Well, folks today is day 20 of our 21 days of fasting and prayer. We are on meditation 16. So I will be quickly catching up to finish these meditations over the next 24 hours. Here is meditation number 16 from 1 John.

1 John 4:7-12

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. ⁹ This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. ¹⁰ This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. ¹¹ Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. ¹² No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

1 John 4:7-12 (Source: Equip the Called)	Theme: God is Love
	1. Love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
	2. God showed His love for you by sending His only Son into the world so that you might live through Him.
	3. If God so loved you, you also ought to love one another; God abides in you when you love.

THINKING TIME:

1. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING BORN OF GOD AND KNOWING GOD?
2. WHAT IS THE GOAL OF KNOWING GOD?
3. HOW DOES GOD’S LOVE FOR US COMPEL US TO LOVE OTHERS?