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THIS DECEMBER! THIS CHRISTMAS: LOVE IS BORN IN OUR HEARTS!  

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THIS DECEMBER! THIS CHRISTMAS: LOVE IS BORN IN OUR HEARTS!  

“. . . 10 And the angel said unto them, FEAR NOT: for, behold, I bring you GOOD TIDINGS of GREAT JOY, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is BORN THIS DAY in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord . . .” Luke 2:8-24. 

Love is the essence of Christmas. That’s what makes month December a very special month and more so, in a dual essence in context: 

  • It’s a cooling point of all the experience of the other previously held months in the Julian and Gregorian calendar – and as it marks the celebrating and commemorating of the love of God after the various challenging times in the year to most people in respective ways;  
  • And it also marks a refreshing point to take stock, evaluates, synergies and strengthens oneself in order to take on a new stand in the grace of love, especially for the unknown coming year. 

And when each of the spectrums mentioned above becomes an essence that’s built on love, being pursuit by love, being plan by love and being purpose by love, we act knowingly by awakening our Father God of love, to enable Him ensure and assure His love essence to us and through us and to all of mankind for His Kingdom cause. 

And the knowing and understanding of times and reasons for the season, which is about the birth of Christ Jesus, and termed Christmas, a yearly [an annual] celebration and commemoration to enact and authenticate the God’s love in Christ Jesus, and His redemption cause for the good and goodness of all mankind, and event that’s irrespective of class, status, gender, colour, kindred, tongue, nation and people. 

For Jesus loves us as much as the Father God loves us. He’s the expression of the Father God’s love. Hence, His birth, which this December month is accredited to for Christmas, is the birth of love. And we need to have our being experienced the rebirth of love instead of nursing and expressing hatred, wickedness, anger, bitterness, evil and such like depraved state in our hearts – a deprave and inhumane state that’s without God to ensure and assure the presence of love. Know today that God loves you. He loved us so much that He died for the sake of love, and in love, He redeemed us through the sacrifice of His blood on the cross, sealing His love for us forever. 

“I have LOVED you just as the Father has LOVED Me; remain in My LOVE [and do not DOUBT My LOVE for you]” John 15:9/Amplified. 

“And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who LOVED us and WASHED us from our sins in His own blood, [6] and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen” Revelation 1:5-6/NKJV. 

“And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have REDEEMED us to God by Your blood Out of every TRIBE and TONGUE and PEOPLE and NATION, 10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall REIGN on the earth” Revelation 5:9-10/NKJV. 

God is love. And for Love and in love He sent Jesus to express His love and nature, and the principles of love to humanity. Jesus came by love, lived by love and died by love and for love. And upon love, as by this December, in this Christmas, love is being celebrated and commemorated in the grace. God’s love in Christ Jesus wasn’t hidden but was demonstrated and showcased while we were yet in sin and are sinners. That’s the awesomeness of love beyond human comprehension. 

“But God DEMONSTRATES His own LOVE toward us, in that while we were STILL sinners, Christ DIED for us” Romans 5:8/NKJV. 

“For God so LOVED the world that He GAVE His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to CONDEMN the world, but that the world THROUGH HIM might be SAVED” John 3:16-17. 

Today, how much do you love God’s WORD? Do you love it as your first, last, and only companion, or do you turn to it after trying your own self-made ways, the opinions of others, or sources like the 1st internet web called World-Wide-Web [WWW], or the 2nd internet web called Social-Media-Web [SMW] or the current 3rd web called the Artificial Intelligence Web alias AI-Web [AIW].  

I want you to know that God’s WORD is built on love, which is far beyond any of the past and present web components we’ve mentioned that consume our world today. If you are never a lover of God’s WORD or one who is skeptical of God’s WORD or one who thinks that God’s word is mystical, know now and today and always, that God’s WORD is none of the characteristics and assumptions mentioned earlier or any such like; for God’s WORD is built of His nature and person, which is love. He is love, and love by definition and love by His WORD. 

And when you love His WORD to obey His WORD from the place of love, you find out that His WORD is not grievous, toastmaster, irksome, oppressive, burdensome and any such like. And those who loves His word, His word, is born in their hearts even as in this December and in this Christmas of the celebration and commemoration of the birth of God’s loves to advance His Kingdom cause for the good and goodness of all mankind in the grace. I employ you to love God’s commands and build up your life in His WORD by love for your graciousness and gracefulness in the grace. 

“And now I COMMEND you to God [placing you in His protective, loving care] and [I commend you] to THE WORD of His grace [the counsel and promises of His unmerited favor]. His GRACE is able to BUILD you up and to GIVE you the [rightful] inheritance among all those who are SANCTIFIED [that is, among those who are SET APART for God’s purpose—all believers]” Acts 20:32/Amplified. 

