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Monday, August 10, 2009

John 15:7
“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”

This is a verse which I referred to when in the entry, “Thy Will Be Done”.

Is there a way, at the end of the day, where you are able to reflect and come to a definite conclusion if you have abided in God? The Word has the answer to that.

As I was reading the Word, this verse stood out to me.

1 John 4:16
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

This verse tells us, that we abide in God when we abide in love.

By understanding the context of these verses that John wrote, we can use certain words interchangeably, that might even help us grasp the heart behind these verses.

John 15:7
“If you abide in Me [love], and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”

1 John 4:16
We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God [the Word], and God [the Word] abides in him.

Do take time to meditate on these verses. This will not only help in your prayer life, but it better helps us to understand how we can be certain of how to abide in God.

Behind every thought, action or spoken word, ask yourself, was it done out of love? If you can say yes, you have abided in God. Let us purpose ourselves to abide in God every moment of our lives.