Christ Lives in You

Day: September 2, 2021

  • Guided Meditation 1 John 4:7

    Guided Meditation 1 John 4:7

    Today’s guided meditation is on 1 John 4:7. This Bible verse about love will help us to understand and connect with the Scripture, revealing the experience of the Living Word within our interior interior life.

    Pope Francis shares, meditation “is a phenomenon to be welcomed, because we possess an interior life that cannot always be neglected.”

    Don’t neglect this Verse; meditate upon 1 John 4:7 today. All it takes is 10 minutes.

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  • Lectio Divina 1 John 4:7

    Lectio Divina 1 John 4:7

    Today’s Lectio Divina practice is on 1 John 4:7. In this practice, we’ll call upon the power of the Holy Spirit to reveal the meaning of the verse for our life.

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  • Bible Journaling 1 John 4:7

    Bible Journaling 1 John 4:7

    Interested in journaling on today’s Bible Verse of the Day? You’re gonna love what we’ve prepared for you today.

    Opening Prayer

    I invite the Holy Spirit to be present in my practice of Bible journaling on the verse 1 John 4:7. I bow my head, and pray for God’s blessings. May these the Holy Spirit reveal the message this verse holds for my life at this time. May I understand how to take action on these words, so that I may become fully formed in Christ.

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    24 Bible Journaling Prompts for 1 John 4:7

    Here are some ideas to help you with your practice. Please don’t feel like you have to do ALL of these. Perhaps pick one or two that stand out to you and start journaling from there. Pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit and if you are led to journal using a prompt not offered below, go for it!

    1. How do I follow the command to love one another?
    2. What is something that gets in the way of me loving others?
    3. Is there someone in my life who I am struggling to love? How can I move through my issues to have more love for them?
    4. Do I love myself?
    5. What stands in the way of me loving myself?
    6. One way I show love to myself is __________________
    7. Do I love God?
    8. What stands in the way of me loving God?
    9. How can I love God more?
    10. One way I show my love to God is _________________
    11. Do I feel like I know God?
    12. How can I get to know God more?
    13. One thing I love about myself is ____________________
    14. One thing I love about my spouse is _______________
    15. One thing I love about my child is _______________
    16. One thing I love about my family is _______________
    17. One thing I love about my coworker is _______________
    18. One thing I love about my boss is _______________
    19. One thing I do to express love to others is ____________________
    20. One things I do today to love my spouse is ___________________
    21. One things I do today to love my children is ___________________
    22. One things I do today to love one of my family members is ___________________
    23. One things I do today to love a coworker is ___________________
    24. One things I do today to love a stranger is ___________________
  • Love One Another 1 John 4:7

    Love One Another 1 John 4:7

    Today’s Bible verse of the day is 1 John 4:7. This Bible verse about love encourages Christians to love one another.

    1 John 4:7 – Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

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    What Does 1 John 4:7 Mean?

    The letters of John were written by St. John the Apostle, son of Zebedee. John was a disciple of Jesus. These letters were meant to encourage the Christian communities at the time to remain faithful to the teachings of Christ. The predominate message is to lead a moral life and imitate Christ. Following Christ’s Commandments, especially the command to love one another is central to the theme of John’s letters.

    John reveals the intimacy he has with these communities by addressing them as “dear friends.” There are six main aspects to this verse:

    1. Love comes from God
    2. God is love
    3. When you love, you know God
    4. When you love, you are born of God
    5. If you do not love, then you do not know God
    6. Therefore, to know God, you must love

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