Love

How can one grow up with Love, real Love, and know not love?

Could it be that they soak it all in through the years, and eventually become a lover of themselves?

Love was meant to be shared and given to others, not to be kept to ones own self; but first, one must truly love God before this can happen. We can only love when we have His Love inside our hearts.

Let us pray and ask the Lord to replace our selfish love for His selfless love.

1 Corinthians Chapter13: (Taken from the Lamsa Bible)

¶ Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love in my heart, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love in my heart, I am nothing.

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love in my heart, I gain nothing.

¶ Love is long-suffering, and  kind; love does not envy; love does not make a vain display of  itself, and does not boast,

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not  provoked, thinks no evil;

Rejoices not over iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

¶ Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is imperfect shall come to an end.

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

For now we see through a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these three is love.

Just a Little Thought

I was thinking about some things in my life that I knew the Lord wanted me to give up but I didn't want to give them up.  The right thing to do is to give them up, I mean if the flesh loves them so much then it needs to go. So I went and picked up my Bible and began reading from the book of Proverbs and the Lord spoke to my heart saying,

"It's in the things that are hardest to give up that you gain the most."

So with that thought I picked up the thing and gave it to God.

Proverbs 14:8
¶ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:15
¶ The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Proverbs 14:16
¶ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Choices

This is something I heard from someone on the radio and not only found it very thought provoking but also very profound.

“We make our choices, and then our choices make us”

Romans 6:16
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

When we make our choices we most likely take no more thought about it, we might however stop to consider the short term consequences. But do we really stop to think about how that choice will ultimately affect our life, both now and for eternity; and not only our life but what about the lives of others around us?

This not only goes for choices we make about what we do, but also the things we do not do. I like to think of this also in respect to God, if I obey Him it has an effect on where I will spend eternity, but when I disobey, do what I want to do, this also has an effect on where I will spend eternity. When I go my own way I only strengthen the un-Christ like nature that dwells within me. When I serve the LORD and do as He would have me to do, I strengthen the Christ within me.

We are living in very dark days and each time we fall short with God we take one more step into that darkness. God’s Spirit is departing from this earth and therefore we are not feeling the conviction we once felt. It is time to wake up and decide what we want, whether we ‘feel’ anything or not. It’s time to do what is right. You only get one chance to choose, when it’s over, it’s over.

With every choice you make you are serving one of two persons…God or The Old Serpent. You may think you are serving yourself, but who is the god of self?

Where are the choices you are making today, taking you tomorrow?

I hope this helps someone to get back on the right track.

Luke 21:34 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

Are we making cold choices or are we becoming cold in the choices we have already made?