1. Pay the debt of love (8-10)

We are debtors to God, for he loved us with costly love. He wants us to pay that debt by loving our fellow man. Only love fulfills his law. Real love builds up the loved one; it does not tear him down. Using another to gratify one's own desires is not love. We must seek God's best and highest will for those we love.

2. Put aside the deeds of darkness (11-14)

It is an urgent matter. We don't know when our Lord will come again. Paul says that the night is nearly over and the day is almost here. It is time to put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Many people hold on to dark secrets in their daily lives. Everything will be exposed soon. We can only defeat the darkness when we invite Jesus into our lives to rule our hearts and thoughts and actions every day and every night.

Application: Lord, clothe me with Jesus and with the armor of light. Expose all the dark places in my heart and in my thought world, and let Jesus rule.
One Word: Put on Jesus