Monday, December 11th
Jesus said, "You did not choose me, no, I chose you, and I commissioned you to go out and bear fruit, fruit that will last; and then the Father will give you anything you ask, in My Name. What I command you is to love one another."
John 15:16-17

Love is the core and the substance, the essence and the totality: it is that which brought the world into being sustains and projects it towards eternity. All who respond to the blessing and the challenge of love's endowment are prospered along the way to eternal life: they become a vibrant part of the Father's Kingdom on earth, learning and becoming that which the Father purposes.

So the greatest lesson every child of the Father the world over needs to learn is how to love, the greatest challenge how to orientate and employ that power of loving to the Father's glory and for the extension of the Father's loving purpose for His beloved children. As each of His beloved children learns to accept and employ in thought and action His power of self-giving which is love, so does his mind and heart become refined in single-mindedness and integrity and poised for service in the Father's work.

This is the joy of those who follow in this way: to bear the fruit which the Father has commissioned, which has issued through the power of Our love and the guidance of our Holy Spirit in all things. For this were you chosen and through this will you become a polished corner of the Father's temple.