Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 18\u2014Love<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u2018You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others] Jesus–<\/em>Matthew 22:39 AMP<\/p>\n Today\u2019s Seed is:\u00a0 Love<\/p>\n Today we will be planting Love Seeds, wherever we go today we will focus on loving our neighbors as we love ourselves.\u00a0 We will unselfishly seek the best for others as we interact with them today.<\/p>\n Who are our neighbors?\u00a0 Jesus teaches that anyone who crosses our path in life and needs love, compassion and mercy is our neighbor.<\/p>\n Read Jesus\u2019 parable on the \u201cGood Samaritan\u201d Luke 10:30-37 which explains Jesus’ thinking.<\/p>\n So then, today we will follow Jesus’ teaching and give a love seed to anyone who crosses our path today by showing compassion in the form of a helping hand, wise advice, kind word, gentle touch, or a listening ear.<\/p>\n May you be blessed today as you bless others with seeds of love.<\/p>\n SGLY Ministry @2025 Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 18\u2014Love \u00a0\u2018You shall love your neighbor as yourself [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for others] Jesus–Matthew 22:39 AMP Today\u2019s Seed is:\u00a0 Love Today we will be planting Love Seeds, wherever we go today we will focus on loving our neighbors as we love ourselves.\u00a0 We will unselfishly seek…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2906],"tags":[3,2979,2912,2980,2978,2977,2907,2981,30,32],"class_list":["post-1961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-good-samaritan","tag-january-2025","tag-jesus-teaching","tag-love-your-neighbor","tag-matthew-2239","tag-planting-spiritual-seeds","tag-seeds-of-love","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Love-Matthew-22_39-.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1917,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-4-compassion\/","url_meta":{"origin":1961,"position":0},"title":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 4-Compassion","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 4-Compassion Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. 1Peter3:8 NIV Today\u2019s Spiritual Seed is Compassion The dictionary defines Compassion as a sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it Our Lord is very compassionate, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Planting Spiritual Seeds"","block_context":{"text":"Planting Spiritual Seeds","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/category\/planting-spiritual-seeds\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Compassion-Isaiah-54.10.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1939,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/planting-spiritual-seeds-day-11-grow\/","url_meta":{"origin":1961,"position":1},"title":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 11\u2014Grow","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"January 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Planting Spiritual Seeds\u2014Day 11\u2014Grow But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 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