Pause for Prayer: TUESDAY 10/8

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This morning's prayer picks up 

    where last night's prayer left off... 

 

Beloved, let us love one another, 

    because love is of God.

Those who say, "I love God," 

    but hate their neighbor, are liars;

for if you do not love the neighbor 

    whom you have seen

you cannot love God 

    whom you have not seen.

This is the commandment we have from God:

    all who love God 

        must also love their neighbor.

- 1 John 4

 

Lord, my heart hungers for love:
    I want to love you
        and I want to know your love for me...

But I cannot love you
    and I cannot know your love for me
        - apart from loving my neighbor...

It's all pretty simple, Lord,
    but it isn't always easy...

So, today, Lord,
    help me love my neighbor
(especially the one, the ones, 

    I have so much trouble loving)
that in loving those around me
    I might grow in love of you
        and find the the love you have for me...

Amen.

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