Why do you do good. Is it to please men, and elevate yourself, or is it to please God? There is a HUGE difference. One is for your own self gratification, and one is for submitting to God.
Category: Love
Love is an action as well as a supernatural gift of the spirit. The action is not just moving our mouth. We are nothing but noise, if our words of love don’t have actions of love, associated with them.
Also, now for the hardest example of Love. The Bible says to Love You Enemys! Meditate on that one for a while….You also cannot do this without meditating on the fact that we were once enemies of God. If not reconciled by Jesus, we would still be God’s enemies!
Thank You Jesus!
If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:2 NASB
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for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.
Romans 10:10 NASB
Are you satisfied at what you are pursuing to find fulfillment in your life?
Delight yourself in the Lord ; And He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalms 37:4 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/psa.37.4.NASB
The things of this world are temporal, but the things of the LORD are eternal. We find joy when we accept and pursue and shower ourselves in God’s promises.
- We are forgiven,
- We are called sons and daughters,
- We are loved perfectly,
- We have a perfect father,
- We are perfect through Jesus work on the cross and his resurrection,
- We have a helper who guides and directs us
- We have God’s word that always gives us wisdom to walk fearlessly in a lost and decaying world.
- We also have a home that is being prepared for us to spend all of eternity, in a place where there will be no sorrow.
Can I get an Amen?
This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Love God, Love People
Keeping it simple, today.
Galations 5:14
For a the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, “ b YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.”
The Eternal and Holy God, in humble fashion, came to live among us. Imagine, the Creator, caring so much, that he would not only live among us, but would suffer and die, so we might live.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 1:14 NASB
Don’t run or hide, from your problems!
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
James 1:2-3 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/jas.1.2-3.NASB
Look at it this way. God gives us these trials (not temptations), to affirm our faith. He wants to be able to say to himself, good job you are faithful in this area. Then he will test us in another area of our lives. He doesn’t want us to remain as a baby in our faith. It is through this process, that we are able to help others in THEIR Faith. That is why we count it joy. Not because it may be fun, going through the testing, but because we are becoming mature and complete. One day we can enter heavens gates with the sound of, “Well done, good and faithfull servant”!
Thank You Lord.
Choose your friends wisely, is not just some old saying. It is written from one of the wisest of all books in God’s Word. Because God does not want see us harmed, but wants to us succeed in this world.
He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 13:20 NASB
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.
1 John 4:18 NASB
https://bible.com/bible/100/1jn.4.18.NASB
There is a fear that is healthy for those who do not fear God. There is eternal consequences, for those whose hearts are hardened, by their own selfish desires.
But…..
For those who see clearly, that Jesus sacrificed all for those who believe in him, they are made whole, through his death and resurrection. We are not seen as lacking, but by his amazing love, we need have no fear. Our slate is wiped clean. Not by anything we have done. How wonderful is that to ponder every day, and bathe in his marvelous Grace. We are free to serve him and others, in joy and peace.
Thank You Jesus
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