Love
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Love is a CHOICE. Even though we are
commanded in the Scriptures to love, it is still a conscious
choice we must make because there are many times when we don't
"feel" like loving. Honest, sincere love can only be exposed
after we have accepted the love that only Christ provides to us.
Jesus' love is a love so profound that He died for us - took our
place on the cross. And we didn't even deserve it! How many people would you die for? Until we can grasp this love of our Father, we are not capable of truly loving another. If you love someone, you give them room to grow, but human love is selfish. It is expressed with expectations of a return. Real love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. Most of us wait for the feeling of love to come upon us before we act on that feeling. But right thinking produces right behavior - the feelings will follow. Choose to show the other person love, even if you don't feel like it. The feelings will come! Human love is different than God's love. Human love depends on: 1) how you feel at that moment, 2) what your circumstances are, and 3) how the other person responds to you. God's love is totally unconditional. No expectations! No demands! When the words and actions of another rip at our heart, we are called to love. As we seek to know God, and seek the presence of Jesus in our own lives, HE fills us with the love for others. If you don't "feel" that love, go to Him. Be open and honest with Him. He'll fill you with His love and you won't be able to stop that love from spilling out into the lives of others. True love is what is left in a relationship after selfishness is removed.  Email: VinJ98@aol.com |
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Psalms 33:18 - But
the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose
hope is in his unfailing love Psalms 63:3 - Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. Proverbs 16:6 - Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil. Proverbs 17:9 - He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. Song Of Solomon 8:7 - Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned. Isaiah 54:10 - Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you. Mark 12:28-31- One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: `Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: `Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 13:1- It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. John 17:26 - I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them." 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 - 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 Peter 4:8 - Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. 1 John 2:5 - But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: 1 John 4:18 - There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. Colossians 3:18-19 - Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.
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