Love God
Love Neighbor

He said, on the cross, with nail-pierced arms outstretched, “It is finished.” We exhausted sinners are free to rest in his exhaustive work. (John 19.30; Heb. 10.12-14) Dane Ortlund 30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. (John 19:30) 12 But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, 13 waiting from that

The incarnation of God among us means that ultimate reality is not cold, dark, space, but love. The Son of God came to us as the overflow of intra-trinitarian love. (John 15.9; Rom. 5.5) Dane Ortlund 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. (John 15:9) 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit

He was born in Bethlehem. Out of the way, backwoods Bethlehem. We are freed to live and serve in obscurity. We don’t need the spotlight. He didn’t. (Phil. 2.3-9) Dane Ortlund 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the