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Tuesday, 31 December 2013
Agape
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:8(KJV)
In this month's devotional, we have examined 'Agape' which refers to the God-kind of love. This kind of love is unconditional, it is a selfless and a self sacrificing love.
Agape is a reflection of God's love towards you. Do you know that God loves you unconditionally? His love for you is selfless and self sacrificing as demonstrated when he gave his only begotten son for your sins.
1 John 4:9-10 says, “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent...
Monday, 30 December 2013
Get rid of lust
“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;”
Ephesians 4:22(KJV)
Our opening scripture lets us know that lust is deceitful. Therefore, judge your motives and guard your heart against lust, because if you allow lust into your heart, you will become a deceitful person.
If you know you have lust in your heart, no matter what it is you are lusting after, I encourage you today according to the Word of God, to put away lust from your heart. This is important because,...
Sunday, 29 December 2013
Love is Truthful
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;” Colossians 3:9(KJV)I want you to know that if you truly love others, you would not lie to them. So, today as you read this devotional, I want you to examine your heart and the motive behind your actions and the words you say. Does your words and your intentions or motives agree?When you say you love someone, you are actually committing yourself to their well being. You are saying that you have their best interest at heart. Don't tell others you love them, so that...
Saturday, 28 December 2013
Lust betrays.
“Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.” Proverbs 6:25(KJV)
Today, child of God, I want to counsel you not to build your relationship on lust. This is because any relationship that is built on lust would not last. Lust is temporal, lust is selfish and lust would betray you.
To the young men, do not give your love to a lustful woman, it can cost you, your life. The Bible says in Proverbs 6:26, “For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt...
Friday, 27 December 2013
Are you loyal?
“Some friendships do not last, but some friends are more loyal than brothers.” Proverbs 18:24(GNB)
Love is loyal even under fire or trial. This means that if you say you love someone, your willingness to stand by them in times of difficulty and challenging experiences even when they cannot meet your own needs, is a proof of your love for them.
A good example of such love found in the Bible, is the love that existed between David and Jonathan. The Bible says in 1 Samuel 18:1, “And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto...
Thursday, 26 December 2013
Love has temperance.
“… Love isn't selfish or quick tempered...” 1 Corinthians 13:5(CEV)Our opening scripture shows us one of the characteristics of love by letting us know that love is not selfish or quick tempered. To be selfish means to be self centered, in other words, you are concerned only about your own needs, desires and wishes, but love is not selfish. Love is selfless. Love is willing to endure and tame all selfish emotions, and put the needs, and the good of others first before her own.Also we learn from our opening scripture that love...
The Greatest Love
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13(KJV)Love is willing to lay down his life for others. That is the highest display of love for someone else. That is exactly what Jesus did for us. He was willing to lay down his life for us, even when we were sinners, and did not please Him by our actions.The Bible says in Romans 5:8, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Jesus did not die for us because of our good works. No, He died for us, because...
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Love Standard
“Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].” Romans 12:2(AMP)
As a child of God, you must not love like the world. The Bible tells us in our opening scripture, not to conformed to this world. In...
Monday, 23 December 2013
Love walks in the light
“For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:” Ephesians 5:8(KJV)Our opening scripture today is an instruction. The Lord is telling you, “…walk as children of light:” Do you know that the love of God that we are learning about does not walk in darkness? When we say darkness here, we mean sin and other negative vices. Love walks in the light, it is lust that walks in the dark.For example, as a child of God, weather you are a teenager, or an unmarried adult, do not get into a secret relationship with...
A fruit of the spirit.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, …”Galatians 5:22(KJV)From our opening scripture today, we learn that love is a fruit of the spirit. This means that as a child of God, it is important you know that you have received the capacity to love, because love has been ingrafted in your spirit as a child of God.The Bible says in Romans 5:5 that, “… the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” So, as a child of God, you shouldn't make statements like, “I can't just love anybody.” Or “I find it very difficult...
