Learning to Love
Posted by Dennis Ng , Thursday, April 9, 2009 12:01 PM
To all my beloved brothers and sisters,
All of us who are born again, have a certain kind of love in us. I believe that is God's love.
It is real and it is natural, only for the fact that sin always stops us from loving others.
Jesus tell us to love one another just as i have loved you.
To love one another so that world may know that we are disciples of Christ.
How many of us have really love one another with God's love?
Very impossible isn't it?
So why did Jesus tell us to love one another with God's love?
I believe so that no matter how big and gracious and loving we are,
we can humbly come before God and say, i am only trying my best to realize that love,
would you help me to realize that love? So that i can grow in love.
Between love and gifts...
when we do not have love/graces in our life, we will fight over our gifts.
That is why many people cannot work together in churches and ministries.
And that is the same for all the Christian leaders. When they cant work together,
now you know why. There will be signs of pride, basically wrong kind of Spirit.
Do our hearts often think of such?
"If this guy is in this ministry, i wont be there"
"This is my ministry, not yours, i am in charge, stay out"
"This are my disciples, why are you teaching them?"
That is why i mention in my previous emails,
so what if you have faith that can move mountains?
so what if you got all the words and facts that proves you right?
So what if you obey?
When without love, faith, knowledge and obedience becomes good for nothing.
For leaders, if you have all these but without love, i assure you.
You wont have true followers that follows you. There is no way you impart the life of God to them.
You will only multiply people of your own kind. Imagine a bunch of unloving people...
If you are struggling to love, pray!
Who are you struggling to love now? Think about it and pray. God has already provided all the love
you need. =) I hope you are not hating anyone right now!
God's msg:
Repent to UpRoot
Replace to Take Root
Revive to bear Fruit
And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all,
just as we do to you. . .But concerning brotherly love you have no need that I should write to you,
for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. (1 Thessalonians 3:12; 4:9)
God is love (1 John 4:16). His very nature is perfect love, but because of sin love does not always come freely and naturally to His children. You may have been raised in a home where love was not expressed. Perhaps you were hurt by someone you loved, and your heart became hardened as a defense against further pain. You may love others but not know how to express your love in words or actions. You may feel frustrated because you have been called by God to love, yet you do not understand how to love others.Paul wrote to the Christians in Thessalonica to encourage them not to become disheartened as they learned to love each other (1 Thess. 3:7). They did not need Paul to explain to them how to love, for God Himself would teach them how to love one another. God would give them His love, and as they followed Him, He would cause that love to multiply. If they found someone who was difficult to love, God would enable them to love through His Holy Spirit.
God in His grace has made provision for our human weakness, and He is prepared to teach us how to love one another. There are no exceptions. God can teach us to love even that especially difficult person.
Are you struggling to love someone? God will help you. He will enable you to love your parents, your spouse, your children, your friends, or your enemy in a deeper way than you could ever love them on your own. If you do not know how to express your love in a meaningful way, God will teach you how to do this. God is the authority on love. As you relate to others, ask God to make His love overflow to them through your life.
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