Night Prayer
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Inspiration
As Christians, we have no unique identifying marks, jewelry, or manner of dress that set us apart as God’s people. Jesus instructs us to let love be our identification badge. When people look at a community of Christians, they ought to see people that are fully committed to loving, serving, and caring for each other with a love greater than anything found on earth. Let us remember our Father’s love, and let it motivate our thoughts, words, and actions.
Prayer
Thank You, Lord, for Your great love. I ask that You would fill each of us, Your children, so that we may overflow with Your love as we build one another up. We pray, Lord, that Your love would flow so freely among us that it testifies to Your presence in each of our hearts and in the midst of our community. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Devotion
Abraham is Father of All
Frances Taylor
There are questions in every age about the importance of the Old Testament for Christians. Abraham is considered to be the Father of Faith for Jews, Christians and Muslims. We forget that it was Abraham who believed in the doctrine of only one God. It is through him and his descendants that this tradition comes down to us. Another fact that we can overlook is that Jesus was Jewish. He was born a Jew, lived as a Jew, died, rose and ascended into heaven as a Jew. Because we believe that he was the Messiah, the Christ, and we follow him, we are called Christian. Without the Old Testament, we wouldn't understand the promise of salvation; we wouldn't understand why it was important for Jesus to be of the family of King David. We would not understand his teaching either, because Jesus quoted from Scripture – the Old Testament – frequently. He told us that he came to fulfill the Scriptures, not to abolish them. In the same way, we can ...
