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Love Beyond Good Intentions

Real love isn’t sentimental rhetoric; it is courage with its hands dirty and feet on the ground.

Move past empty words. See what happens when ancient compassion collides with real human need.

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The sayings in this theme

Key 60 of 365

Whoever wants to be great must be your servant.

Matthew 20:26

What if greatness looks like serving someone else?

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Key 61 of 365

The Son of Man came to serve.

Mark 10:45

Who pays the price for the way you seek greatness?

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Key 62 of 365

Love your neighbor as yourself.

Mark 12:31

Would your neighbor recognize your love?

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Key 63 of 365

Give to everyone who asks you.

Luke 6:30

What happens when another person's need interrupts your plans?

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Key 64 of 365

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Luke 6:31

Would you want to receive the treatment you give?

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Key 65 of 365

Freely you have received; freely give.

Matthew 10:8

Must every gift become a transaction?

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Key 66 of 365

Let your light shine before others.

Matthew 5:16

Who benefits from the light you carry?

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Key 67 of 365

Go and make disciples.

Matthew 28:19

Can following Jesus stop with your own experience?

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Key 68 of 365

Whatever you did for the least of these, you did for Me.

Matthew 25:40

Who are you overlooking because they seem unimportant?

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Key 69 of 365

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

Matthew 5:44

Can love reach beyond people who are safe to love?

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Key 70 of 365

Do not store up treasures on earth.

Matthew 6:19

How secure is a treasure that can disappear?

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Key 71 of 365

Seek first the kingdom of God.

Matthew 6:33

What is first when your priorities compete?

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Key 72 of 365

Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man.

Matthew 7:24

What is your life built on when pressure comes?

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Key 73 of 365

The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

Matthew 9:37

Do you see other people's need or only your own schedule?

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Key 74 of 365

Deny yourself and take up your cross.

Luke 9:23

Who leads when following Jesus becomes costly?

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Key 75 of 365

Whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

Luke 9:24

Can protecting your life become the way you lose it?

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Key 77 of 365

Store up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

Luke 12:33

What can you give away without losing what matters most?

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Key 78 of 365

Invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind.

Luke 14:13

Who gets invited when there is nothing to gain?

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Key 79 of 365

Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny himself.

Matthew 16:24

Can Jesus be your guide while you keep every right to yourself?

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Key 80 of 365

Worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only.

Matthew 4:10

What deserves your loyalty when the rewards are tempting?

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Key 81 of 365

Watch and pray.

Matthew 26:41

Are good intentions enough when you are under pressure?

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Key 83 of 365

Greater love has no one than this: to lay down his life for his friends.

John 15:13

Who has shown you love that cost something?

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Key 84 of 365

You are My friends if you do what I command.

John 15:14

Can friendship with Jesus leave your choices untouched?

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Key 86 of 365

As the Father has sent Me, I am sending you.

John 20:21

What if peace prepares you to go?

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Key 87 of 365

Love one another as I have loved you.

John 15:12

Who sets the measure of the love you offer?

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Key 89 of 365

Whoever serves Me must follow Me.

John 12:26

Can you serve Jesus without following His direction?

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Key 90 of 365

You are the light of the world.

Matthew 5:14

Can a light fulfill its purpose while staying hidden?

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