Above all preserve an intense love for each other

Notes of meeting on 24 January 2017

Jesus receives our praise and listens to the cry of our hearts. He from His Heart feeds back to us the power of His love and mercy and the power of His Spirit. So filled with His Love in our body, mind and spirit we can allow His Love to flow through us to those around us.


1 Peter 4 v 1-2 and 7 -14
¹ As Christ has undergone bodily suffering, you too should arm yourselves with the same conviction, that anyone who has undergone bodily suffering has broken with sin,
² because for the rest of life on earth that person is ruled not by human passions but only by the will of God.
⁷ The end of all things is near, so keep your minds calm and sober for prayer.
⁸ Above all preserve an intense love for each other, since love covers over many a sin.
⁹ Welcome each other into your houses without grumbling.
¹⁰ Each one of you has received a special grace, so, like good stewards responsible for all these varied graces of God, put it at the service of others.
¹¹ If anyone is a speaker, let it be as the words of God, if anyone serves, let it be as in strength granted by God; so that in everything God may receive the glory, through Jesus Christ, since to him alone belong all glory and power for ever and ever. Amen.
¹² My dear friends, do not be taken aback at the testing by fire which is taking place among you, as though something strange were happening to you;
¹³ but in so far as you share in the sufferings of Christ, be glad, so that you may enjoy a much greater gladness when his glory is revealed.
¹⁴ If you are insulted for bearing Christ's name, blessed are you, for on you rests the Spirit of God, the Spirit of glory.

Wisdom 6 v 12 - 21
¹² Wisdom is brilliant, she never fades. By those who love her, she is readily seen, by those who seek her, she is readily found.
¹³ She anticipates those who desire her by making herself known first.
¹⁴ Whoever gets up early to seek her will have no trouble but will find her sitting at the door.
¹⁵ Meditating on her is understanding in its perfect form, and anyone keeping awake for her will soon be free from care.
¹⁶ For she herself searches everywhere for those who are worthy of her, benevolently appearing to them on their ways, anticipating their every thought.
¹⁷ For Wisdom begins with the sincere desire for instruction, care for instruction means loving her,
¹⁸ loving her means keeping her laws, attention to her laws guarantees incorruptibility,
¹⁹ and incorruptibility brings us near to God;
²⁰ the desire for Wisdom thus leads to sovereignty.
²¹ If then thrones and sceptres delight you, monarchs of the nations, honour Wisdom, so that you may reign for ever.