7. Let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who love is born of God and knows God.
8. But anyone who does not love does not know God – for God is love.
9. God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.
10. This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
11. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.
12. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other. God lives in us, and his love has been brought to full expression through us.
13. And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.
14. Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.
15. All who proclaim that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.
16. We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in him. God is love and all who live in love live in God and God lives in them.
17. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we are like Christ here in this world.
18. Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows this his love has not been perfected in us.
19. We love each other as a result of his loving us first.
20. If someone says I love God, but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God whom we have not seen?
21. And God himself has commanded that we must love not only him but our Christian brothers and sisters too.
MY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION: Let’s show God’s love to each other. God help me seek more of you. More of your love. More of your love will drive out any fear. Perfect your love in me. My heart is saddened by what I see right now with Christians both Republican and Democrat who are in major disagreement on all things in America. I know your heart is sad to see your children in this way. So, I pray for Christians to seek you and the Word more than politics, media, television, and social media. May we seek you with our whole hearts. Reveal things to us, in ways we’ve never seen or heard before. Remove any blinders (scales) from our eyes. Give us your lens to see things. Help us forgive quickly. Love freely. May goodness and mercy take root and grow hold of our hearts. Also, I confess any sin within me and repent to bring myself into right standing with you Lord. I ask all these things in Jesus name, Amen.
jennifer cofer 