Loving others

Hello, thank you for doing your devotions! Today we’re going to read about loving others and how important it is. “We should love others as we love ourselves.” I know in my life how difficult it is to be loving and kind to someone who has hurt you or made you upset or even someone who doesn’t have name brand clothing or maybe are an outcast we must love them as well. We should love like Christ. We need to be soft-hearted. Read these verses and choose a few, then explain, and apply those verses to your life. Then go remind someone to do their devotions!! Have a good week!!

John 13:34 ESV / 84 helpful votes

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

1 John 4:19-21 ESV / 40 helpful votes

We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.

James 2:14-17 ESV / 25 helpful votes

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

1 John 4:10-11 ESV / 24 helpful votes

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:7-21 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. …

Philippians 2:3-4 ESV / 21 helpful votes

Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.

John 3:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

1 Corinthians 13:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Romans 8:28 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

1 Corinthians 13:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Proverbs 17:17 ESV / 10 helpful votes

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

1 John 4:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Luke 10:10-13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 22:37 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

Micah 6:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Matthew 5:43-48 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? …

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Proverbs 10:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

Forgiving

Hey! Thank you for doing your devotions! In Sunday School we talked about forgiving others, and today I just want to follow up with that. I know how easy it is to claim you forgave someone but still hold a grudge or have bitterness in your heart about that person because they did you wrong. We need to pray for understanding, forgiveness, grace, and patience. We need to forgive like Christ forgave us, maybe that person did do you wrong but I’m sure you and I have done worse to God. The bible also says that once we sin and God forgives us he doesn’t even think about that sin again. we as Christians need to be full of grace. Read these verses and choose three, then explain and apply those verses to your life. Thank you! Go remind someone to do their devotions!

Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 133 helpful votes

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

Mark 11:25 ESV / 111 helpful votes

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

1 John 1:9 ESV / 91 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 82 helpful votes

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.

Matthew 6:15 ESV / 71 helpful votes

But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

James 5:16 ESV / 63 helpful votes

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 43 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 43 helpful votes

For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Colossians 3:13 ESV / 32 helpful votes

Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

Luke 6:27 ESV / 31 helpful votes

“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Romans 3:23 ESV / 21 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 13:34 ESV / 19 helpful votes

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

Acts 2:38 ESV / 18 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Proverbs 25:21 ESV / 17 helpful votes

If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

Romans 6:23 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Acts 10:43 ESV / 16 helpful votes

To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.”

Matthew 26:28 ESV / 15 helpful votes

For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Proverbs 15:30 ESV / 15 helpful votes

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.

1 John 1:8 ESV / 13 helpful votes

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Matthew 6:12 ESV / 13 helpful votes

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

Psalm 103:10-14 ESV / 13 helpful votes

He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust.

Matthew 7:21-23 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Psalm 130:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

Psalm 32:5 ESV / 12 helpful votes

I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

1 John 1:9-10 ESV / 11 helpful votes

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

James 2:8 ESV / 11 helpful votes

If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

John 3:16 ESV / 11 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 6:24 ESV / 10 helpful votes

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.

Psalm 40:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.

Psalm 38:3-4 ESV / 9 helpful votes

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

Proverbs 18

Hey guys, thank you for doing your devotions! This past week in Youth Group we talked about Proverbs 15 and how we could apply it to our life. Well, today I want you to read Proverbs 18 and choose three verses, and explain and apply those verses to your life! When you’re done with your devotions go remind someone to do their devotions!!:) I hope you had a great week, see you in tomorrow in Sunday School!

1. A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire;
He rages against all wise judgment.

2. A fool has no delight in understanding,
But in expressing his own heart.

3. When the wicked comes, contempt comes also;
And with dishonor comes reproach.

4. The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;
The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.

5. it is not good to show partiality to the wicked,
Or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

6. A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calls for blows.

7. A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.

8. The words of a talebearer are like tasty trifles,
And they go down into the inmost body.

9. He who is slothful in his work
Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.

10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
The righteous run to it and are safe.

11. The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own esteem.

12. Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty,
And before honor is humility.

13. He who answers a matter before he hears it,
It is folly and shame to him.

14. The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness,
But who can bear a broken spirit?

15. The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge,
And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

16. A man’s gift makes room for him,
And brings him before great men.

17. The first one to plead his cause seems right,
Until his neighbor comes and examines him.

18Casting lots causes contentions to cease,
And keeps the mighty apart.

19A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a castle.

20A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth;
From the produce of his lips he shall be filled.

21Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.

22He who finds a wife finds a good thing,
And obtains favor from the Lord.

23The poor man uses entreaties,
But the rich answers roughly.

24A man who has friends must himself be friendly,
But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.