What happens to evil when confronted by righteousness? In contrast, if you really love your brother, how will you express it? What characteristics are essential in your life to give you confidence before God and the assurance that your prayers will be answered?

God loves people everywhere. No matter where they come from or what they look like, God loves them, and God loves you! Our mood is always lifted by the positive affirmation God gives us through His Son.

Reading today in 1 John 3:11-24 and using the questions for reflection to collect our thoughts, we note that when evil is confronted by righteousness, evil hates righteousness and wants to kill just like Cain did to Abel (v. 12). On the other hand, loving our brother or sister results in wanting to lay down our life for them.

Take some time to think things over. Something remarkable came from the great sacrifice and unselfishness Jesus showed us on the cross. This event defines love and inspires us to act in expressing our love for others (v. 16).

To believe that Jesus is the Son of God and to love one another as commanded are essential characteristics in our life that gives confidence before God and the assurance that our prayers will be answered (v. 23).

This day in our reading and study, we get the perfect example of what love is in the life of Jesus. He demonstrated His love on the cross. Love lasts forever and as we journey through life; we step ahead with hope and grow in faith being fueled by grace day by day from bad days to better days ahead. Wanting what is best for ourselves and for others originated with God and now grows in our hearts through the Holy Spirit. We are grateful for the example we have in Jesus who defined love and inspires us to act in expressing our love for others. In His name we pray. Amen.