“To live is Christ” has made God’s love the controlling force in our lives. Now we can appeal to one another from his love, not just his authority. From Christ, not compulsion.
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TLIC DAILY. DAY 295. OCTOBER 22: PUT ON LOVE.
“To live is Christ” is to put on his love above everything else, for his love alone can bind us all together in perfect harmony. The harmony of the Trinity. So today return to the love of God. See the gut wrenching love of Christ for you on the cross, and let it enlarge your heart.
TLIC DAILY. DAY 272. SEPTEMBER 29: CHRIST’S AFFECTION.
“To live is Christ” is to live sharing the affections, the loves, of Jesus himself. May that love that has been poured into us now and forever abound more and more with added knowledge and insight. May we choose to know those we already love.
TLIC DAILY. DAY 267. SEPTEMBER 24: WALK IN LOVE.
“To live is Christ” means you are loved more dearly and deeply than you could ever imagine. Now, in Christ, you have nothing to lose and nothing to gain. By faith you’ve received the sacrificial love of Christ, now by faith you can walk in that same love. And that fragrant offering smells good to God.
TLIC DAILY. DAY 254. SEPTEMBER 11: LIVE IN HARMONY.
“To live is Christ” means that we have been welcomed by Christ Jesus. When we trust that he loves us in spite of our sinfulness and weakness, we will be freed in our hearts to welcome and live in harmony with our brothers and sisters in Christ for the glory of God.
TLIC DAILY. DAY 253. SEPTEMBER 10: PLEASE YOUR NEIGHBOR.
To bind my liberty with love’s demand – the demand of the life of Christ that calls for self-sacrifice and submission to the conscience of my brothers and sisters. This is the law of love. This is Christ in me. This is “to live is Christ.”
To Live is Christ 