Friday, January 29, 2016

As I Have Loved You – v5

How can we live out His command
following His example
how He lived here with us;
Yet it is to us, this charge
this commission to go as His disciples
His friends, the sheep of His flock,
out into God’s world

Christ’s command to us
not that we love one another
something different, pay attention;
Not this alone, by half, more,
though it would be
hard enough itself

A new commandment He gave to us
our command of our Savior
on the night before His sacrifice
at that moment, just as He is choosing
to become the Lamb
to be offered on the altar of the cross

To love one another
as He first loved us
giving Himself, His body, over
pouring out His life’s blood
paying the ultimate cost,
Climbing our cross

Giving His own life
not needing any other;
Choosing to be the Servant
to be our Sacrifice of Love
reconciling the whole world
so that we may see God

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edited January 29, 2016
As I Have Loved You – v5

(merging edits to original and version 4)
Edited November 23, 2013
“As I Have Loved You – v4”
Edited August 14, 2013
“As I Have Loved You – v3”
Edited May 3, 2013
“As I Have Loved You – v2”
May 2, 2010
“As I Have Loved You”
1 Timothy 2:1-4
1 Timothy 2:1
1 Timothy 2:1-6
&
Upper Room Daily Devotional
for May 2, 2010, read May 2, 2010
“A Call to Pray”,
by Heather Davis
&
John 13:34-35
John 13:31-35
and
Upper Room Disciplines for 2010
for April 26, 2010 to May 2, 2010,
“Tending to the Holy”,
by Amelia Chua
for May 2, 2010

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