Provoke Others Unto Love And Good Works

 As believers, we are given many instructions and encouragements on how to live godly in Christ Jesus. We are to draw near to the Lord with a true and undivided heart. It must be a broken and a contrite heart, that has an unshakable, confident assurance of our faith which is anchored to the faithful promises of an unchanging God.
 Also, as believers, we are also instructed to be concerned about our brothers and sisters in Christ and to stir up one another unto love and good deeds. We are to care for each other and consider how to stimulate one another to love as Christ loved us, and to produce good deeds that God has prepared for us to do. We as believers are instructed: "To Provoke Others Unto Love And Good Works."
 Just as love begets love, so too provoking others to good works by our own demonstration, will promote good works in them as well. Good works can only be carried out in our Christian life through the power of the Holy Spirit. So we promote love and good works in others, in spirit and in truth. How blessed we are if we can reflect on our own lives and identify those that by God's grace, patiently and lovingly provoked us to love and good works, by grace through faith in Christ.
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, thank You for loving us so much that while we were still dead in our trespasses and sins, Christ completed His finished work on the Cross so that by grace through faith in Him, we might have forgiveness of sin and life everlasting. Thank You for those who taught us about the Lord Jesus and who demonstrated the love of Christ in their own lives, provoking us to love and good works in our own lives. Help us to be so in tune with You that others may be provoked unto love and good works through our witness, as Christ lives in us and we in Him. In Jesus' name we pray, AMEN.