Lesson: God’s Blessings<br>
Reading: The blessing of love<br>
Reference:  John 15:9-17<br><br>
John 15:9: As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.<br>
John 15:10: If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.<br>
John 15:11: These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.<br>
John 15:12: This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.<br>
John 15:13: Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.<br>
John 15:14: Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.<br>
John 15:15: Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.<br>
John 15:16: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.<br>
John 15:17: These things I command you, that ye love one another.<br>
(KJV)<br>