Hold Fast To What is Good

SCRIPTURE

Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good. (Romans 12:9)

REFLECTION

• Jesus commanded us to “love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39). What does it look like when we love our neighbors with “genuine” love?

• How are Christians called to respond to genuine evil? What does it mean to hate evil—even as we seek to love our neighbors?

• What do you “hold fast” to? What are the good things Paul is talking about here? 

ACTION

• Read today’s newspaper (online or in print) or watch or listen to a broadcast of the news. While you are doing this, make a list with three columns: (1) things that are good (worth holding fast), (2) things that are evil, and (3) examples of genuine love.

PRAYER

Loving God, with faithfulness you hold us fast, even in times of evil and fear. Help us to love as you love and to seek the good that you desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

From Presbyterian (PCUSA) 11 Days of Prayer, click here.