[Newsletter] Daily Devotional

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Stay In The Sunshine


 

Read: John 15:5-17

 

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in My love - John 15:10

 

 

In his book The Best Is Yet To Be, Henry Durbanville told the story of a
little girl in London who won a prize at a flower show. Her entry was grown
in an old cracked teapot and had been placed in the attic window of a
rundown tenement house. When someone asked how she managed to raise such a
lovely flower in such an unlikely environment, she said she moved it around
so it would always be in the sunlight. 

            Durbanville then reminded his readers of Jesus' words, "As the
Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love" (John 15:9). We
learn from this that we too much keep ourselves continually in the warmth of
Christ's love.

            We abide in Christ's love when we show love to others. Jesus
made this clear when He said, " If you keep My commandments, you will abide
in My love. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have
loved you. Greater love has no one then this, than to lay down one's life
for his friends" (vv.10, 12-13)

            We feel the warmth of Christ's love when we obey His commandment
to love and serve others. That's the way to stay in the sunshine. -Richard
De Haan

 

Thought to remember: Our love for God is seen in our love for others.

 

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