Read through the Bible in 2 years:  Psalm 118, Leviticus 17-19

Reading through chapter after chapter of unlawful practices and their consequences can feel irrelevant or confusing, but tucked in their midst is this gem:

Love your neighbor as yourself:
I am the LORD.

Leviticus 19:18b ESV

Matthew, Mark, and Luke, recorded Jesus uttering these very words and Paul and James repeated them in their letters. What if we read all of Scripture through the lens Leviticus 19:18, “love your neighbor as yourself”?

• Don’t steal. Love your neighbor as yourself.
• Don’t lie. Love your neighbor as yourself.
• Don’t commit adultery. Love your neighbor as yourself.
• Help the poor. Love your neighbor as yourself.
• Speak encouraging words. Love your neighbor as yourself.
• Make disciples of every nation. Love your neighbor as yourself.

Do you love God? Then love the people that He made. Remember, they’re created in His very own image.

Heavenly Father, help me to love others the way that You have loved me. Help me to love others as much as I love myself. Help me to do good to others even when they hurt my feelings – because that’s how I want to be treated. Help me to speak the truth and speak it with love. I can’t do it on my own, Lord. Please do it through me. In the name of Jesus, my Lord, Amen.