Love
Read Acts 20.36-38
“.. They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him ..” (Acts 20.37)
The transforming grace of God in Saul of Tarsus’ life had made him into a man whose tears for his people (v.19) were matched by their tears for him: the bonds of mutual commitment and love run deep within the church which bears Christ’s name
In what ways did the mutual affection of Paul and the Ephesian elders find expression, as recorded here?
Today the Lord’s people gather for worship: if you’re able to gather thus yourself how might you give expression today to those bonds of love?
Prayer: How deep Your Father’s love for us, how vast beyond all measure, that You should give Your only Son to make a wretch Your treasure and bring many sons to glory