August 5, 2015
Scripture Reading: John 15:12-17
12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.13Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.14You are my friends if you do what I command.15I 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 learned from my Father I have made known to you.16You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.17This is my command: Love each other.
Questions for Reflection:
Jesus commands that his disciples love each other. The command actually goes a step further than that. How does he command that we love each other in verse 12? Jesus set the bar high. What is the greatest example of love that one can show? Why is it so hard to follow Jesus’ example in that regard? How can you sacrifice yourself for those in your life today? What is one act that you can do that would show your spouse or a friend the value that they have in your life?