Unfolding his love

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Agape love
in the Bible, this is love that comes from God. God’s love isn’t sentimental; it’s part of His character. God loves from an outpouring of who He is. 1 John 4:8 states, “God is love [agapos],” meaning He is the source of agape love. His love is undeserved, gracious, and sacrificial. He set the bar for us as his children.

If God is Love, then what’s the requirement from us? We are called to love God and others with agape love. Agape is a choice, a deliberate striving for another’s highest good, and is demonstrated through action.

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Today in the world, many things happen to us and different people have given love a formula but that’s not Gods standard in terms of love. He set for us the standard for love in John 3:16 by sending Jesus to die for us…” As to the latter, think of Paul’s great hymn to love:1 Cor. 13:4-8a. “Love – agape – is patient and kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends”

Its amazing how God knows our very needs and the only access code he gives to us is to love him. This is reflected in Proverbs 8:21 “That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, that l may fill their treasuries”. The message that really strikes me in this passage is that God responds to those who truly love Him.

All the substance and the things we yearn for in this life are embodied in loving God. Naturally we are all drawn to first loving those around us, but the golden rule is to first love God and then the rest will follow in all that we do, lets embrace him by loving him first and all our hearts desires will be meant.

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Love God and express your love to those that are around you.

Today chose love against anything else.