1 Cor 13:1-13, 1 John 4:8-10, John 3:16, Matthew 24:12, Philippians 4:8, Romans 5:8, Heb 12:5-6

Men and brethren, we all have our ideas about love but the best come from God. And if love is anything at all it is a matter of doing something. Love is the seed of all hope. It is the enticement to trust, to risk, to try, to go on and to make the world a better place. Love is the missing link to the crowning of your purpose. Have you ever question your purpose in life? Do you wonder what you could do to make the most impact in your world? What single thing, what career or ministry, would enable you to make the greatest contribution to the kingdom of God?

Friend, sometimes the answer to this great question may not necessarily mean giving up all your worldly possessions but ability to realize that the secret to fulfilling God’s purpose for your life resided not so much in what you did as in how you did it. It didn’t matter whether God gave you a large role or a tiny one; you could still have impact if you could learn to do one thing- to love people in whatever circumstance you find yourself. Why? Because love lasts and love never fails. Because love does not envy, and it never boasts. It is neither proud nor rude. Love is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes. Love never gives up. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

God is love and Love is the most powerful force in the universe. Love is what God is. And, God always wins (1John 4:8). God is love is one of the most sublime, uplifting, and reassuring truths known to mankind; Love, in fact, is the hardest, most powerful thing in the world. Whether driving training a child, or in your marriage, leading a church, working under a boss, heading up a multinational corporation, or washing feet, love is the secret to making a lasting impact.

We become the children of God and brought into a personal relationship with Him through faith in Christ and the love of God. It is our relationship to Christ and being in Him who is at His right hand of God the Father as our advocate that allows us the privilege of not only coming into God’s presence through prayer, but of being heard through love John 3:16.

Are you of the generation that has abandoned the first principle, ‘And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold’ Matthew 24:12. Men and Brethren, Love is always talking to you. But are you listening?

Love can free you of fear and negativity, and is able to handle any challenge that life throws your way. If you listen to the messages that Love is whispering in your heart, you will stop the ego and feel wonderful about yourself and your life. Your mind is very powerful. The thoughts you entertain and the emotions that result create your experience of life.

You can heal stuck patterns, fear and negative thoughts by listening to your authentic, loving heart. Thoughts based in Love create healing within and transform behaviours that do not serve you. Learning to listen to Love instead of fear is one of the most powerful things you can do to heal from the past and create a more healthy life Philippians 4:8. One of our greatest needs as human beings is to be loved. We all need love. We need to know that we are important to somebody, that somebody truly cares about us, wants us, and accepts us unconditionally. When we doubt that we are loved, we may develop unacceptable behaviour patterns to compensate for it.

The good news from God’s Word is that somebody does. To know Him is to find release from the crippling effects of feeling unloved. Apostle John categorically repeated in 1John 4:16 that God is love. Love is His nature. It is not merely a friendly attitude He projects. It is the essence of His being. He is always going to act toward us in love because He cannot do otherwise. Love is the way He is.

Knowing God’s love could well be your key to a well-balanced, satisfying life of peace, productivity, and power because love involves action. It is expressed in the giving of oneself for the good of another, so it always demands an object.

Knowing the God of love can help to make us more loving and giving persons. Not only will getting to know Him more intimately cause us to become more like Him, but resting secure in the assurance that He loves us will keep us from making demands of others and free us to reach out unselfishly and minister to them for their benefit alone. It is vitally important that we understand how much God loves us.

God proved His love conclusively and irrefutably by sending His Son to the cross as an atoning sacrifice for our sins Romans 5:8; 1 John 4:9-10. That is sacrificial love. What have you sacrificed because of love, because there is no Love without sacrifice! Knowing God intimately will motivate us to make some sacrifices for the good of others -for our spouses, our children, and other members of the body of Christ

We have a tendency to show more love to the people who obviously love us and less love to the ones who do not. We express our love to our spouses and our children when they perform to our expectations and we withhold it from them when they displease us. We failed to understand that there is not one good thing in any of us that merits God’s love. He does not love us because we are so lovable or because we can somehow make ourselves worthy of His love.

Are you of the generation that are so performance oriented? We have felt approved and accepted when we have performed to someone else’s satisfaction, and disapproved and rejected when we have failed to live up to their standards; and so we make such demand on others. Heaven is inviting us to keep drawing from His inexhaustible supply. To do so will enable us to keep extending love to those around us even when our love is not returned.

When some people hear that God’s love is self-giving, sacrificial, unconditional, eternal, and infinite, they get the idea that it is merely soft, sloppy sentimentality, that God is an indulgent Father who gives us everything we want and conveniently turns His head the other way when we sin. But that is not the case. Everything God does is done in the totality of His being, so His love must always be consistent with His other attributes. Since God is holy, then His love must be a holy; love that encourages holiness in true love because the evidence it produces is overwhelming!

Therefore, understanding God’s love eliminates all fear including fear of God’s discipline (Hebrews 12:5-6), fear of what tomorrow holds, fear of losing a loved one, fear of losing a job, fear of natural disaster, fear of global war, fear of suffering, fear of death, fear of being alone, fear of rejection. There is nothing to fear because God’s love is comforting.

I challenge you today to look for evidences of God’s love for you all throughout the day, and remind yourself often that you are the object of His endless love. Tell several others during the day that God loves them.

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