{"id":80,"date":"2021-12-03T07:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T12:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=80"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:39:52","slug":"a-life-lived-for-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=80","title":{"rendered":"A Life Lived For Others"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Morning! \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has the world\u2019s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 -1 John 3:16-17 \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we see a fellow person in need, do we make ourselves available to them? This doesn\u2019t just mean financially or physically in need. Sometimes the need is emotional. 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