So now, if you faithfully obey me and stay true to my covenant, you will be my most precious possession out of all the peoples, since the whole earth belongs to me.
JOHN 15:10 (MSG)
If you keep my commands, you’ll remain intimately at home in my love. That’s what I’ve done—kept my Father’s commands and made myself at home in his love.
THE ESSENCE
When we follow God's instructions our connection with him intensifies and we start to experience his love.
DAILY FODDER
It's not that God loves his people more because they obey him but that his people can only grok his love as they obey him.
PRAYER
Loving God, I'm grateful that you have called us to be in your life. I confess, though, that I've twisted your welcome. Sometimes I pour myself into proving my worth and at other times I act as though your welcome gives me free reign of the house. Help me to appreciate the value of your instruction and that I can only start to absorb your love when I'm acting according to your will. I want to become a living love sponge, oozing with gallons of charity for you and the world around me. 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 in heaven.
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 will protect us from all forms of evil. Amen.
