Scripture: “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:29-31 NIV Application: Loving our neighbors is so important. We can't make our neighbors love us or like us. We can't even force our neighbors to be respectful and fair toward us. Jesus knows this. We can love them best by praying that their relationship with God will strengthen. If they are truly more loving toward God, they will be more loving toward us. The same goes for us. Love vertically with sincerity, and the horizontal love toward our neighbors will naturally happen. Prayer: In all these things that are evil and filled with discord, dear Jesus, train us to love You more so that we can love our neighbors more. Amen. Comments are closed.
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