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Walking in Love

When we go to God as the source of all life, we receive the Holy Spirit, who authenticates our life in Christ. In Ephesians Paul begins chapter 5 with a call to imitate God. But God does something amazing with our obedience to emulate Him. When we imitate God, we grow into spiritual maturity by the power of the Holy Spirit living inside us, and we become genuine followers of Christ.

At the start of chapter 5, Paul says we are God’s beloved children, and as His children, we should be imitators of God. Being an imitator isn’t a bad thing, as long as we’re imitating something that’s good and pure and true. We’ll never go wrong when we follow in His likeness. That’s why we’re here; to love God and to love others. And the way we love God and others is to become more like Christ, which is evident in how we treat others, and to give Him all the glory for all that is good. Just as Christ demonstrated His love for us by giving Himself up for us, we also should love to such a degree that we would be willing to give up our lives for the sake of another. Self-sacrifice is the truest demonstration of love.
Gratitude radically realigns our perspective with God’s perspective; then the surface-allure of sin pales in comparison. It’s good to be an imitator of God and walk in love and give thanks for all we have in our lives. What are some ways we, as Christ-Followers, can imitate God’s love.

The Bible says God is light, and we are children of the light. When Christ lives in us, His light lives inside us as well. We can’t accidentally leave our light at home, either. We carry this light with us everywhere we go. This also means our ere presence could cause discomfort for someone who is actively walking in darkness. Light exposes darkness. When we’re walking right, our lives bear witness to the Light.

To walk in love, we must live a life of self-sacrifice, putting others ahead of ourselves. We must also live with thankful hearts. To walk in the light, we must remember that Christ’s light lives within us, which means our conduct should be different from the conduct of nonbelievers. To walk in wisdom, we must abstain from drunkenness and instead be filled with the Spirit. We should speak to one another in psalms, singing praises to the Lord, and we should continue to give thanks for who God is and what He has already done.



God’s mercy and grace are all the more magnified in light of His unimaginable power.

Read and Reflect Ephesians Chapter 5

Walk in Love and Oneness with Christ



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