- Let love be genuine. Romans 12:9a – Authentic, real, undisputed, unadulterated, true. These are just a few of the words that describe “genuine” and as a result describe our love. Our mission is to love God and love people so grasping what love should look like and living that out is more than just important. We need to be checking the way we love and the way we express that love to make sure it’s genuine. Is it real or are we just playing pretend? Do we say we love someone but they question if we really do because of the way we talk and live. Is our love tainted with things like selfishness or greed? Is it genuine? Study the sort of love Jesus had and expressed for the prime example of what our love should look like. If our love we show wouldn’t be a type of love Jesus would have shown, we shouldn’t show it either. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1060
- I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Romans 12:1 – Take a moment to reread this chapter, for if as believers we took hold of even just what was held within these 21 verses, our witness would skyrocket. God is calling us to lives holy before Him, set apart from the ways of the world, sacrificing the old ways of our life to live in a new, acceptable ways before Him. What does that look like? What does this chapter say it looks like? Using our God-given gifts for one another and Him. To genuinely love another. To deeply show honor to each other. Constantly be in prayer and patient on the Lord in times of trouble. Give to those who need it and welcome those who need it. Even to those who come against you, choose to bless them. Choose to live at peace with everyone. Brothers and sisters, can you see how powerful such a witness would be even to those who curse the name of Jesus? Examine then the current witness your life is giving compared to the ways scripture is calling believers to live within this lost world. Let the love of Christ transform your life into something new. While evil is seeking to overcome even those who follow Jesus, reject it with good and live a life of holiness that is not only pleasing to our Savior, but opens the eyes of those who currently don’t follow Jesus to His goodness. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2421
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