Faith & Love: A One Year Bible Reading Plan - Part 2Sample

Paul Writes this letter from prison in Rome to the Church in Philippi.

The main idea of this letter is to encourage the believers in Philippi to love as Jesus loved.

Philippians 1:9-11 in the Message reads: “So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God.”

Paul Invites us to Test and Measure our love:

1.) Did your love increase over the past year?

2.) Are you using feelings and sentiment in deciding who to love and who will not receive love from you?

3.) Is your love sincere and intelligent? If you look at Jesus’ love for us, it was not based on feelings.

4.) How am I making Jesus attractive to all? Can the way that I love other people make Jesus more attractive to them?

Take time to reflect on your love.