Waiting on God
Sowing our Prayer… Reaping the Spirit
You ask me, “Why should God be loved?” I answer: the reason for loving God is God himself. And why should God be loved for his own sake? Simply because no one could be more justly loved that God, no one deserves our love more. Some may question if God deserves our love or if they might have something to gain by loving him. The answer to both questions is yes, but I find no other worthy reason for loving him except himself.
God is entitled to our love. Why? Because he gave himself for us despite the fact that we are so undeserving. What better could he have given? If we ask why God is entitled to our love, we should answer, “Because he first loved us.” God is clearly deserving of our love and especially if we consider who he is that loves us, who we are that he loves, and how much he loves us.
True love is precisely this: that it does not seek it own interests. And how much does he love us? He so loved the world that he gave his only Son; he laid down his life for us
-Bernard of Clairvaux
Monday | Deuteronomy 6:4-9 |
Tuesday | 1 John 2:15-17; 3:6-10 |
Wednesday | Micah 6:6-8 |
Thursday | Revelation 2:1-7 |
Friday | Deuteronomy 10:12-13 |
Saturday | 1 John 4:20-21 |
The past two weeks we have focused on the purpose of the church, both inward and outward. The purpose of the church is intertwined with the purposes of the individual Christian. Read Matthew 22:34-40. This will be the base passage of the next two weeks, looking at the purpose of a Christian: to love God and to love others. This week our focus is on loving God. Read the quote and the verses for each day and reflect on your life. How do you mirror the love of God shown in these passages? Are there parts of your life that do not mirror this all-out love for God?
Remember to pray for the Spirit to clarify the mission for Oak Chapel
and for the Spirit to give us the power to work in this mission.
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