Saturday, 21 December 2013
Seed of equal benefit
“Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:10(KJV)The Bible says in our opening scripture, that love worketh no ill to his neighbour. In other words, love does not seek to harm his neighbour in any way. Love does not plan to avenge himself. Love is always willing to forgive that individual that hurt you.Kenneth Copeland told a story of how he was in the airport going to Hawaii. He placed his camera on his neck, but as he bent down to get something, before he raised his head again, his camera...
Friday, 20 December 2013
The debt you owe
“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” Romans 13:8(KJV)Our opening scripture today shows us that love is an obligation we have as children of God. Love is a debt you owe others. You owe your wife, your husband, your children, the Body of Christ, the duty of love.The Bible says in Romans 13:8, “… for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.” In the Old Testament, if you want all of God's blessings to come upon you, you will have to fulfil the whole law. But now in the New Testament,...
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Love your wife
“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;” Ephesians 5:25(KJV)Our opening scripture shows every husband, that the kind of love they ought to have for their wife, should be the kind of love that Christ has for the Church. This means that as a married man, you should love your wife, just as Christ loved the Church. From the scriptures, we know that the love that Christ has for the Church is a self-giving love, therefore as a married man, your love for your wife should be a self-giving love. You must...
Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Activate your faith
“…what matters is faith that works through love.” Galatians 5:6(GNB)From our opening scripture, the Bible lets us know that our faith as sons and daughters of God, works through love. The International Standard Version puts it this way, “What matters is faith that is active through love.”This shows us that, the reason why the faith of some believers is not active, is because they have not come to understand the role of love in activating their faith for the manifestation of the results of the Word of God they desire to see in their lives.The Bible...
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
Love-the principle of life
“"You're blessed when you care. At the moment of being 'carefull,' you find yourselves cared for.” Matthew 5:7(MSG)Today I want to encourage you to learn the way of love. It is the principle of life. The Bible shows us the way of love in our opening scripture; by letting us know that the man who shows genuine concern by caring for others, is blessed. In other words, a blessing resides on the man or woman who walks by love.I want you to know that walking in love is not a weakness, neither will it cause you to be disadvantaged. When you are a person...
Monday, 16 December 2013
Continue in Love
“With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, …” 2 Samuel 22:26(KJV)Our opening scripture shows us one of the most important reasons why you need to walk in unconditional love towards others. This is because, when you give love to the undeserving, and you are merciful to them, God's favour will also be abundant towards you, to give you what you do not deserve as well, and be merciful to you. When you are a person who gives unconditional love to others, God will also cause you to be favoured by others, who will be willing to give to you, or...
Sunday, 15 December 2013
Sow seed of Love 3
“Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church--a love marked by giving, not getting.” Ephesians 5:25(MSG)From our opening scripture, it is obvious that as a husband, your love for your wife should be self sacrificing. This is because God expects us to love our wives just as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it.Therefore, whenever she offends you, don't become bitter against her. Instead, see her weaknesses as an opportunity to sow seeds of love into her life. So, if she comes to you...
Saturday, 14 December 2013
Sow seeds of Love 2
“Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.” Ephesians 5:1-2(MSG)Today I will like to give counsel to every young person reading this devotional. If you are living with your parents or guardian, I encourage you to sow seeds...
Friday, 13 December 2013
Sow seeds of Love 1
“Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.” Ephesians 5:1-2(MSG)
As a married man or woman, a single man or woman, a boy or a girl, or a child living at home with your parents, you can begin to sow seeds of love to those...
Thursday, 12 December 2013
God rewards love.
“Why should God reward you if you love only the people who love you? Even the tax collectors do that!” Matthew 5:46(GNB)From our opening scripture today, we see that if we only love those who love us alone, we would have no reward from God for those acts of love shown.Do you only show love to your wife when she is obeying you and doing what you want her to do? Do you love your husband only when he is pleasing you? If your answer to those questions is yes, it means you will have no reward from God for your acts of love. This means that when you...
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Love & Lust
“Love is never tired of waiting; …”1 Corinthians 13:4(BBE)Most times some people may think that they are in love, meanwhile they are actually in lust. What is lust? Lust is an intense driving desire to satisfy the cravings of the flesh. Lust is focused only on satisfying the cravings of the flesh. Lust does not care about the other person. It is only concerned about its own selfish desires. Lust is not committed to the well-being of the other individual, it is only focused on what it can gain.Lust is what will make an unmarried person, whether...
