Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’
“Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clotheYou? Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’--Matthew 25:34-40
Father,
All I do for Your people is graciously accepted by Your, Son as done to Himself. What motivation...what a sweet assurance from You, my Father in Heaven to love as You love! Help me Father, to show kindness for Your namesake! You have shown me such great love and grace! You who were rich became poor for my sake that I through Your poverty might be rich. I want to honor You and have mercy on others as You have honored me and shown me such great mercy! I want to be another's servant for my Jesus' sake! May your love, Father, compel and motivate me moment by moment to do those things that are pleasing to You. Those who are dear to you, should be dear to me. Help me to love not just in word only but in deed and truth. Help me to see others with Your eyes. I want Your Son to be the link between me and others. Increase my faith, Father, and make my heart willing to extend the love and grace you have shown me to all You bring into my life.
By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.--1 John 3:16-18
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed— always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So then death is working in us, but life in you.
And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.--2 Corinthians 4:5-18
All I do for Your people is graciously accepted by Your, Son as done to Himself. What motivation...what a sweet assurance from You, my Father in Heaven to love as You love! Help me Father, to show kindness for Your namesake! You have shown me such great love and grace! You who were rich became poor for my sake that I through Your poverty might be rich. I want to honor You and have mercy on others as You have honored me and shown me such great mercy! I want to be another's servant for my Jesus' sake! May your love, Father, compel and motivate me moment by moment to do those things that are pleasing to You. Those who are dear to you, should be dear to me. Help me to love not just in word only but in deed and truth. Help me to see others with Your eyes. I want Your Son to be the link between me and others. Increase my faith, Father, and make my heart willing to extend the love and grace you have shown me to all You bring into my life.
By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.--1 John 3:16-18
For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.--2 Corinthians 4:5-18
