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God is Love is a Daily Bible Reading Study by Deborah H. Bateman. It contains 19 daily devotionals on Scriptures about love from the Bible: including God’s love for us, the love relationship between a husband and wife, love and honoring our parents, and much more.

This devotional would be great for either a personal daily devotions or group Bible studies, including small groups, and Sunday school classes. Each devotional contains a brief commentary by the author, the daily Bible Scripture, a prayer of the day, and several questions for personal reflection or group discussion.

In God is Love, Deborah strives to show you not only what love is, but that love comes from God, as well as the love of God surpasses all imagination. Her goal for you as you read this book is that you would realize how much God loves you.

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• You will learn about different kinds of love
• You will learn how much God loves you
• You will learn of the sacrifice made by God because of His love for you

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Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; – Romans 12:10

Daily Bible Reading “Love One Another Sincerely” (Romans 12:9-21)

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Deborah H. Bateman

Love One Another Sincerely

Today’s Daily Bible Reading is from Romans 12:9-21. In this Scripture, Paul reminds us to let love be sincere; to hate evil, and to cling to things that are good. Be kind and caring to each other in brotherly love, and to honor one another.

Romans 12:11 tells us not to be lazy in our work, but to have passion for what is good and serving the Lord. We are to be joyful in the hope of the Lord, patient during trials, praying continually. The Scripture says we should help each other when there is a need and be hospitable by inviting each other into our homes.

We are to bless those who persecute us, rejoice with those that rejoice and cry with those who cry. In other words, we are to share life together, when there is an occasion to be happy or sad, we are to share those experiences.

We are not to think ourselves better than others, but to treat everyone equally. Paul tells us to be honest and to live at peace with one another. We are not to try to get revenge for evil that is done to us. Paul reminds us that vengeance belongs to the Lord. The Lord will repay people for their evil doings. It is not our place to try to get revenge. He encourages us to repay evil with good and, by doing so, those who mistreated us will be ashamed of the way they acted.

Daily Bible Reading:

Romans 12:9-21

9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Things to think about:

What does the Scripture mean when it says to abhor evil?

Why should we not try to repay evil for evil?

How can we overcome evil by doing good?

Prayer of the Day:

Dear God,

Thank You for this Scripture in which Paul tells us how we should treat one another. Help us to follow this example. Help us to share life with one another by celebrating the good things and mourning the bad things. Help us to live at peace with one another. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

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But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and …

Daily Bible Reading “Love Your Enemies” (Luke 6:27-38)

Posted on February 11, 2025 by Deborah H. Bateman

Love Your Enemies

Today’s Daily Bible Reading is from Luke 6:27-38. In this Scripture, Jesus is talking to His disciples, and is telling them to love their enemies. It is much easier to love the people who love you, such as your family and your friends. It is another thing to love the people who curse you, spitefully use you, hit you, or steal from you. But Jesus says, as Christians, we should love those people as well. How are we supposed to love our enemies?

Loving our enemies isn’t something we can do on our own. It is only something we can do with the Lord’s help and with the Holy Spirit living in us. Jesus tells us to pray for our enemies. He says everybody loves the people who love them, but He expects us to go beyond that, and show a Christ-like love to everybody. He even wants us to love those who don’t love us or mistreat us.

In Luke 6:35, Jesus says, “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.” Jesus says to be merciful, as their Father is merciful. He is talking about their Heavenly Father, not their earthly father.

Jesus tells them not to judge or condemn, but to forgive and they shall be forgiven. Then in verse thirty-eight He says to, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” If we are generous and giving with people, they will be generous and giving with us. If we are stingy and selfish with people then they will most likely treat us the same way.

This is a lesson we can all take today. Because it is easy to love the people who love us and do good to the people who do good to us. But, with God’s help, we can learn to love the people who don’t love us. We can learn to do good to the people who don’t do good to us. We can learn to be loving and generous by giving to those who never can repay us.

Daily Bible Reading:

Luke 6:27-38

27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.

30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.

34 And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.

35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Things to think about:

How can we love our enemies?

How can we do good to those who don’t do good to us?

Do you give to those who can never repay you?

Do you pray for those who spitefully use you?

