Sunday School

The Sunday School lesson for today was all up in my business. It was about being like Christ.

The scripture used was John 15:1-17.
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
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.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
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.
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.
17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
(King James Version)

I am going through something right now at work. My Sunday School teacher said, "Sometimes, you have to look past the suffering and see what the end result is going to be. Sometimes that is hard because the suffering is right in our face, the meanness is right in our face, but we have to be longsuffering and see the end result. All I could say was "Yes, Lord."

Lord, help me to see past my suffering. Lord, help me to see past his meanness to the end result.
Amen

We discussed verse 13 of John 15. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. The verse doesn't literally mean to die for someone, but it means to think of others before you think of yourself. I need more help with that, not that I am selfish, but I could use more practice at it.

Lord, help me to think of others more than I think of myself.
Amen