DAY 3 LOVE

 DAY 3 LOVE

1 Corinthians 13:1-2    
“If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.”

Romans 5:8
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us”

1 John 3:1 
“See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.”

1 Peter 4:8 
“Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”

John 13:35
Jesus said, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another”

We have been discussing a life plan of pursuing Faith, Love, Wisdom, Courage, Peace, and Joy. 

We established that Faith is the mechanism that allows us to walk with God…But If faith is the engine, then love is the fuel, and the power of the engine is irrelevant without gasoline. 

1 Corinthians states that it doesn’t matter how talented, rich, pretty, or popular you are…if you don’t love, it’s worthless. 

God is unimpressed by loveless acts 687- They are simply irritating noise. Even with positive traits such as eloquence, intelligence, and faithfulness …your efforts are meaningless without love. 

Scripture goes so far as to say if you don’t love- you don’t know God. Jesus said, “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”  That means, if you don’t love, your salvation could depend on you figuring out why. 

Love is our fuel, our proof, and our identity– it would be difficult to overstate its importance. 

How do you attain love? You fill yourself with its source. 

God is the only source of love in the universe, and He is standing at the door of your heart knocking. The only way to acquire the most powerful force in existence is to open that door and give Christ command of your heart. 

Love does not originate in you…You must decrease, and He must increase (John 3:30). God is love. So, to be more loving there must be less of you, and more of God.

If you give your heart to Christ …He will fill it with love, and it will show.  Love is a power you cannot fake, nor hide…If it is in you - it will splash out on those around you.  

You have been praying for faith, now give yourself over to love…and watch it transform everything you do, from meaningless noise into powerful actions.

“Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. Faith works by love.” - Jonathan Edwards

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