We love because he first loved us. - 1 John 4:19 (NIV)
This morning, I picked up my wife's copy of a devotional publication she receives called Our Daily Bread. In today's reading, the author talks about a children's ministry where the kids are rewarded for their good behavior with prizes. One boy, who is offered a reward for behaving well, refuses it and says that he behaves well because he wants to and doesn't need a prize for doing as he wishes. When we love God, we wish to please Him. We should all strive to be like that young boy in the story and do the right thing because we want to, expecting nothing in return. Of course, the hard part is that, as believers in Christ, we know there's a reward!
So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. -2 Corinthians 5:9 (NIV)
This morning, I picked up my wife's copy of a devotional publication she receives called Our Daily Bread. In today's reading, the author talks about a children's ministry where the kids are rewarded for their good behavior with prizes. One boy, who is offered a reward for behaving well, refuses it and says that he behaves well because he wants to and doesn't need a prize for doing as he wishes. When we love God, we wish to please Him. We should all strive to be like that young boy in the story and do the right thing because we want to, expecting nothing in return. Of course, the hard part is that, as believers in Christ, we know there's a reward!
So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. -2 Corinthians 5:9 (NIV)
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