HERE IS OUR AFTERNOON MEDITATION. AS WE SEEK TO CATCH UP WITH THE 21 DAYS OF MEDITATION, WE ARE ON DAY 12 OF OUR ANNUAL FAST FOR 2026. OUR CONGREGATIONAL MEDITATION IS IN THE BOOK OF 1 JOHN.
1 John 2:7-11
Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.
9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister[b] is still in the darkness. 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[c] lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.
| 1 John 2:7-11 (Source: Equip the Called) | Theme: The Old and New Commandment (Love) |
| 1. The commandment to love one another is both old (from the beginning) and new (embodied in Christ). | |
| 2. Walking in love is walking in the light; hatred keeps you in darkness, stumbling aimlessly. | |
| 3. The true light is already shining, empowering you to live a life of love. |
THINKING TIME:
- HOW IS LOVE DIFFERENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND NEW?
- HOW IS WALKING IN THE LIGHT DIFFERENT FROM WALKING IN THE DARK?
- HOW ARE YOU ALLOWING CHRIST TO SHINE HIS LIGHT IN AND THROUGH YOUR LIFE?
Notes From the Vicarage 