“Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love” (1 John 4:7-8). Father, empower us by Your Spirit to love as You have loved us, even
when it is challenging. May our lives be a living testimony to the reality that God is love. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
