3:11 (1 John) “For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬ 

Lord God, Your heart’s desire is that we love one another even as You have loved us. You are desiring not just a relationship with each of us, You are desiring a relationship through You and in You with one another. You have made us One. Your love of humanity is without prejudice. You want us to love the Japanese brothers and sisters because we are one with them, in You. And we need one another because every member has a different function just like a human body. So, You don’t want to be missing the Japanese believers and we don’t want to miss their portion. So strengthen the Church that is in Japan. May love overflow to one another as a testimony of Your life in us all. You alone can make us love simply and purely. May Your love for the Japanese people be tangible and may Your desire to draw people to Yourself give the Japanese people true love for You never leave us nor forsake us when You save us. 

We pray that this day of remembrance turn out to be a day of salvation in receiving the unconditional love of God in the person of Jesus Christ. May we all respond to Your call to come to You. We put our trust in Jesus Christ. Jesus we come, just as we are, to You. Thank You for loving us, just as we are, for You are our loving Savior!