As we head into day 3 of the next devotional related to dads and the one that came up is an interesting one as it is one on the topic of being popular and using that influence for the good of others. It was also interesting because even though I searched for “dad” it invites middle school students to join the devotional. I am excited to see how this devotional will play into our series of devotionals for dad and how God will choose to use it through me to help us be the dads He purposed and created and planned for us to be! Even as dads we need encouragement to recognize the influence we have. As dads, we need to also use it for the good of others! Popular is a 15-day devotional! Popular comes to us from a group name reThink Group.
Let’s check out our scriptures for today’s devotional:
‘The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” ‘
Mark 12:31
God’s Word is so powerful as we consider what to do today. It tells us how important it is to love and be loved! God loves us so much that He sent Jesus! We are to love because God first loved us! And as we are filled with God’s love we should overflow in love to the people God brings into our lives! As we do that we will get to accomplish the second which is to love our neighbors as ourselves.
Let’s be the dads who are filled to overflowing with love! Let’s be the dads who when our tanks are running low invite God into the situation and into our hearts so that we can get refilled by being in His presence and then be able to overflow love into the world around us! Let’s be the dads who make sure we prioritize properly pouring love into the lives of our wives, the lives of our kids, and then the world around us!
Today’s devotional has been provided by reThink Group!
Reading through today’s devotional, here are some takeaways for me:
(check out the devotional on your own too to see if you pick up other nuggets, and please share your findings in the comments)
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Takeaways from Today’s Devotional:
“What is the most important commandment?“
- Let’s be the dads who remember the answer!
- Let’s be the dads who remember that the first and most important commandment is:
- “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ ‘ — Mark 12:30“
- Let’s be the dads who remember that the second most important commandment is:
- “‘The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” ‘
— Mark 12:31“
- “‘The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” ‘
- Let’s be the dads who daily reflect and choose to live our lives with what’s the most important thing we can do as followers of God to show our belief in Him by living lives that love! Love God and Love people!
- Let’s be the dads who show how much we love God!
- Let’s be the dads who show how much we love our wives!
- Let’s be the dads who show how much we love our kids!
- Let’s be the dads who show how much we love our neighbors!
- Let’s be the dads who show how much we love by giving!
- Let’s be the dads who make a difference by loving others the way we love ourselves!
- Let’s be the dads who make a difference in the lives of our wives by loving them the way we love ourselves!
- Let’s be the dads who make a difference in the lives of our kids by loving them the way we love ourselves!
- Let’s be the dads who make a difference in the lives of those in our families by loving them the way we love ourselves!
- Let’s be the dads who make a difference in the lives of those in our schools by loving them the way we love ourselves!
- Let’s be the dads who make a difference in the lives of those in our communities by loving them the way we love ourselves!
- Let’s be the dads who make a difference in the lives of those in our workplaces by loving them the way we love ourselves!
- Let’s be the dads who make a difference in the lives of those in our small groups by loving them the way we love ourselves!
- Today’s devotional closes with a challenge, let’s be the dad who take up this challenge:
