It's all About Love xo :-)

It's All About Love "He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him." 1John 2:9-10 Are you interested in your spiritual growth? Are you wanting to get closer to the Lord? Are you praying for understanding of what His plans are for your life? Are you seeking to be used by Him? There is a key that unlocks those doors. You already know what that key is, but you may not know how to use it. THE KEY IS LOVE! Love is the basis for all things. Love is why God created this earth for man. Love is why Jesus came. Love is why you exist. It is ALL about love! Love is the centre of all things! Love, love, love. (There, did I say it enough??) God cannot use you if you do not have love. You cannot effectively minister to anyone unless you love them. Take a look at what Jesus said in Mark 12:30-31: "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." Paul said in Romans 13:8-9, "Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Paul again tells us about the same thing in Galatians 5:13-14, "For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." If you have love then everything else falls into place. Once your heart and mind is filled with love then God begins to move in and through your life. God placed each of us here for a reason. He has a plan for our lives. The only thing He really wants from us it for us to love Him. That is what Jesus said when He told us about the two most important commandments in Mark (shown above). He wants us to all love Him. Then, He wants us to love each other. If we all loved each other as God would have us love, then this world would be a wonderful place. We would each be using the gifts God gave us to benefit each other. We would the body that God wants us to be. Each part of that body would be doing the thing it was designed to do. You would be continuously lifted up, encouraged, blessed, healed, strengthened, and loved by other members of the body. Are you understanding what I am saying? If we abide in the light there is no occasion of stumbling in us. If we abide in the light then we have God's love and His Word in our hearts and minds. That's the key that unlocks every door that you have trouble opening! Love, love, love! The tricky part is how to love other people. There are an awful lot of unlovable people in this world! Well, God doesn't expect us to love someone just because they deserve to be loved. It is no different than Jesus sacrificing Himself for us. We didn't deserve that, but He did it anyway. The first step would be to acknowledge that we are supposed to love everyone. Then we need to make the choice to do it!! Not just once in the morning but it’s a moment by moment choice!! We can ask God by faith to fill us with His love.. His Agape love..This supernatural love is in our hearts when we received His Holy Spirit in our hearts where He dwells!! Our feelings may not line up straight away but choosing by faith to obey God and love each other we will soon have His love overflowing out of us and into a world that needs His love so much!!!   Here are a few more scriptures on love. There are many many more scriptures about love. As a matter of fact, the entire Bible is nothing more than a love story! Ephesians 5:2, "And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." 1John 4:11, "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another." Luke 6:32, "For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them." Ephesians 4:1-2, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love." Ephesians 4:16, "From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love." Also go read the entire book of 1John. I have given it the title, "All About Love." Luke 6:32, "For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them." Ephesians 4:1-2, "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love." Ephesians 4:16, "From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love." Also go read the entire book of 1John. I have given it the title, "All About Love."