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'"Abide in My love ..."' John 15:9
Why take another day hearing Jesus words 'abide in My love'? Well, to remind ourselves it's not a 'one off' action! It's not something we do once and then think, 'Yep, got that sorted!' It's ongoing, a process, something we need to keep on doing. It needs to keep happening so we don't 'fall off the rails' or go AWOL; because we just end up hurting ourselves when we fall away from God; so why do it if we don't have to?
God says, 'abide in My love' so let's learn a bit more about this 'abiding':
1) It's not a feely thing: being in a relationship with God is not based on how we feel; it's a choice. So stop thinking you have to have to wait to feel all 'super holy' before you can hang out with Him, just hang out with Him anyway. It's what you were designed to do.
2) It is a doing thing: Jesus said, '"If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love ..."' (v. 10).
Don't kid yourself, you can't turn up on a Sunday and have a great time worshipping God and then spend the rest of the week doing what the heck you like. That's not 'abide in My love'. When Jesus is right in the middle of our lives not only do we get to experience His amazing love for us, but we start living in it too.
written by Bob Gass
'"Abide in My love ..."' John 15:9
Why take another day hearing Jesus words 'abide in My love'? Well, to remind ourselves it's not a 'one off' action! It's not something we do once and then think, 'Yep, got that sorted!' It's ongoing, a process, something we need to keep on doing. It needs to keep happening so we don't 'fall off the rails' or go AWOL; because we just end up hurting ourselves when we fall away from God; so why do it if we don't have to?
God says, 'abide in My love' so let's learn a bit more about this 'abiding':
1) It's not a feely thing: being in a relationship with God is not based on how we feel; it's a choice. So stop thinking you have to have to wait to feel all 'super holy' before you can hang out with Him, just hang out with Him anyway. It's what you were designed to do.
2) It is a doing thing: Jesus said, '"If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love ..."' (v. 10).
Don't kid yourself, you can't turn up on a Sunday and have a great time worshipping God and then spend the rest of the week doing what the heck you like. That's not 'abide in My love'. When Jesus is right in the middle of our lives not only do we get to experience His amazing love for us, but we start living in it too.
written by Bob Gass
