Reflection: Overcome: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

 Reflection Questions

        1. How do you keep faith in all circumstances and hold into His gift of grace?

        2. When have you experienced letting go and forgetting? Did the world twist you into lies?

        3. How do you seek to be His project with thanksgiving and love by His will?

Share: How do you walk in faith now by holding onto His victory of love and presence?

Overcome: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

Reading: 1st John 5:4-6: "For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. And who is the one that overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the one who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood."

Overcome

Remember the cost Jesus has made for each one of us--no exceptions from Him.

His grace overcomes.

His life poured out.

To keep that mercy and grace in each of our hearts to be able to walk in faith in all circumstances.

And never grow weary.

But hold to His cost full victory.

To accept becoming His child with thanksgiving and love.

May His will be done--every day--walking in His mercy--living in faith.

Your thoughts,

Believe: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

                Believe

                Commandments in so many 

                fields stand as a weight

                and sometimes true but then we

                bruise the commandment that

                are gifts of protection

                and loving guidance.

                Given by His truth

                And love as a parent

                To beloved children as

                Soul, life protection

                Within and without

                Healing false, restoring brokenness.

Psalm 107: 23: "Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters;"

Reflection: Burdensome: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

Reflection Questions

        1. When have you felt, or believed, that God's commandments were 'burdensome'? Why?

        2. What brings a different perspective when we see His words through His gift of love?

        3. How does a different insight help to relate to others who resent and resist commandments towards themselves and to others?

Share: What obedience have you done for Him, that He had asked, that became a poured out love?

Burdensome: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

Reading: 1st John 5:1-3: "WHOEVER believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome."

Burdensome

Lord, please forgive us the many times we are so filled with ourselves that we don't share Your love with others. We ignore or side-step as believing it is out of our ability.

And we stay in our self-absorbed actions and choices. Yet Your love never fails.

Please keep showing us how to follow and live into Your commandments with love, with faith, and with mercy to others. Your way.

Just as You continue to do to each of us.

Your thoughts, 

Imperative: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

                Imperative 

                

                Almost daily we

                reject or are rejected

                from someone around

                us whether a

                stranger or not.

                So caught up in business

                our purpose we ignore

                even the slightest

                courtesy forgetting each

                one is precious to our Lord.

                Almost daily we are gifted

                with the way to offer

                kindness in all circumstances

                as He nudges our hearts to

                see others through mercy.

Psalm 107:22: "Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His words with joyful singing."

                

Reflection: Directive: 1 John: Prayers and Poetry

Reflective Questions

        1. How have you felt when verbally dismissed? Or just because you are present? 

        2. When have you deliberately chosen to reject someone? Stranger or known? Why?

        3. Has someone accepted you when you expected a confrontation? How did that change your own attitude?

Share: What has been the most difficult relationship to turn from resentment to love under the Lord's guidance?