Hi guys. I've been reading John, Proverbs and Isiah for my quiet times and have really enjoyed having more time to think about what I'm reading. In John, I picked up in chapter 15 after John Meyer talked about remaining in Christ's love at Faithwalkers. A couple of verses that stood out are 15:9-10 as well as 16:32. These hit me hard because they reveal how important for Jesus to share his life with the Father. Jesus says that he "obeyed his Father's commands and remain in his love". This doesn't mean that the Father's love for Jesus or us is conditional, but rather that in order for us to experience a real relationship with God (remain in his love), we must obey him. I don't think these verses are legalistic either. The command to obey God expresses much more than simply not sinning or performing acts of service out of a sense of duty. God wants us to walk humbly with him (Micah 6:7) and to be on a mission to obey him completely as Jesus did.