The Need for the Presence of Love
June 23,2015
Today on Morning Glory our message today was " The Need for the Presence of Love". Our scripture today was 1 Corinthians 13:13
And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three; but the greatest is love.
Today is Relationship Tuesday, and today we need to decree and declare that we are going to not only walk in love but we are going to receive love.
The best example we have concerning love, is God. The Word of God let's us know in John 3:16, the a part, " For God so loved the world.........". Yes ,God gives us the best example of love through is son Jesus Christ, through the forgiveness of our sins, he gives us his mercy, his ability to provide for us, his grace, his peace and even through lost and death he shows us his love. There are numerous things that can be said about the love of God, time and space just won't allow it at this moment but I hope by the grace of God there is true understanding.
The question that must be raised is, Why is it so hard to give and receive love? I personally have found myself dealing with this issue. For a long time, I thought I was great at giving love and receiving it, until I found out differently. Yes, there must be a presence of Love in your life as well as mine. We are and have the DNA of Love. As a body of believers we should always be a good representative of love, which is Christ.
Paul is speaking in this 13th chapter of 1Corinthians and he is letting us know through the power of God that we have faith, hope and charity(which is love). Paul let's us know that the greatest of these three is Love. There must be s presence of love in all of our lives.
One might ask, How do I have this Presence of Love? If you are going to have the presence of love the first thing you must do is Repent, now this is two fold. I must first accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of my life, according to Romans 10:9. Without the acceptance of Christ true and real love is hard to grasp in our human capacity. The other side of the coin is, you must forgive but also there is need for you and I to ask for forgiveness. Christ who is the giver of love forgave you and you and I must show the same acts of mercy. Humbleness is the way to obtain this. Are you willing to be humble?
Secondly if you and I are going to be in the presence of his love or love, we must Release . I am often challenged by this, letting go. I am sure if you are honest you would echo the same sentiments. I would apologize for the statement but I can't in good faith. If we are believers and we want to remain in the presence of love or better yet his love, we must let go every emotion that does not line up to The Kingdom of God's agenda for our lives. Let it go, so you can be free to do what God has really called you to do here in the earth. If you can release the emotion you will be in the presence of love. God is love.
Finally, if you are going to be in the presence of love or his love, you must Rebuild. In the rebuilding process one must be able to handle the rebuke and retrieve that which was lost with good character. In today's world people don't like to be called out. You and I must be willing to accept the explanation of the hurt and pain we caused and hopefully with integrity go after that which was lost. We must be a replica of God's love. Rebuilding is not always easy but if done right there will be a manifestation of God's love
I need to be in the presence of his love. I need him. I never want to be without him.
Message on the go!!!
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Dr Angelo R Moe
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