.
Love for God is an even greater thing.
It is the result of gratitude to God and it is the acknowledgement
of the blessing that God has sent you.
Love for God acknowledges His gifts and leaves the way open for God to shower
yet more blessings on your thankful heart.
Say: "Thank you, God," until it becomes a habit.
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Heb 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Psa 40:16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
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Very quietly God speaks through your thoughts and feelings.
Heed the Divine voice of your conscience.
Listen for this and you will never be disappointed in the results in your life.
Listen for this small, still voice and your tired nerves will become rested.
The Divine voice comes to you as strength as well as tenderness, as power as well as restfulness.
Your moral strength derives its effectiveness from the power
that comes when you listen patiently for the still, small voice.
Peace be still.
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1Ki 19:9 And he came there to the cave, and lodged there; and behold, the Word of Jehovah came to him, and said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?
1Ki 19:10 And he said, Being zealous, I have been zealous for Jehovah the God of Hosts, for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant; they have thrown down Your altars, and they have killed Your prophets with the sword, and I am left, I alone, and they seek to take my life.
1Ki 19:11 And he said, Go out and stand on the mountain before Jehovah. And, behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind tearing the mountains and breaking the rocks in bits before Jehovah! Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind was an earthquake, but Jehovah was not in the earthquake.
1Ki 19:12 And after the earthquake was a fire, but Jehovah was not in the fire; and after the fire came a still, small voice.
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The rule of God's kingdom is perfect order,
perfect harmony, perfect supply,
perfect love, perfect honesty, and perfect obedience.
There is no discord in God's kingdom, only some things still unconquered in God's children.
The difficulties of life are caused by disharmony in the individual man or woman.
People lack power because they lack harmony with God and with each other.
They think that God fails because power is not manifested in their lives.
God does not fail.
People fail because they are out of harmony with Him.
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Today's Meditation:
Do not become encumbered by petty annoyances. Never respond to emotional
upsets by emotional upset. Try to keep calm in all circumstances. Try not
to fight back. Call on the grace of God to calm you when you feel like
retaliating. Look to God for the inner strength to drop those resentments
that drag you down. If you are burdened by annoyances, you will lose your
inward peace and the spirit of God will be shut out. Try to keep peaceful
within.
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I will practice love,
because lack of love will block the way.
I will try to see good in all people,
those I like and also those who fret me
and go against the grain.
They are all children of God.
I will try to give love;
otherwise, how can I dwell in God's spirit
whence nothing unloving can come?
I will try to get along with all people,
because the more love I give away,
the more I will have.
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Today's Meditation:
It is not your circumstances that need altering so much as yourself.
After you have changed, conditions will naturally change.
Spare no effort to become all that God would have you become.
Follow every good leading of your conscience.
Take each day with no backward look.
Face the day's problems with God, and seek God's help and guidance as to what you should do in every
situation that may arise.
Never look back.
Never leave until tomorrow the thing that you are guided to do today.
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rockingA wrote:The rule of God's kingdom is perfect order,
perfect harmony, perfect supply,
perfect love, perfect honesty, and perfect obedience.
There is no discord in God's kingdom, only some things still unconquered in God's children.
The difficulties of life are caused by disharmony in the individual man or woman.
People lack power because they lack harmony with God and with each other.
They think that God fails because power is not manifested in their lives.
God does not fail.
People fail because they are out of harmony with Him. Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Joh 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. Joh 15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. Joh 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. Joh 15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. Joh 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Joh 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Joh 15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Joh 15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
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rockingA wrote:Today's Meditation:
Do not become encumbered by petty annoyances. Never respond to emotional
upsets by emotional upset. Try to keep calm in all circumstances. Try not
to fight back. Call on the grace of God to calm you when you feel like
retaliating. Look to God for the inner strength to drop those resentments
that drag you down. If you are burdened by annoyances, you will lose your
inward peace and the spirit of God will be shut out. Try to keep peaceful
within. 1Pe 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. Rom 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Isa 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Isa 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
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rockingA wrote:I will practice love,
because lack of love will block the way.
I will try to see good in all people,
those I like and also those who fret me
and go against the grain.
They are all children of God.
I will try to give love;
otherwise, how can I dwell in God's spirit
whence nothing unloving can come?
I will try to get along with all people,
because the more love I give away,
the more I will have. 1Jn 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1Jn 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 1Jn 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 1Jn 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us. 1Jn 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
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rockingA wrote:Today's Meditation:
It is not your circumstances that need altering so much as yourself.
After you have changed, conditions will naturally change.
Spare no effort to become all that God would have you become.
Follow every good leading of your conscience.
Take each day with no backward look.
Face the day's problems with God, and seek God's help and guidance as to what you should do in every
situation that may arise.
Never look back.
Never leave until tomorrow the thing that you are guided to do today. Php 3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, Php 3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: Php 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; Php 3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Php 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Php 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, Php 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Php 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 2Co 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
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monique wrote:mksisme wrote:rockingA wrote:Today's Meditation:
Do not become encumbered by petty annoyances. Never respond to emotional
upsets by emotional upset. Try to keep calm in all circumstances. Try not
to fight back. Call on the grace of God to calm you when you feel like
retaliating. Look to God for the inner strength to drop those resentments
that drag you down. If you are burdened by annoyances, you will lose your
inward peace and the spirit of God will be shut out. Try to keep peaceful
within. 1Pe 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. Rom 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Isa 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Isa 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: I MISSED YA. Thanks sister. God bless you.
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As you look back over your life,
it is not too difficult to believe that what
you went through was for a purpose,
to prepare you for some valuable work in life.
Everything in your life may well have been planned
by God to make you of some use in the world.
Each person's life is like the pattern of a mosaic.
Each thing that happened to you is like one tiny stone in the mosaic,
and each tiny stone fits into the perfected pattern
of the mosaic of your life,
which has been designed by God.
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