1 Pet. 4:7-11 NIV - ⁷ The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray. ⁸ Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. ⁹ Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. ¹⁰ Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. ¹¹ If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.

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Be Clear Minded and Self-Controlled

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Love Each Other Deeply

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“A love for others that transforms a society into a true church is more than a response to people we like; it is a virtue that dominates our thinking so that we ask, “How can I act lovingly to that person?” Author Unknown

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“We are to love our neighbor as ourselves.  But we are to love our fellow Christians as Christ loved us. And that is far more than we love ourselves. Christ loved us better than he loved himself, for he loved us so much that he gave himself for us so that now no one of us is to say, ‘I am to love my friend, my brother, my fellow creature as I love myself.’ But to interpret Christ’s command, thus. I am to love my fellow Christians even as Jesus Christ who died for me has loved me.” Charles Spurgeon 

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Col. 3:12-14 NLT - ¹² Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. ¹³ Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. ¹⁴ Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony.

An insightful person once said, “We are most like beasts when we kill. We are most like men when we judge. We are most like God when we forgive.” . . . I have never met a person who didn’t have a reason to blame someone else. Every one of us can blame somebody for something that has happened in our lives. But don’t waste your time. What we need most is a steady stream of love flowing among us; love that quickly forgives and willingly overlooks wrongs and refuses to take offense. Chuck Swindoll 

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Offer Hospitality Joyfully

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Heb. 13:1-3 NIV - Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. ² Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. ³ Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

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Serve Each Other Faithfully

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