1 John 3:11   KJV For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

John 13:35 (NLT) Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

“In these things he proposes himself to them for an example (Philippians 4:9):  Those things which you have learned, and received, and heard and seen in me, do. Observe, Paul’s doctrine and life were of a piece. What they saw in him was the same thing with what they heard from him. He could propose himself as well as his doctrine to their imitation. It gives a great force to what we say to others when we can appeal to what they have seen in us.”—Matthew Henry

Boy Howdy! I am blessed! Had the privilege of spending the day with my lovely wife, 3 brothers, 2 brother-n-laws, 1 sister-n-law, and 5 of my sisters. Momma and Daddy would be proud of the way they turned out!

Turns out the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree.

Maybe that’s what Paul, Matthew Henry and God were getting at.

I heard it this way growing up: the proof is in the pudding!

Lord Jesus, this is Dennis, I sure did enjoy being around some of your disciples today. Thanks for giving me a Momma and Daddy that loved You enough to model it so that us youngins got to see it firsthand.

 

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