Devotionals for September 6, 2022
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READ
John 15:9-17 NLT
9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. 16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
John 15:9-10 NLT
9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love. 11 I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! 12 This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. 13 There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. 16 You didn’t choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name. 17 This is my command: Love each other.
John 15:9-10 NLT
9 “I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. 10 When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
REFLECT
This week, we will read John 15:9-17 each day. And then look at a single section of verses to meditate on.
Today, the scripture leads us to meditate on when we love and remain in love, we will be filled with joy overflowing. That means that we need to think about the impact and effects of love in our lives and begin to define what that is. But this isn’t romantic love, this is the foundation of the world, love, so in that, how do we examine love and see the fruit of joy extended?
Today, the scripture leads us to meditate on when we love and remain in love, we will be filled with joy overflowing. That means that we need to think about the impact and effects of love in our lives and begin to define what that is. But this isn’t romantic love, this is the foundation of the world, love, so in that, how do we examine love and see the fruit of joy extended?
APPLY
Q: What will happen in our spirit when we remain in love?
Q: How does an overflowing joy help us continue in the commandment, “love one another”?
Q: Does your demeanor in environments with others speak of joy or frustration? How do those both also speak to how those environments know if you love them or not?
Q: How does an overflowing joy help us continue in the commandment, “love one another”?
Q: Does your demeanor in environments with others speak of joy or frustration? How do those both also speak to how those environments know if you love them or not?
SING
PRAY
"May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven."
Father, we ask that your will and heart be the one that we follow and proclaim. That your will for your people takes priority over our own desires and that our heart comes into alignment with yours. Bring your kingdom to earth so that we may live according to your perfect will. Amen.
Father, we ask that your will and heart be the one that we follow and proclaim. That your will for your people takes priority over our own desires and that our heart comes into alignment with yours. Bring your kingdom to earth so that we may live according to your perfect will. Amen.