May Love Expand

Love One Another.

It is written that love is the greatest of all gifts, and truly it is. Love is powerful, and there is power in love. Love brings joy to the soul, encouragement to the brokenhearted, and hope to the hopeless. Love conquers all things, overcomes all things, and endures all things. For love, this love that I speak of. It comes from God, poured forth like a mighty river flowing from the very heart of God himself.

Blessings, in the love of Christ.
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Loving God – Our Great Responsibility. Being Loved By God – Our Great Privilege.

We are called to love the Lord our God. this is an awesome responsibility. It fills uw with fear. Jesus says, "Do not be afraid (Luke 12:4). We are not left to go it alone. The Lord is with us. However difficult our journey through life may be, we can be sure of this: God loves us. We can say, with Paul, “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31). Throughout life, we are faced with a choice. We can acknowledge Christ or we can deny Him (Luke 12:8-9). Let your choice be clear - ‘Christ means everything to me’ (Philippians 1:21).

Do you want to confess Christ? It will not be easy. We live in a time when many people are preoccupied with ‘having a lot of material possessions’ (Luke 12:15). There’s a ‘gold rush’. Those who stand up for Christ will come under fire - ‘He’s too heavenly-minded to be any earthly good’! What does God say about this ‘gold rush’? A single word says it all – “Fool!” (Luke 12:20). He turns worldly wisdom on its head – ‘You can be too earthly-minded to be any heavenly good’! It is better to live God’s way than the world’s way (Romans 8:6).

When standing up for Christ seems so difficult, remember this: “the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say” (Luke 12:12). When the world keeps dragging you down, let Jesus lift you up: “Seek His Kingdom… it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom” (Luke 12:31-32). God loves us. He calls us to love Him. When your love for God is weak, remember this: His love for you is strong. Let His strong love reach you. Let His strong love change you. God’s love is unchanged, unchanging and unchangeable. Inspired by such love, let us love Him more truly and more fully.

Let's Thank God For His Love.

Before we even begin to think of our love for God, we must thank Him for His love for us.

There are some things that are worth repeating!

The story of God’s amazing grace is worth repeating over and over again - ‘Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress’(Psalm 107:6, 13, 19, 28).

The call to praise the Lord is also something we need to hear again and again - ‘Let them give thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds for men and women’ (Psalm 107:8, 15, 21, 31).

Let us ‘consider the great love of the Lord’. Let us ‘give thanks to the Lord’ (Psalm 107: 43, 1).

‘The great love of God is revealed in the Son, who came to this earth to redeem every one. That love, like a stream flowing clear to the sea, makes clean every heart that from sin would be free… It’s yours, it is ours, O how lavishly given! The pearl of great price, and the treasure of heaven!’