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Weekend Reflection (3)
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- How does perfect love drive out fear? (see Monday, 1 John 4:12-19)
- Why are obedience and love so closely related when it comes to walking with God? (Tuesday, 1 John 4:20-5:4)
- How do we know if we are praying according to God’s will? Does He hear us if we do not pray according to His will? (Thursday, 1 John 5:13-21; for reasons God doesn’t “hear us” check out https://www.gotquestions.org/does-God-hear-my-prayers.html)
- How does God want us to approach Him when we pray? (Thursday, 1 John 5:13-21, see also Heb. 4:15-16)
- Does it bring God joy when we are walking in the truth and obeying His commands? How is this different than earning our salvation by works?
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Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17
“Know Love”: Week 3 – Thursday
John wanted believers to be confident in coming before God. What reason does he give for this confidence? Share your answer or a comment on today’s reading in the reply box at the bottom of the page.
Today’s Scripture: 1 John 5:13-21 (S.O.A.P. 1 John 5 14-15)
That You May Know 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to his will He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him.
16 If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life—to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.
18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
“Know Love”: Week 3 – Wednesday
According to today’s passage, what is the testimony God has given us? Leave your answer in the comment box at the bottom of the page. OR, share your favorite part of the passage.
Today’s Scripture: 1 John 5:5-12 (S.O.A.P 1 John 5:11-12)
5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
Testimony Concerning the Son of God 6 This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
“Know Love”: Week 3-Tuesday
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Today’s Scripture: 1 John 4:20-5:4 (S.O.A.P 1 John 5:3)
20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot[a] love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Overcoming the World 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
“Know Love”: Week 3-Monday
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Challenge: This week think of someone in your life with whom you can share the testimony of Jesus (1 John 5:11-12). Who in your life needs to hear this truth? Ask God to give you a clear opportunity this week to share your faith with this person and ask Him for boldness to share when the time arises.
NEW: Prayer Focus for this week – Spend time praying for your friends
Today’s Scripture: 1 John 4:12-19 (S.O.A.P 1 John 4:16)
12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and His love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in Him, and he in God. 16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in Him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as He is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 19 We love because He first loved us.
Weekend Wrap-up Discussion
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Weekend Reflection (2)
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- What does it mean to “remain in Him”? What does this look like in your daily life?
- Why is it important for us to be generous to other believers? How can you be generous with the resources God has given you to bless and care for others in the body of Christ?
- How can you test the teachings of others to know whether or not they are from God? Why is this an important practice?
- How did God display His love to us? How does He continue to display His love to us?
- How are we agents of revealing God’s love to the world?
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Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17
“Know Love” Week 2 – Friday
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Today’s Scripture: 1 John 4:7-11 (S.O.A.P 4:10)
Loving One Another
7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
“Know Love”: Week 2 – Thursday
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Today’s Scripture: 1 John 4:1-6 (S.O.A.P 1 John 4:4-5)
1Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. 2This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a propheta acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. 3But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.
4But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. 5Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them. 6But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.
Me From the Inside Out 