Verse of the Day — December 23, 2025: 1 John 4:7

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God, and knows God.

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Some days, meeting people with a soft heart feels harder than it should. Fatigue, pressure, and small frictions can make love seem like a limited inner resource. This verse points somewhere steadier: love does not begin with our mood, but with God as its source. Today that may look very ordinary, li…

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Where Love Begins

Some days, meeting people with a soft heart feels harder than it should. Fatigue, pressure, and small frictions can make love seem like a limited inner resource. This verse points somewhere steadier: love does not begin with our mood, but with God as its source.

Today that may look very ordinary, like refusing to reduce one person to a quick judgment. A brief pause, a gentler tone, a more attentive response can make room for something holy in a common moment. Love becomes more than kindness; it becomes a lived trace of knowing God.

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