Daily Devotional Day & Night

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Today's scriptures are about Love, the action that originated with God, and manifested through His Son Jesus Christ. Love is the strongest feeling that we could have for something or someone, and it causes us to exhibit preferential treatment to the things or the people we love. We should sacrifice ourselves for our beloved, take care of them, nurture them, and do our best to please them. We learn this from the life of Jesus Christ. Just think about it, He loves us so much that He dedicated His entire life to us. He wants what’s best for us, more than He wanted what was best for Him.
God loved us from the time He created us, and will never stop. He loves us through sin, hatred, disobedience, and disrespect. He loves us even if we don't love Him. His love is a precious gift that's instilled in us, through our acceptance of Jesus Christ. Love should never be taken for granted, or used for evil. God's love is so pure, that it's never ending and never fading. John teaches us how to know God through love, in 1 John 4. It's written: Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. (1 John 4:7-11) Jesus paid a great price to give us ability to experience love as He experienced it, and it’s meant to be shared.
Jesus’ love is what gives us second, third, and even five-hundredths chances. His love leads and guides us through everyday life. His love lives in our heart, and teaches us in the way we should go. His love is notwithstanding the test of time. His love never fades. His love is free to all who loves freely. John goes on to say: No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 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 John 4:12-16)
I'm quick to share the fact that I am love, because I experience the love of God daily, and I pray the same for every human being. This feeling is truly spectacular, and I wish to share it with everyone I come in contact with. I've always been a loving person, easy to get along with, meek, and forgiving, but God has magnified those qualities through Christ, as well as my ability to love and feel love, to an amazing level. I'm at a point where it's overwhelming just to think about it, and sometimes scary, because everyone isn't filled with the Spirit, and some will try to take my love for granted. However, the Word of God says: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18) Through Christ, hatred is a thing of the past for me, and I could honestly say that. Of course I get angry at times, and I separate myself from people, but that doesn't mean that I don't love them. The same goes for God with us, there are times when He's angry with us, and we're punished, but that doesn't mean that He loves us any less. We have to do the same with each other.
Never forget the concept of reaping what you sow. We pray to God often, and tell Him how much we love Him. We go to church, and sing praises to His Name, and say the loudest Amen’s, but most of us have people in or lives that we hate, or have sworn not to forgive. We have people who need our help, but over look them. We expect to receive more than we give. We have opportunities to share the Gospel of Christ to people who are searching for a light, but we are too busy to get involved. Take heed of these very important words: If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. (1 John 4:20-21)
The word of God says, God is love, and Jesus and the Father are one, so without the Son you cannot see the Father. Are you ready to experience true love? If you are not a believer of Christ, and think you know love, just wait until you experience the Love of God, through Jesus. This could only truly happen when you accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. Test your knowledge of God, through Dr. Stanley's God Quiz today. My favorite verse today is: His great love wherewith he loved us. (Ephesians 2:4)

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