December 4 Go Big on Love

Affirmation: I love the person I am and who I am becoming. I am willing to grow and change.

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Ponder, Personalize, Practice: Spend time today personalizing John 1:5. Talk to God about the darkness in your life. Where do you need to see the light of God? (Relationships, work, physical or emotional health, finances, future…)

John 1:5. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” 
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Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ, who gives me strength.
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Reading for Today
Walk in Grace. Live in Love. by Bob Goff

                       December 4
Go Big on Love
“Remember this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”
2 Corinthians 9:6 

I know a guy named Rich, who owns an organization that came up with one of my favorite ideas for Christmas. They know most of us already have more than we need, and we don’t need to add to the clutter in our closets. The kids all over the world don’t have basic necessities, like clean water or heaters in the winter. So they came up with a gift idea where, instead of swapping gifts, with close friends, people can buy gifts for kids around the world in a loved one’s name. You can buy a sewing machine for women in Rwanda or medical supplies for kids in Aleppo. 

Rich is a genius because not only does he help meet the needs of people in the world this way, he also reminds us all kids are God’s kids. I see Rich loving like Jesus because he sees the whole world —people, near and far, known and unknown – as people worth loving. The holiday season is not just a time for giving, which is definitely good. But it is for stretching our comfort zones and how we give and who we give to. If we want to love like Jesus, think about those struggling in other countries, or other neighborhoods in our own cities. 

Jesus didn’t tell us to just love the people who are close to us or to love when it’s convenient. He told us to love everybody, always. No one has to go without if we are all generous with what we have been given. Go big on love.

What are you going to go big on this season?

You can help our students and children at Springs of Hope Kenya. Go Big on Love.

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