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Today's Devotion
From Dr. David Jeremiah
Tenacious Love
June 15, 2026
By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
1 John 3:16
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1 John 3:16-2316 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we know[{{f}}] that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. 22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us[{{f}}] commandment.
1 John 3:16-23
Mildred O’Connell, a U.S. Army combat nurse, fell in love with Martin Molnar, an Army Air Corps pilot who flew more than 250 combat missions during World War II. The two became engaged in 1942, but both were called into service before they could be married. They didn’t see each other for two years, but they exchanged more than 4,000 pages of letters. After the war ended, they married. Their son, Ken Molnar, is planning a book based on their letters, which demonstrate the tenacious nature of genuine love.1
God’s primary and greatest commandment to us is to love Him with all we are. The second is to love others. That’s how others can tell we are Christ followers. We have to be tenacious in our love for others. It’s not easy amid the conflicts and separations of life. But we cannot give up.
If you’re having trouble loving someone amid conflict, go to the Lord in prayer and ask Him to open your heart to them. Ask for a tenacious love that will not give up.
Do not waste time bothering whether you “love” your neighbor; act as if you did.
C. S. Lewis
