Topic: Love for God and Man (2)
Fire Scripture
Mark 12:28 -33
MFM Daily Devotional 30 May 2021 Outline
It is written, ‘Not that we love God, but that he loved us, and sent his son as a propitiation for our sins’ (1 John 4:10). We continue our discussion on love for God and man. The greatest commandment and the greatest identity of a believer is love (John 13:35).
Our discussion today will centre greatly on love for man or love for your neighbour. The second answer according to Mark 12:31 is: “Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself.” Who is my neighbour? From the parable of the good Samaritan, my neighbour is the next person to me. Those people around me that I can show love to. They include parents, maids, colleagues, boss, etc.
How do I love my neighbour? The second part of the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:12-17 confirmed in Romans 13:8-10 shows us how a believer can love his neighbour. They include: show respect and honour to your parents, don’t murder anyone, abstain from adultery, avoid theft, don’t tell lies about other people and avoid covetousness.
All these are also part of the characteristics of love as written in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Love is patient, kind, does not envy, not rude, not proud, does not brag, does not keep record of wrongs done against it, does not rejoice when others fail, does not get easily provoked, love never give up on people, believe all things, never loses hope, never quits. How do you love your neigbour as yourself?
You and I are very good at taking care of ourselves. We want the best for ourselves. To love your neigbour as yourself, you need to love yourself by receiving the love of God. You can only give what you have. To love your neighbour as yourself as commanded, you need to be filled with the Spirit of God. Love is a fruit of the Spirit.
If you are yet to be born again, you cannot fulfil this command because you don’t have the Spirit of God.
Memory Verse
Mark 12:31 – And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Motivational Quote
Love for your neighbour is the barometer with which to measure your love for God.
Prophetic Word
Henceforth, you will be a blessing to your neighbour, in the name of Jesus.
HYMN
Cleansing fountain
1. There is a fountain filled with blood
Drawn from Immanuel’s veins,
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Loose all their guilty stains:
Lose all their guilty stains,
Lose all their guilty stains;
And sinners plunged beneath that flood
Lose all their guilty stains.
2. The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day,
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away:
Wash all my sins away,
Wash all my sins away;
And there may I, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.
3. Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood
Shall never lose its pow’r,
Till all the ransomed Church of God
Be saved to sin no more:
Be saved to sin no more,
Be saved to sin no more;
Till all the ransomed Church of God
Be saved to sin no more.
PRAYER POINTS
MORNING
1. Father, make me a good Samaritan to someone today, in the name of Jesus.
2. Let my soul be consumed with kindness and goodness, in the name of Jesus.
3. May I not close my heart to the need of others, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. Father, by Your Spirit, teach me how to love my neighbour as I love myself, in the name of Jesus.
5. Lord teach me how to receive Your love so that I can show genuine love to others, in the name of Jesus.
6. Deliver me, O Lord, from the works of the flesh and let me be filled with Your Spirit of love, in the name of Jesus.
7. Henceforth, may love colour everything that I do, in the name of Jesus.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Proverbs 1-3
MFM Daily Devotional 30 May 2021. The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) is a Pentecostal denomination founded in Yaba, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria in 1989, now with churches in several countries. It was founded by Daniel Kolawole Olukoya.
