Jesus said, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:39b
Today I will not oppress or wrong anyone. I will be faithful to the Lord’s command to love my neighbor.
Love is respect. Love is kindness. Love is welcoming. Love is nonjudgmental. Love is listening. Love is peace-making.
Love is acknowledging the presence of God in each and every person everywhere.
At that Jesus said to them, “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” Matthew 22:21
Kindness, compassion, forgiveness, healing, peace, joy, reverence, and love belong to God.
Today I will repay God’s love for me by respecting and honoring all people everywhere.
Even though I walk in the dark valley I fear no evil; for you are at my side with your rod and your staff that give me courage. Psalm 23:4
We are walking in a dark valley at this time in history. War and hatred are not God’s way. Peace and love are God’s way.
Today I will remember the Lord is walking beside me and leading me in his way. I will release all fear. I will have the courage to love my neighbor even when we do not see eye to eye.
Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8
Whatever I think about, I give power to.
Today I will keep my thoughts on embodying God’s kindness, mercy, forgiveness, and compassion. I will give power to Love with my thoughts and life.
Your ways, O LORD, make known to me;
teach me your paths,
guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are God my savior. Psalm 25:6a
The Lord’s ways are mercy, compassion, justice, and kindness. May I empty myself of resentment, indifference, selfishness, and arrogance and let God’s goodness and love be my guide and teacher.
Today I will release anything that prevents me from having the heart, mind, and attitude of Christ.
The LORD is good to all and compassionate toward all his works. Psalm 145:9
The Lord is my teacher, mentor, model. May I too be intentionally good to all. May I be compassionate toward the Earth, toward animals and insects and birds, and especially toward each member of the human family.
Today I will remember that all of creation is the work of God. I will treat God’s creation with respect and reverence.
Remember your last days, set enmity aside. Sirach 28:6a
When I hold on to wrath, anger, vengeance, or enmity, I am in danger of embodying those forces of destruction. When I hold on to kindness, mercy, patience, and compassion, I become more like the Lord whose power of love brings healing and forgiveness to all hearts.
Today I will pray for those who have hurt me, and I will pray for those I have hurt.
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Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another. Romans 13:8
I owe you nothing except to love you—which means I owe you welcome, kindness, forgiveness, acceptance, compassion, mercy, justice.
Today I will not harden my heart when I hear God’s voice of love. I will offer all members of God’s precious human family the love I owe them.
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “But whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”Matthew 16:25b
I have no life except in the Lord. Let me wholeheartedly ask God to act through and for me today and every day.
Today I will release any and every obstacle that prevents me from being a living witness to God’s love and goodness.
For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. Isaiah 56:7
Everyone—without exception—is welcome in God’s house, a house of prayer and unity.
Today I will remember my heart is where God dwells. I will welcome all people into my small God-house of prayer.
Mary Ann McSweeny 