Love Day #11

2 John 1:5-6

"Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.  And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments.  This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it."

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John reminds his audience of the basic principle of love.  He defines love not as an emotion but as obedience to God's commands.  Those who walk in obedience to God's commands/teachings are walking in love. I know for myself, its hard to walk in love all the time because its so easy to be disobedient and to walk in the flesh. However walking in the flesh is not rewarding but rather destructive to life.God never said that being a Christian would be easy.  He warned his disciples that people would hate them just as people hated Jesus.  

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Today and every day, let us strive to live a life of love by walking in obedience to the word of God.