The man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God in the middle of the garden’s trees.
1 JOHN 4:18 (MSG)
There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear.
SUMMARY SENTENCE
Fear and love cannot co-exist.
DAILY FODDER
The opposite of love, at least the way God does it, is not hate but fear. What are you afraid of? How does naming that fear subjugate it to love?
PRAYER
Loving God, the better I know you the less fearful I am. I admit that as I allow my mind to drift I get sucked into the realm of fear. Renew my experience of your love so that the things which make me afraid are in healthy perspective. Because of who you are and what you've done I'm not going to give fear a foothold in my life. To the contrary, I'm going to live as an agent of your love — the love most clearly expressed through the sacrifice of Christ Jesus. Amen.
Our Father in Heaven,
We hold your name in the highest regard.
Please come and establish your reign here on earth
so that everything that happens here will align
with what is happening there.
Give us enough food for today.
Forgive us our wrongdoing,
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you would protect us from all forms of evil.
Amen!
and we’ll forgive those who have wronged us.
Shield us from the trials and temptations that come our way.
Lastly, we pray that you would protect us from all forms of evil.
Amen!
