Friends

As Jesus is our Friend, so are we to be to one another in Him, whether we always feel we like each other or not. To love our friends is to understand and do good to them, not merely feeling good about them.


Meditation:


John 15:12-15


        "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his 
        friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his 
        master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learnt from My Father I have made known to you."

 

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