Jesus LOVES YOU!
Jesus commands us to love as He did, and Jesus proved His Love by giving up His rights, His Will, His desires and ultimately His Life.
*”A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you…”John 13:34
“I submit to you that if a man hasn’t discovered something he will die for, he isn’t fit to live” -Martin Luther King
Luke 22:44 “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
It is interesting that Luke is the only one of the gospel writers to mention that Jesus’ sweat was as great drops of blood. This is probably because Luke was a physician (Col. 4:14), and therefore, this had special significance to him.
Was Jesus trying to get out of His mission? It is never wrong to express our true feelings to God. Jesus exposed His dread of the coming trials, but He also reaffirmed His commitment to do what God wanted.
The cup Jesus spoke of meant the terrible agony He knew He would endure-not only the horror of the crucifixion but, even worse, the “Total Separation from God” that He would have to experience in order to die for the world’s sins.
Jesus’ sufferings for us were more than just physical. In the garden, before He suffered physically, He suffered emotionally, almost to the point of death.
As Luke records, an angel had to come and give Him strength or the emotional struggle alone would have killed Him.
All that Jesus did was motivated solely by LOVE.
*** It was for the joy that was set before Him that He endured going to the cross. **Jesus didn’t do what He did to save us out of pity or a sense of obligation as our Creator.
***Jesus did it because He loves us.
When God blesses us and has given us plenty within his church, sometimes we become complacent.
* God needs “full-service” action.
*** Our mission is to impact the world, not to huddle within the church.
God needs more of us INDIVIDUALLY. Each one of us has different gifts and talents, as well as an individual mission.
In order for me to fulfill my mission, I must take responsibility for my actions. *Each member must be held accountable for their purpose.
* The church is NOT about me, but about doing God’s will (Luke 22:42).
* We must be willing to deny self (Matthew 16:24).
God needs more of us COLLECTIVELY. Christ realized that He was going to be on this world physically, and that He needed His work to be completed with help. Ask someone for help if your project seems to be too much to bear on your own. We are dependent upon one another. Ephesians 4:15, 16; Romans 12: 4,5. Everyone has a gift, and it’s meant to work WITH others.
God needs more of us NUMERICALLY. God needs us to spread the Word. He needs us to work in His kingdom. Though we may have other responsibilities, GOD IS THE ONE WHO’S BLESSED US. We need to be responsive to His work and His will.
We can love one another by sharing each other’s burdens. We have a lot of talkers in the Body of Christ, but what we need are more believers willing to Listen to His Word and Pray.
* “Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.”. James 5:16
Loyalty is God’s Love in action.
* “A friend loves at all times.”
Proverbs 17:17
*True friends should stay with you through the good times as well as the hard times.
* Love should be acted upon more so than declared. Love does not see the needy and revoke compassion.
1 John 4:16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.
*Knowing that God is love is perfect because there aren’t any flaws in God and when anyone receives God’s love then its real, genuine, perfect, and lasts forever!
I love you Lord today and worship you with all by soul and with all my strength I exalt you Father. I am so grateful and so thankful to you Lord for all that you do for me and for how you love me. You love me Lord and I am so happy and so content to know that you love me. You think of me and you care about what happens to me and I am so grateful and I thank you Lord. I give You All the Praise and Glory. In Jesus Name. Amen
“Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in You. Show me the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul.” – Psalm 143:8