Are you a friend of Jesus?

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Good morning everyone,
 
Our theme for this month: “What the world needs now”
 
Our Bible verse for today: “You are my friends if you do what I command you.” John 15:14 (CSB)
 
Our thought for today: “Are you a friend of Jesus?”
 
Jesus calls us to love people on purpose. He teaches that He wants to live His life through us, producing His fruit in the world through us, and the first fruit of His Spirit is “love.” You have been chosen for this purpose – to be a conduit through which the love of Jesus flows to the world.
 
But you must cooperate with Jesus. He won’t force you to do this. He won’t use you as His instrument of ministry if you don’t want to be used by Him like that. You will have to decide you will do it and then follow that decision with intentional action. Remember, love is a verb. It’s an action word. Jesus calls us to love people with our will and with our words and with our actions, whether we have feelings of love for them or not.
 
Doing this isn’t easy. It requires us to be intentionally obedient to His command. But if you will, then there’s a gift Jesus wants to give you – His friendship. That’s what He taught in John 15:14. If you do what He has been teaching (what He has commanded), then He moves you from the category of servant and into the realm of friendship.
 
But please note, that friendship with Jesus is not automatic. It’s evidently not something that every professing Christian automatically gets. Clearly, Jesus has reserved that special relationship for those who are all-in and who truly are on-mission with Him in this world helping to spread His love and to build the kingdom of God on earth. Personally, I think of Jesus as my Lord and I think of myself as His disciple and servant. But He thinks of me as His friend.
 
I want to ask you this morning, “Are you all-in? Are you truly and fully on-mission with Jesus to share His love with the world? If you are, then Jesus calls you “friend.”
 
God bless,
Pastor Jim
 
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