THE SEED
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.” John 15:12
Jesus’ mandate is unmistakable. Make love tangible. The kind of love Jesus called for is love in action. Jesus makes it clear that being a Christian is more than speaking in pious language, it’s more than a feeling or an experience. It’s being his partner in making love tangible. Jesus gives a command to all who would follow him. This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you. You can’t command a feeling. You can’t force somebody love you. Either it is or it aren’t. So love in Jesus’ view is obviously something more. Love is something you do more than it is something you feel. The main thrust of Christ’s ministry was tangible proof of his love…for everyone. And Christ wants us today to follow his example and expand the meaning of forgiveness, expand the meaning of service, expand the meaning of love…in a practical way. We are to continue to show Christ-like love wherever we find ourselves in this world.
BIBLE READING: John 15
PRAYER: Help me O Lord to practice your true love in my household and environment
MIMU IFE NIYI
IRUGBIN NAA
“Eyi ni ofin mi, Ki enyin ki o feran ara nyin, gege bi emi ti fe yin.” Jòhánù 15:12
Ife Jesu ko ni àsise. Ṣe ifẹ ojulowo. Irú ìfe tí Jésù pè fún ni ìfe nínú iwa atí ìṣe. Jésù so fun wa pé jíje Kristẹni ju kéèyàn máa soro esin lo, o ju ìmolára tàbí ìrírí lo. O jẹ jije alabaṣepọ ninu mimu ifẹ Niyi. Jésù pàṣẹ fún gbogbo àwọn ti yio te lé e. Èyí ni àṣẹ mi pé kí ẹ nífe ara yín gege bí mo ti nífe yín. O ko le paṣẹ imolara. O ko le fi ipa mu ẹnikan nifẹ rẹ. Nítorí náà, ìfe nínú Jesu je ohun kan sí i. Ifẹ jẹ iwa wiwu ju ìmolára lo. Ipilẹṣẹ akọkọ ti iṣẹ-iranṣẹ Kristi jẹ ẹri ojulowo ti ifẹ rẹ… fun gbogbo eniyan. Kristi sì fe kí a telé àpẹẹrẹ re lónìí, kí a sì mú ìdáríjì gbòòrò síi, kí ó mú iṣe ìsìn gbòòrò síi, kí a mú ìfe gbòòrò… ní onà ti o se tele. A ni lati tẹsiwaju lati fi ifẹ ti o dabi Kristi han nibikibi ti a ba rii ara wa ni aye yii.
BIBELI KIKA: Jòhánù 15
ADURA: Ran mi lowo Oluwa lati se ife otito re ninu ile ati agbegbe mi