JUNE "prayer-starters" DAY 19

DAY 19—The Love of God expressed through us must be in action, not just in word.

The Love of God will have little meaning if it is expressed in word only. The agápe kind of Love is demonstrated by how we act toward those who are in need. This may be so toward some people we don’t even know, or toward some that we have not been inclined to like. God’s Love at work in us will show no partiality.

I John 3:18—My little children, let us not Love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. NIrV—Dear children, don’t just talk about Love. Put your Love into action. Then it will truly be Love.

I Peter 1:22—Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned Love of the brethren, see that ye Love one another with a pure heart fervently: NIrV—You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true Love for your brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply, from the heart.

James 1:14—What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

DEAR LORD, I present my faith to You for an overhaul. Please replace what I’ve called “faith” with the true faith that You give. Then, I believe I can be obedient to you in all matters. And then, I can Love with the Love that You give.

Faith without works is dead—James 2:14-18

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Ephesians 3:14-19 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
DAY 19—The Love of God expressed through us must be in action, not just in word. The Love of God will have little meaning if it is expressed in word only. The agápe kind of Love is demonstrated by how we act toward those who are in need. This may be so toward some people we don’t even know, or toward some that we have not been inclined to like. God’s Love at work in us will show no partiality. *I John 3:18—My little children, let us not Love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.* NIrV—**Dear children, don’t just talk about Love. Put your Love into action. Then it will truly be Love. *I Peter 1:22—Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned Love of the brethren, see that ye Love one another with a pure heart fervently:* NIrV—**You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true Love for your brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply, from the heart. James 1:14—What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. DEAR LORD, I present my faith to You for an overhaul. Please replace what I’ve called “faith” with the true faith that You give. Then, I believe I can be obedient to you in all matters. And then, I can Love with the Love that You give. Faith without works is dead—James 2:14-18
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