OUR DAILY BREAD Friday, December 30, 1994 --------------- Read: 1 John 4:11-21 What Fuels You? If God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11 Space shuttles are propelled out of the earth's atmosphere by a solid fuel mixture producing millions of pounds of thrust. Indianapolis race cars travel at speeds averaging more than 200 mph, powered by a highly volatile fuel mixture. What fuels us as followers of Jesus Christ? What gives us the power to love as He loved? Only the indwelling Holy Spirit can motivate us to Christlike deeds of compassion, forgiveness, and self-sacrifice. The apostle John wrote, "If we love one another, God abides in us, ad His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and he in us, because He has given us His Spirit" (1 John 4:12-13). A mother asked her young son to clean her shoes. He worked on them diligently until they were spotless and shiny. To show her appreciation, his mother gave him a dollar. When she went to put the shoes on, she found something wadded up in the toe of one of them. It was her dollar wrapped in a note that read: "Here's your dollar, Mom. I don it for luv." Fueled by the Holy Spirit, we too can serve others motivated by Christ's love. -- David C.Egner Help me the slow of heart to move By some clear, winning word of love; Teach me the wayward feet to stay And guide them in the homeward way. - Gladden The Bible in one year: Revelation 16-18 Thought for the day: We do not function well on anything but love. ----------------------------------------------------------- Our Daily Bread, Copyright 1994, used by permission of Radio Bible Class, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49555, USA. Written permission must be obtained from RBC for any further posting or distribution. RBC provides a variety of Bible resources, which are free of charge. RBC is not funded by any group or denomination, and support comes voluntarily from its Members and Friends. Write for more information, or call 1-800-598-7221. ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------- file: /pub/resources/text/Our.Daily.Bread: db941230.txt .