Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Show Me The Love

My Utmost For His Highest
 
‘The fountains from which love flows are in God, not in us. It is absurd to think that the love of God is naturally in our hearts, as a result of our own nature. His love is there only because it “has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit . . .” (Romans 5:5).’ CHAMBERS
 
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, 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”
 
God showed his love toward us while we were still in our sin.  The world shows its love if it gets something in return.  Do you find that you have a hard time loving people that are difficult … trouble makers … maybe hurtful toward you ? In fact, you would just as soon condemn them. The measure of love we are willing to show to others is proportional to the love we have for the Father.  His love flows through us into the lives of others.  It is not something that we have to draw up in our own power and will to do.
 
John 7:37-39  ““Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.”
 
Love is a fruit of the Spirit in you.  It is a result of what is going on inside of you spiritually.  Don’t blame your lack of love on other people .. the source of the love of the Christian comes from God.
 
“The Love of God”  Frederick M. Lehman
 
“Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made, Were every stalk on earth a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade; To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Though stretched from sky to sky.
 
Oh, love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong!
It shall forevermore endure—The saints’ and angels’ song”
 
Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)

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