Prayer of the Day:

Dear God,

Please help us to do what Jesus talked about in this Scripture. Help us to love our enemies, and do good to those who don’t do good to us. Help us to be generous and give to those who can never repay us. Help us not to judge or condemn others. God, this is a big task for us, and if we tried to do it in our own power, we would fail. The only way we can do these things is with Your help. We acknowledge that we need Your help. Help us, Lord. In Jesus’ name, we pray. We love You, LORD. Amen.

Daily Bible Verse:

your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

– Luke 6:35

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And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as …

Daily Bible Reading “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself” (Mark 12:29-33)

Posted on February 10, 2025 by Deborah H. Bateman

Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

Today’s Daily Bible Reading is from Mark 12:29-33. The Scriptures we are looking at in this lesson concern loving your neighbor as yourself. Who is your neighbor?

According to Christ, a neighbor is any other person regardless of nationality or religion, with whom we live, or meet by chance. It is not only the person who lives next door to us. Basically, our neighbors are everybody with whom we have contact.

In Mark 12 Jesus says the first commandment is to love the Lord thy God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength. The second commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. Then He says there is no other commandment greater than these two.

Daily Bible Reading:

Mark 12:29-33

29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:

33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Let’s take a look at some more Scriptures and see what they say about how we should treat our neighbor.

Leviticus 19:18 tells us not to bear a grudge against our neighbor. “Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”

Zechariah 8:17 tells us not to not to have evil or untrue thoughts in our hearts against our neighbor. In this Scripture, the Lord says he hates these things. “And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD.”

Romans 13:10 tells us love causes no wrong to his neighbor. “Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”

James 2:8 tells us that if we fulfill this law to love our neighbor as we love our self, we do well. “If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:”

Even though we no longer live under the Old Testament Law, because Jesus died for our sins on the cross, we still can’t do as we please.

God expects us to treat one another with respect and to be good to one another. As we look at these Scriptures in the Bible reminding us to love our neighbor as we love our self, think about how you love yourself, take care of yourself, and cause no harm to yourself.

Things to think about:

Who is your neighbor?

How can we love others as we love ourselves?

What are some things we can do to show love to others?

Let’s pray and ask God to help us be more loving toward other people.

Prayer of the Day:

Dear God,

As we read these Scriptures telling us to love our neighbors as ourselves, we have to stop and think about how You would have us to treat other people. Help us not to do any evil against anyone else. Help us treat other people as we would want to be treated. Help us to treat each other with love and respect. Help us not to mistreat anyone because of their differences in race or because they have different beliefs than we do. In Jesus’ name, we pray. We love You, LORD. Amen.

Daily Bible Verse:

thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

– Mark 12:31

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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, …

Daily Bible Reading “Who Can Separate Us from the Love of Christ” (Romans 8:32-39)

Posted on February 9, 2025 by Deborah H. Bateman

Who Can Separate Us from the Love of Christ

Today’s Daily Bible Reading is from Romans 8:32-39. Paul asks the question if God didn’t spare His own Son, “How shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” If God loved us enough to sacrifice His only Son for our sins, why wouldn’t He be willing to do anything else for us if we asked Him?

Who or what in life can separate us from the love of Christ? Is there anything in this life that could separate us from the love of Christ? Is there anything in this life that means more to us than God and His love for us?

When we put other things and other people in place of God in our lives we can build barriers between us and God. We need to make sure we keep things in the proper perspective and put God first in our lives. We don’t want anything or anybody to come between us and God. He loves us supremely and we should love Him in the same way.

Paul was persecuted for the cause of Christ, but was still able to declare “we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” I love Romans 8:38-39, where Paul proclaims that nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Daily Bible Reading:

Romans 8:32-39

32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Things to think about:

Why did God sacrifice His Son?

Since God was willing to sacrifice His Son, should we be afraid to ask Him for anything else we need?

Who is it that vindicates the believer?

Who makes intercession for us as believers?

Have you accepted the love of God through Jesus Christ?

Prayer of the Day:

Dear God,

We thank You for this Scripture which tells us we are more than conquerors through You. We are also reminded of Your precious gift of salvation through Your Son, Jesus Christ. We thank You for Paul’s proclamation that, in Christ, nothing can separate us from Your love. Help us to stand on these promises. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

Daily Bible Verse:

or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

– Romans 8:35