Love God And Love Others

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” background_color=”rgba(255,193,7,0)” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ border_style=”solid” padding_top=”20px” padding_bottom=”20px” admin_toggled=”no”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ spacing=”” center_content=”no” hover_type=”none” link=”” min_height=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=”” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_position=”left top” background_repeat=”no-repeat” border_size=”0″ border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” padding=”” dimension_margin=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_offset=”” last=”no”][fusion_text]

Christianity and church planting is all about practicing love and sharing Christ. Loving others is practicing godliness because God is Love (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)

[fusion_separator style_type=”single solid” top_margin=”5″ bottom_margin=”25″ sep_color=”” border_size=”” icon=”fa-coffee” icon_circle=”yes” icon_circle_color=”” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””/]

Scripture Reading 

John 15:12–16 KJV
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.   

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.   

Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his Lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.   

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

[fusion_separator style_type=”single solid” top_margin=”5″ bottom_margin=”25″ sep_color=”” border_size=”” icon=”fa-coffee” icon_circle=”yes” icon_circle_color=”” width=”” alignment=”center” class=”” id=””/]

Exhortation

Christianity and church planting is all about practicing love and sharing Christ. Loving others is practicing godliness because God is Love (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)

Our Christian calling is simply a call to love God and love others. This is our foremost commandment; we must strive to keep this commandment so that our prayers would be answered.

ADVERTISEMENT

What is love?

Love is that thing or feeling that wants you to be your best, give your best, and do your best for others without compulsion.

Always remember that;

• Love is:

This refers to the fact that love causes you to become your best. Love affects your nature; it makes you into something

• Love gives:

John 3:16 teaches us that God so loved the Lord that He gave His only begotten son. If we love the world, we would give to missions, we would give to support the beginning of the gospel in new mission fields. Apostle Paul teaches in the Corinthians that your giving is a proof of your love. Mary Magdalene gave the box of oil because she loved.

• Love does:

There are things that we do because we love. Jesus Christ bled and died for us because He loves us. If we love the world; we would share the love of Christ with them. If we love our families, we would share Christ with and compel them to come in (Luke 14: 22-24)

Love is a spiritual thing. It is a divine mystery that only Jesus Christ can give us the standards of true love. On the scale of love, the love of Jesus becomes the absolute degree. So then how do we love?

1. Understand your own imperfections:

Admit that you are not perfect; you cannot do everything people expect; but you can be your best, give and so your best. Don’t be too hard on yourself when your best is not enough.

2. Make room for the faults of others:

Not everybody has your kind of heart, so don’t expect much from those you love. We are fundamentally humans, spirits living in a body, so make room for the faults of others.

3. Put God and others first:

Love is not selfish; love is selfless and seek the best in others.

4. Strive to raise the other in: 

Don’t despise those that you are supposed to be loving. Commit yourself to lifting others up.

Stay blessed; I love you!

[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]