S - So don't be surprised dear brothers and sisters if the world hates you. If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead. Anyone who hates another brother or sister is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.
O - Murderers at heart - that is STRONG wording there. It makes me really think about how I feel towards other people that I have difficulty with. If I feel that I hate them God's love isn't working in me.
A - In my heart hate for other people needs to be gone and never allowed in. Instead those who I have difficulty with, I need to work harderer at building a relationship with them or praying for them and me!
P - Lord thank you for being such a loving God and showing us what it means to love with your love and live with your love in us. Please help me to stay away from hate and instead turn to your love when I can't love. Because my love is nothing without you.
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