February 12, 2026

The Seed and The Heart, Part 4 Feeding Your Heart

John 15:9-15 The Living Bible

“I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Live within my love. When you obey me you are living in MY LOVE, just as I obey MY FATHER and Live in His Love. I have told you this so that you will be filled with MY LOVE and JOY. Yes, your cup of JOY will overflow! I demand that you love each other as much as I LOVE YOU. And here is how to measure it–the greatest love is shown when a person lays down his life for his friend; and you are my friends if you obey me!”

Freely you have received, now freely give! His LOVE for You and Me was freely given to us to share with others. His Love is what YOU feed YOUR HEART to make it pump. It is the purest fuel that you can feed it. That Love that He has given us helps clean out the clogs and protects us! JOY is what keeps HIS LOVE alive. Without love, you have nothing to be JOYFUL about. Without JOY, love will grow cold. They go together. He LOVED US so much that He gave HIS LIFE for me and YOU! JOY FOLLOWS AS WE KNOW HE IS RISEN AND THAT FUELS OUR LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER! As His followers, We are to obey HIM!!

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, Heavenly Father and Holy Spirit, I praise YOU above all others!

Remind me daily to grow and fall back in love with You.

Remind me to fuel myself with daily reading from the Holy Bible.

Remind me to search my heart and not let anything that is not of You take root, but to pray on it and allow YOU to cleanse my heart.

Remind me to FORGIVE those who have hurt me, and to LOVE THEM, as You did for me.

Remind me that once I was unworthy of your love, but You changed me, forgave me and now I have been made worthy by YOUR LOVE AND JOY. AND TO EXTEND IT TO OTHERS!

Remind me to LOVE OTHERS as that is YOUR COMMAND!

And most of all, remind me to KEEP YOUR LOVE CLOSE and to SHARE IT! AMEN!