The Real Love Keluarga Allah Daily Devotional October 08, 2017
TODAY'S FOOD FOR THE SOUL 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
TODAY'S RHEMA 1 Corinthians 13:1 "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal."
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born on August 26th, 1910 in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia. When she was 18 years old, Agnes decided to be a missionary and a year later she was sent to India. Initially, she was having a task to teach a special school for the girls from the poor family. in 1948, Agnes received a calling from God to go to poor places and served the poor and the sick. She started to build a social organization to the orphans, sick, family clinic, rehabilitation place for aids, health clinic. Her ministry spread out to all the world, and she became a famous figure throughout the world.
Yes! Agnes was the mother Theresa; she was a figure of a servanthood heart with love to the poor, neglected, broken and wasted people. What she did is a reflection of what Christ had done to her by giving up himself on the cross. As her real action of her gratitude towards what God had done to her, she gave herself to other people. When she died, that ministry that she started by herself had reached out throughout the world, with thousands of workers and volunteers, 610 organizations in 123 countries. She was given a Nobel and many appreciations for her loving and sincere ministry.
When we are filled with love, surely we will love God and people. Not just for our own family or our close friends, but also those who are in need, the poor, and those who need to be saved. That's why, we need to have the fruit of Spirit, which is love that can be felt by others. Love that we give to them is not just an action and empty. This is the real fruit of Spirit that God can use to bring revival for us, our family, church, city and our nation.
REFLECTION Saudara Terkasih, Have a REAL LOVE in your life that you can be used by God in the great revival.
APPLICATION 1. Is the fruit of Spirit in your life can be tasted by others? Why? 2. Why do you need to have the real fruit of Spirit? 3. How can you show your love to God and people?
TODAY'S PRAYER "Good Father, teach me so that I can always have a love and may that love be real to other people. I am ready to be used for revival in my family, my church, my city and my nation. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen. "
YEARLY BIBLE READING
Numbers 21-22
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