1 John 4:1
"Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world."
Verse:7 "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God."
Verse: 8 "He who does not love does not know God, for God is love."
Verse: 16 "And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him."
1 Corinthians 13:13
"And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."
Love looks around to see who is in need. We begin to succeed with our lives when the problems and hurt of others matter to us. The wound of one is the wound of all; the pain of others is the pain of all. Love frees us in the present.
Remember, it is the present that presents problems. It is only through love we are able to respond to God and to others at present. To respond to God first, you must forgive yourself and your neighbours and free them in the present. This is why Paul the Apostle makes it clear that faith works by love in Galatian 5:6.
What danger is a religion of words if there is no corresponding action. You have nothing but a mental assent without action. If you give everything you own to the poor but you don't love, no matter what you say, no matter what you believe, no matter what you do, you are bankrupt without love.
Love never gives up. Love is always there to act. No matter what happens, no matter what comes, love is always there to act. In the face of persecution, intimidation, trials and temptation.
Love is always there to act. Love cares more for others than for itself. Love does not want what it does not have. Love is positive, it does not want anything negative. Love is good; it does not want anything bad. Love does not want hatred because love is love.
Love is tolerant. Love is determined. Love perseveres for the best which is yet to come. Love is God. God is love. Love keeps going to the end, no matter the obstacle, no matter the difficulty.
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