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
Love Genuinely
“I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.” Psalm 139:14(KJV)Child of God, I want you to know that anybody who cannot accept you, especially in terms of your physical stature, doesn't love you.A young man said to his girl friend, “if you don't bleach, I will not marry you.” So, she went to bleach, and yet this young man did not marry this girl, even after she had bleached her skin for him, because of the promise of marriage.Some Christian young ladies will see a...
Monday, 9 December 2013
TRUE LOVE
“A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.” Proverbs 17:17(KJV)
The question I will like to ask you today is this, “Does your love fluctuate?” Most times when people tell others, 'I love you', sometimes, they say so because, they are mutually attracted to that person. It could also be because of what they know they will benefit, or because of what they are already benefiting from that relationship.Today, I want you to know that if the only reason why you have said that you love someone is because of a physical attraction...
LOVE CONQUERS BITTERNESS
“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.”Romans 12:21(KJV)Today, I want to share a story about Smith Wigglesworth and his wife, Polly. Polly was always coming late from Church, and Smith became bitter against her. So, on a particular day, when she came late from Church, he instructed her not to go back to the Church any longer, but she answered and said to him, “Smith, you are my husband, but you are not my Lord.”When she said that to him, he got angry and chased her out of the house, and locked her out. She remained outside and slept...
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Self Sacrificing love
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8(KJV)Our opening scripture expresses the heart of the Father to us and how He commended His love towards us. The word, 'commendeth' in our opening scripture, means to exhibit. In other words, it means that God ‘exibited’ His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.God sent Jesus to die for us when we did not deserve it. Jesus died for us when we were still sinners. He came and sacrificed Himself, not because...
Friday, 6 December 2013
True Perfection
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”Colossians 3:13-14(KJV)Do you know that the first proof of love is revealed in what we say about that individual or thing that is the object of our love? So, what have you been saying concerning your wife, your husband, or your neighbour? That is a proof of how much you love them. This is because we speak well of those we love. Therefore,...
Thursday, 5 December 2013
Love is unconditional
“Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.” 1 John 4:11-12(KJV)Love is the unconditional demonstration of good will towards another person irrespective of their behaviour towards you.You know you are walking in love, when you are expressing an unconditional demonstration of good will towards others, irrespective of their behaviour towards you. You are bound by love to be good to everyone,...
Wednesday, 4 December 2013
Should you love your enemy?
“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.” Matthew 5:43(KJV)From our opening scripture today, we see that right from the time of Jesus, some persons have practiced loving their neighbour, and expressing hate for their enemy. But Jesus teaches us something else in Matthew 5:44, because He said, “…Love your enemies, …”The love Jesus is referring to here is from the Greek word agapao; which is unconditional love. He is not referring to phileo which refers to being fond of someone. This is because you...
The Standard for Love
“This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:12-13(KJV)Love is the essence and nature of God. Therefore, to know God, is to love God. That means, if you do not love those who Jesus died for, it shows you do not know God, in other words, you are not yet acquainted with the character of God. This is because every born again child of God has the capacity to love, because you have the nature of God, and love is the behavioral expression...
Two kinds of Love
“But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.”
1 Thessalonians 4:9(KJV)
From our opening scripture, the two Greek words used for love in the New Testament are used here. They are: Philadelphia; meaning, brotherly love, and Agapao or Agape; meaning, unconditional love.
It is from Philadelphia we get the word Phileo; which refers to fraternal affection, brotherly love, or kindness. It also means to be fond of someone or something. So, when the...
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
What is Love
“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; …” 1 John 4:7(KJV)In understanding the concept of love, our opening scripture proves to us that love has its origin in God. The Weymouth New Testament translation records 1 John 4:7 to show us that. It says, “Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God,…”Therefore as children of God, we have been born of love, so it is our nature to love. This is why the concluding part of 1 John 4:7 reads thus; “…every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.” In other words,...
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