“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love.
10If you obey my
commands; you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's
commands and remain in his love. 11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may
be complete. 12My command is this:
Love each other as I have loved you.”
John 15: 9-12
As followers of Christ, His love to us should direct
us to love each other. Jesus commands us to love each other in the same way He
loves us. As we know, Jesus loves us with a tender affection, willing to endure
trials for us, willing to practice self-denial for our sake and He did lay down
His life for us. Can we simulate that? On our own we cannot, but we can do all
things through Jesus Christ who strengthens us.
Let each of you look out not only for his own
interests, but also for the interests of others.
Philippians 2:4
“Comfort, yes, comfort My people!” Says your God.
Isaiah 40:1
Praise be to the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God
of all comfort, 4who
comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble
with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
2 Cor. 1:3–4
Jesus teaches us to
break the spirit of selfishness, and to have a benevolent regard for the
happiness of others. Jesus teaches us to be kind to one another and
to love our neighbour as we love ourselves. We need to be compassionate one to
another in order to experience the benefit of God’s compassion toward us.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba Father, thank You for comforting me, for sending Your Holy
Spirit; the Parakletos, the comforter, to indwell in me. LORD help me and teach
me how to comfort others with the comfort You have given me and are giving me.
LORD, I pray that out of Your glorious riches
You strengthen me with power through Your Spirit in my inner being, so that I
can care about others as much as I care about myself and
esteem others and be concerned for their interests. God,
teach me to be humble according to Your will and teach me to be compassionate
and sympathetic to all Your children. Jesus, help me to obey your commands
through the Holy Spirit which indwells in me. Thank You Lord for Your
deep and everlasting love for me, Your abundant blessings, and for the riches
of Your grace in my life. Lord, I praise
You, I glorify You, I lift You up on high and I rejoice in You. In the Holy
Name of Jesus I pray. I declare
Jesus as my Lord and Saviour, to Him be the power, the
glory, the majesty, the blessings, and the dominion forever and ever, and unto
ages of all ages. Amen.
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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