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“Come close to God, and God will come close to you…” (James 4:8, NLT).

God promises that He will draw close to you when you draw closer to Him. How do we draw closer to Him? Here are a couple of ways:

First of all, this verse goes on to say that we must turn away from sin because sin separates us from God. Simply turning to God is the first way to draw closer to Him. Then, the Bible tells us to come into His presence with thanksgiving in our hearts and give Him praise. When you have a thankful heart, you are drawing closer to Him. And the scripture tells us that God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble. When you have a humble heart before Him, you are drawing closer to Him. When you seek Him with your whole heart, you will find Him. He will draw close to you.

Seek God today by reading your Bible, praying, meditating on His promises and worshiping Him. With an open heart, you can draw near to God, just as you are, right where you are, and He will fill You with His peace and goodness all the days of your life!

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“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. (John 13:34 NIV84)

This is my command: Love each other. (John 15:17 NIV84)

My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. (John 15:12 NIV94)

“‘Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. (Leviticus 19:18 NIV84)

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ (Matthew 22:39 NIV84)

And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. (1 John 4:21 NIV84)

This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. (1 John 3:11 NIV84)

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (1 John 4:11 NIV84)

And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. (2 John 1:5 NIV84)

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. (1 John 4:7 NIV84)

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. (John 13:34 KJV)

This is my command: Love each other. (John 15:17 KJV)

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. (John 15:12 KJV)

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD. (Leviticus 19:18)

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Matthew 22:39 KJV)

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. (1 John 4:21 KJV)

For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. (1 John 3:11 KJV)

Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. (1 John 4:11 KJV)

And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. (2 John 1:5 KJV)

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. (1 John 4:7 KJV)

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