Text for the day
1 John 2:15-17
To be read individually or in a group.
Prayer before reading
O God, you have created all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. Grant us so to hear them, read them, mark them, learn and inwardly digest them that we may embrace and take hold of the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in Jesus. Amen
First Reading
15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
1 John 2:15-17 | NLT
From this reading: What words or phrases spoke to you?
Reading 2
15 Don't love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you cannot love the Father. 16 Our foolish pride comes from this world, and so do our selfish desires and our desire to have everything we see. None of this comes from the Father. 17 The world and the desires it causes are disappearing. But if we obey God, we will live forever.
1 John 2:15-17 | CEV
From this reading: How does this passage touch your life today?
Reading 3
15 Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. 16 Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. 17 The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.
1 John 2:15-17 | MSG
From this reading, answer two questions:
From what I heard, what do I believe God wants me to do or be?
Is God inviting me to change in any way?
Now pray to God based upon the answers given in each scripture reading, asking him to help you understand how these scriptures might inform your life today.
End with the Lord’s prayer.
1 John 2:15-17
To be read individually or in a group.
Prayer before reading
O God, you have created all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. Grant us so to hear them, read them, mark them, learn and inwardly digest them that we may embrace and take hold of the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in Jesus. Amen
First Reading
15 Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
1 John 2:15-17 | NLT
From this reading: What words or phrases spoke to you?
Reading 2
15 Don't love the world or anything that belongs to the world. If you love the world, you cannot love the Father. 16 Our foolish pride comes from this world, and so do our selfish desires and our desire to have everything we see. None of this comes from the Father. 17 The world and the desires it causes are disappearing. But if we obey God, we will live forever.
1 John 2:15-17 | CEV
From this reading: How does this passage touch your life today?
Reading 3
15 Don’t love the world’s ways. Don’t love the world’s goods. Love of the world squeezes out love for the Father. 16 Practically everything that goes on in the world—wanting your own way, wanting everything for yourself, wanting to appear important—has nothing to do with the Father. It just isolates you from him. 17 The world and all its wanting, wanting, wanting is on the way out—but whoever does what God wants is set for eternity.
1 John 2:15-17 | MSG
From this reading, answer two questions:
From what I heard, what do I believe God wants me to do or be?
Is God inviting me to change in any way?
Now pray to God based upon the answers given in each scripture reading, asking him to help you understand how these scriptures might inform your life today.
End with the Lord’s prayer.