Four simple letters with incomprehensible depth and complexity.
God provides a glimpse into the wonders and miracle of His love for us throughout His Word.
God provides a glimpse into the wonders and miracle of His love for us throughout His Word.
1 John 3:1
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:16
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Ephesians 3:16-19
I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His
Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I
pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all
the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to
know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the
Fullness of God.
After receiving this marvelous gift from our Heavenly Father, how should we respond to Him and to those around us?
I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His
Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I
pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all
the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to
know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the
Fullness of God.
After receiving this marvelous gift from our Heavenly Father, how should we respond to Him and to those around us?
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
John 13:34
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
Luke 6:35
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
Luke 10:27
He answered: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ ; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
He answered: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ ; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
A favorite Scripture :
Love is patient,
love is kind
It does not envy,
it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude,
it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects,
always trusts,
always hopes,
always perseveres.
Love never fails.
(1 Corinthians 13:4-8a)
Love never fails.
(1 Corinthians 13:4-8a)
What amazing inspiration for our mind and heart to dwell on!
The Holy Spirit can empower us to love as Jesus commanded and modeled.
A wise teacher once challenged students to replace the word “love” with God, and secondly, to substitute our own name for the word “love” in this Corinthians passage. Ouch! My own failings are crystal clear measured by this standard.
Choosing to explore love in a short article may not be wise, but living in this world among false messages about love; it is refreshing to ponder “true love” as described in Scripture. The immeasurable love God has shown us through His Word and His actions fuels the love He commands we have for our brothers, our neighbors and our enemies.
Merciful Father,
You loved us when we were lost, drowning in our sinfulness. Your love and sacrifice lifted us up out of an ocean of sin and guilt. Asking us to walk as a new creation, learning to love in the manner You teach and command. Father, purify our hearts that Your love may flow through us to our brothers, our neighbors and our enemies. Thank You, Father, for the hope and healing Your love imparts to us.
In the name of Your Beloved Son-Jesus, amen.
Mischelle Oliver,
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