If the truth be known, few of us who name the name of Jesus as our Savior would do any better than Peter on the day of his denial of Jesus. We say with our lips that we love Jesus, but emotional love will never prevail in a time of crisis. Jesus uncovers the shallowness of our love by asking us do you agape (have sacrificial love) for Me? Again we say with our lips that we do. Then when we face trials, our tendencies are toward the flesh and not for the love of Christ. It is not until our love reaches our spirit will our love be sufficient to not only say we love Jesus with our mouth, but also to demonstrate it by our deeds.
Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, we confess that both our love and are faith are shallow. Even though You have saved us from a second death, we ask now that we receive the Spirit of Truth that You sent us so that He may teach us all things in love and in truth. Let us neither to grieve or quench the Spirit, but to give Him sway in our life so that He me bring us into the image or You who are our Helper and our Redeemer. In Your Holy Name we pray Amen.
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