SCRIPTURE: 1John (NIV) 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 17 In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 We love because he first loved us.
OBSERVATION: Of the three disciples closest to Jesus, John seemed to be the closest. John and his brother James were once known as the sons of thunder. (Mark 3:17) But now we know John as the one writing about the love of God that brought God to earth to die for the sins of the man He created!!!
When God took up residence in my life, He brought His love with Him. It is more than the love He extends to me, as great as that is! It is also the love He wants to share through me. He wants to change me from a “son of thunder” to a vessel known for His love.
APPLICATION: Whenever my world gets tipped over and what is on the inside spills out, I want to be found as being full of God’s love. I want to respond as Jesus would in my situation, because He is in the same situation; He lives in me; He is with me!
PRAYER: Lord, the only way I can ever love like you, is if you live in me and you do your loving through me. Today I die to myself to become alive to you. Live in me and love through me. Express your love though me today. Amen
Pastor Leon
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