Friday September 1, 2023
1 John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God;
and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
It is edifying to see how a person who is born anew is born into the family of God, into the communion of saints.
How grateful and happy did we not feel when the children of God received us into their fellowship and met us with love and solicitude! Oh, how we loved them and rejoiced every time we could be together with them privately or at meetings.
Do you love the children of God now?
I am not asking if you like those people to whom you feel yourself attracted. That the children of the world also do. I am asking you if you love the children of God because they are children of God, whether you feel yourself one in spirit with them or not.
Many of God’s children have fallen asleep.
They do not feel at home in the fellowship of believers any longer. In many places believers do not go to prayer meetings or discussion meetings, not even devotional meetings, unless something special is offered them, a “great” preacher, a festive occasion, or some such diversion.
Satan is aware of the importance of the communion of saints. And therefore he seeks with all his might to destroy such fellowship.
He does this in two ways. Either by sowing factionalism and dissension among the children of God. Or by making them indifferent towards one another and by making them worldly, thus eliminating the warmth and power of true Christian fellowship.
Dear children of God, pray for the communion of saints, that it may be preserved in fervency, security, and purity. Pray that we may love one another with a love that is full of solicitude for one another, a love that is willing to serve others and to make sacrifices in their behalf.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD 
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