Grow in God's Love Each Morning!

Word of God!!!

" "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other. "

**John 15:9-17

Let us Pray:

Prayer for Friends

You have created us to live in community,O God of love; bless our friends who provide us with the grace and love of an extended family. Endow them with the riches of your blessings:good health, sight, and mobility,that they may enjoy the wonders of your creation and share their delight with others. Bless them with keen minds and compassionate hearts that they may create a better life for all.

Guard them from injustice, oppression, and evil that they may know freedom and hope lifelong. In their waking and in their sleeping, in their laughter and in their tears, surround them with your love until the end of their days; and so bring them to eternal life in peace.

Through Jesus Christ, our Savior.
Amen.

Quote of the Day!

"Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life."

**Leo Buscaglia

Daily Christian Wisdom

Love is an act of endless forgiveness.

**Jean Vanier