Christian Prayer Room

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I think i can safely say this morning that there are two main themes...so to speak...of the Bible...and that is Salvation and Love. And the two of them go hand and hand. This morning however i want to think about love in its own little box...if you will. Gods love for us...our love for God and our love for other people. The Bible tells us that we who are followers of Jesus...and knowing that we are not capable of loving just like God...but to make a point...we should be just as much in love with each other as God was in love with us when He sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross. And just as much in love with each other as Jesus loved us to die such a horrific death to provide us a way to heaven! Scripture says..."There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends"...and...have you heard the quote..."Love is giving another person what they need the most when they deserve it the least at great personal cost to yourself". Now remember i said...we humans are not capable of loving like God loves...but...as believers...we are part of the body of Christ...and...we have that same Godly love in us by way of the Holy Spirit living in us...that makes it possible to love with a God like love...a sacrificial love...right? Hey...Jesus said i am to go as far as to love my enemies...i can only do that with a God like love...right? Remember...it is God who gave and gives us the ability to love in the first place. To think...here we had our Creator...the One and only God of the universe...the One that sustains our life every breath of every day...and look at the awesome sacrificial love He had and has for us to do such a thing as to lay down His life that we might live...forever! You see...the moment we came to Jesus...scripture says...God gave us a supernatural love that fills our hearts. The greatest demonstration of the fact that we are born-again believers is that we love one another just as Christ loves us! Remember Jesus said...Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and with all your strength and Love your neighbor as yourself. And with our family and close friends we do a pretty good job with that...however...why not go out of our way to be a friend and show love to someone whose skin is a different color from ours? To reach out to the homeless...the less fortunate...those with addictions...single parents...the hopeless and helpless. To share the kind of love we have for our family and friends with everybody...and of course...everybody means everybody and everybody needs love...Christ centered love! How many people do we walk past each day that are in desprate need of love...think about that. The Beatles said in a song "All we need is Love" and as we know...Jesus is love... Sooooo. Im thinking that Love does more to solve the worlds problems than anything else does. Of all the gifts God offers His children...love is the greatest. Of all the fruits of the Holy Spirit...love is the first. How do we let the light of Jesus shine from us to everybody....LOVE!

Let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them, and show it by our actions.
1 John 3:18

By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
John 13:35

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13

I Have No Regrets About My Past...My Past Is Who I Am Today...Born Again!
Rick j Sane