{"id":576,"date":"2023-08-18T00:08:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T07:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/?p=576"},"modified":"2023-09-01T18:23:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T01:23:49","slug":"august-18-love-one-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/august-18-love-one-another\/","title":{"rendered":"AUGUST 18&#8211;LOVE ONE ANOTHER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>A &#8220;One Anothering&#8221; Scripture and Thought<\/u><br \/>\n<em>A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 the words of Jesus in John 13:34-35<\/p>\n<p>Love, as defined by scripture, means:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Love edifies 1 Corinthians 8:1<\/li>\n<li>Love suffers long and is kind; 1 Corinthians 13:4<\/li>\n<li>Love rejoices in the truth; 1 Corinthians 13:6<\/li>\n<li>Love bears all things, believes all things, 1 Corinthians 13:7<\/li>\n<li>Love hopes in all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7<\/li>\n<li>Love never fails 1 Corinthians 13:8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>ONE-ANOTHERING IN ACTION:<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Today and every day, believers are to love one another, as the scriptures say and as Christ commands.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be sure to edify one another, be patient and kind, bear with one another, believe with one another, hope and endure with one another.<\/p>\n<p>As we do this, our love will never fail, and everyone will know we are Christ&#8217;s disciples.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8230;may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, <\/em>1 Thessalonians 3:12<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9SGLY Ministry www.smilegodlovesyou.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A &#8220;One Anothering&#8221; Scripture and Thought A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.&#8221;\u00a0 the words of Jesus in John 13:34-35 Love, as&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[738],"tags":[866,864,863,740,871,865,3,99,755,867,869,868,402,401,870,739,30,32],"class_list":["post-576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-one-anothering","tag-1corinthians-134-8","tag-1thessalonians-312","tag-863","tag-august-2023","tag-christs-commandment","tag-christs-disciples","tag-daily-devotionals","tag-jesus","tag-john-1334","tag-love-edifies","tag-love-endures","tag-love-is-kind","tag-love-never-fails","tag-love-one-another","tag-love-rejoices-in-truth","tag-one-anothering","tag-sgly-ministry","tag-smile-god-loves-you"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Day18-Love-John-13-34-35.jpg?fit=500%2C435&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":341,"url":"https:\/\/smilegodlovesyou.org\/devotionals\/june-14-loving-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":576,"position":0},"title":"June 14&#8211;Loving Heart","author":"SGLY Devotionals","date":"June 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"June 14--Heart for the Lord--Day 14--LOVING HEART You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart\u2026\u201d Deuteronomy 6:5 NKJV Today's Thought: Love is patient and kind. 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