VERSE OF THE DAY

Sunday

1 John 4:19 We love because [God] first loved us.

It's all very simple. God is love. He is its origin, example, and architect. I love because He loved me first. I know how to love because He has demonstrated it. I can love because He made me to have His likeness. He is the fountain, the motivation, and the pinnacle of love. I love because He does, first, last, and always.

PRAYER ... God of comfort, thank You for comforting me with Your love. Just as a child learns from parents how to do so many things, I want to learn to love as You do: sacrificially, selflessly, and submissively, so that others may know that they do not have to earn Your love, only receive it. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.