April 13, 2025
1 John 3:16-18; 4:7-21; 5:1-5 — God is love, and we see this love in the Trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who love and delight in each other eternally. God’s power is his all-powerful love. This love has all the power necessary to accomplish God’s purpose of creating, redeeming, and recreating the world into the new creation, thus bringing it to its appointed goal. God’s love is self-giving, self-sharing, and self-communicating. It is for the good of the other. God is love and lives in us, and thus love lives in us. Our response is to love God with our whole being and to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. Our neighbors include our Christian brothers and sister, unbelievers, and our enemies.
This is part of the 40 Days of Prayer Series 2025, which is based on the Christian & Missionary Alliance’s annual 40 Days of Prayer Series. However, our church decided to do this during the Lent season instead of at the beginning of the year.
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