Love our enemies. 4/1/15

Day 91 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Luke.6

Luke 6:27-49

Love for Enemies
27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

Judging Others
37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

39 He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? 40 The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.

41 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

A Tree and Its Fruit
43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

The Wise and Foolish Builders
46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice, I will show you what they are like. 48 They are like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. 49 But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collapsed and its destruction was complete.”



Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

April 1st The exclusive relationship 


“Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” JOHN 14:6
God established a relationship with His Son, and then He took that relationship and put it into our heart. Now, Christ is my relationship with the Father. This is the meaning of John 14:6 where Jesus revealed that no one can come to the Father except through Him. In other words, He is the One who exclusively has a relationship with the Father. Christ being my relationship with the Father is also the meaning of Galatians 4:6, where the Spirit of His Son is sent forth into our hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”

Based upon these facts, we need to reevaluate the source of our relationship with God. Is Christ the source of our relationship with God? Or are we the source? Instead of considering how our relationship with God is and how well we are doing, we need to consider how His relationship with God is, and how well He is doing. To look at our feelings, our condition, our day, our history, or our prospects for the future is to be in the wrong realm. As long as we remain in the realm of our self and our relationship with God, we will invariably fall into the pit of discouragement and condemnation. Our relationship with God is not in the realm of ourselves. Our relationship with God is Jesus Christ.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

A cure for the Ebola virus and the D-68 virus, Areyda, Ariel, Ariana, Cookie, Cy, Daina, David Turner, Debbie, Derithia, Heather, Mia, Marquis, Monig-get her voice back, Paul and Iyana, Robert, Peace for -Shirley and family, and Willie.

Health and Healing

Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Praise Alert
Blanca is in rehab….improving.

National
Passengers in Westchester train wreck.

Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Families of all the recent plane crashes.

Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YJ4vddbJJo 
My God is Awesome, Charles Jenkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6I-T3U3Hs
Nobody Greater, VaShawn Mitchell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJpWjv7UGqE
I Need You Now, Smokie Norful
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