I have a dream... (blessed be the believers) part 2

And isn't it great knowing that as believers we have a family we can count on and can be friends with? I have a great family, sisters that unpacked me when I moved, brothers that come help me change light bulbs too high for me to reach. Thanks be to God for His many blessings of fellowship through His great grace! (2Corinthians 13:14) And thanks be to Jesus who will direct all of our hearts! (2 Thessalonians 3:5). Through Jesus and His disciples we know that the way we as believers show God love is to obey His commandments (1 John 5:3), which are only two commandments to love God with all our whole hearts, minds, body and soul and to love our neighbors as ourselves. This is why John says the commandments are not burdensome. And He will be merciful with us if we do this. (Jude 2:1). Not only this but we can be an encouragement to one another by our faith and love, walking and living in Christ. (Philemon 5,7). 

I have a dream...(blessed be the believers)

Oh, I love being called His daughter and can share that with others who are also called His sons and daughters. I love being in His family, even when things don't always rock along smoothly, because God loved us so much He sent His Son so that we would know how to mend the broken pieces. The world doesn't know the kind of love God has for it. It's a special unique existence. (1 John 3:1) And so God tells us to love one another because that is the only way we know God, because if we truly love one another then God is our Father. For God is love. (1 John 4:7) And that sets us apart from those that don't love the brethren. (1 John 4:8) And it is a godly love when we love and treat the world with God's love, because before we loved Him, He loved us. (1 John 4:10).

I am the Lord Your God

 God is so wonderful and ever replenishing, ever nurturing as in Song of Solomon 7:2. He amazes me that He would be so full and overflowing and yet never empties and is there for all of us to drink and eat and be nourished. He is awesome.

I have a dream... blessed are the believers

And Paul never failed to encourage individuals to treat each other as Christ would, because we are in him, as he does in Philemon 9. Even from prison, Paul could reach everyone and preach His love. He never forgot people's work for Christ, calling it a labor of love. (Hebrews 6:10), nor did he ever forget to remind people to continue this labor of love with each other and in the body (Hebrews 10:24 and Hebrews 13:1). Peter in 1 Peter 1:22 reiterates this sentiment, that all Christians should maintain faith in the Spirit by practicing the labors of love within the body and in purity of Christ Jesus and the love of the King.