“EVERYONE WHO believes (adheres to, trusts, and relies on the fact) that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a born-again child of God; and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one BORN of Him (His offspring). 2 By this we come to know (recognize and understand) that we love the children of God: when we LOVE God and obey His commands (orders, charges)– [when we keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and His teaching]. 3 For the [true] love of God is this: that we do His commands [keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and teaching]. And these orders of His are not irksome [burdensome, oppressive, or grievous]” 1 John 5:1-3/Amplified Classic Edition.  

“If you abide in Me, and My WORDS abide in you, you will ASK what you DESIRE, and it shall be DONE for you. 8 By this My Father is GLORIFIED, that you bear MUCH FRUIT; so you will be My disciples. 9 “As the Father LOVED Me, I also have LOVED you; abide in My LOVE. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My LOVE, just as I have kept My Father’s COMMANDMENTS and ABIDE in His LOVE” John 15:7-10/NKJV. 

Love is an essence to SERVE others by, in the kingdom CAUSE of God. And God only cause all things to work out for the good of those that loves Him and embraces the kingdom PURPOSE of His assignments to them. There are many out there, who wants just God’s BLESSEDNESS in their lives but are unprepared for the kingdom cause and purpose of God. It’s impossible to take God’s love out of His purpose. It’s like cutting off your nose to spite your face. 

God in His nature of love, implants His purpose to work together for the good of all who embraces the spirit of services through love. For the Faith to please God only operates through love. So, to render to God an acceptable service, and a worthy worship, love must be defacto and the process essence to execute under God’s name and person. Hence, in this December and in this Christmas, ensure and assure God’s love, in all manners of services of your efforts, to be divinely accepted as scripturally written: 

“And we know [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] CAUSES ALL THINGS to work together [as a plan] for good for those who LOVE God, to those who are called according to His PLAN and PURPOSE” Romans 8:28/Amplified. 

“For [if we are] in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but only FAITH ACTIVATED and EXPRESSED and working THROUGH LOVE . . . 13 For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your FREEDOM become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but THROUGH LOVE SERVE and seek the best for one another” Galatians 5:6, 13/Amplified. 

There are secret places and secret things in this world and about the way to live and do life in order to be an overcomer, be triumphant and more than conqueror in 24/7, over this world systems. And it’s only the creator God, that holds the answers to the human questions in the palm of His hands. That’s why no matter all man has achieved in humanity, the insatiable search to get an answer to the questions that had risen out of what man has created remains an illusion no matter the human investments and bodies created to find answers. And it’s because man’s eternal spirited hearts can’t fathom God by its limited wisdom and its eternal spirit quest, it’s only answerable to God and not to man or human creations by the limited wisdom in comparison to the infinite wisdom of the eternal God of love. 

“He has made EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUl in its time. He also has planted ETERNITY in MEN’S HEARTS and MINDS [a DIVINELY IMPLANTED SENSE of a PURPOSE working through the ages which NOTHING under the sun but God ALONE can satisfy], yet so that men CANNOT find out what God has done from the beginning to the end” Ecclesiastes 3:11/Amplified Classic Edition. 

And God has severally by the Scriptures given out His intents to reveal to us His secrets to His children [Amos 3:7; Deuteronomy 29:29; Psalms 25:14; 1 Corinthians 2:9-10]. He knows it’s by that extraordinary and supernaturally means that His children can be distinguished from others in the world. And this enormous secrets places and secret things of God is only REVEALED to those who walk according to the cause of love in Him in them – meaning, those who are willing and ready to do life and live godly lives through love, without buts, ifs, or terms and conditions. God lives and breathes through love, as a nature and as a person. And only let out His secret of eternal realms of love, to those led by the Holy Spirit, who ensures love in the process of doing life and living godly in His grace. That’s what defines the process in the realms of revelation as it’s written: 

“But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has PREPARED for those who LOVE Him.” 10 But God has REVEALED [UNVEILED] them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit SEARCHES all things, yes, the DEEP things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10/NKJV [Isaiah 64:4; Isaiah 65:17]. 

“The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning” Psalms 25:14/Amplified Classic Edition [John 7:17; John 15:15; Deuteronomy 29:29; Amos 3:7]. 

God gave us a new commandment that’s built on love in Christ Jesus. Hence, in this December and in this Christmas and always, God earnest desires and expectations, is for you to do life and live godly with others through the mirror of love irrespective of whatever. That is the bedrock and hallmark of His commands, and His commands in His commandments are not advice, but a life to be lived in love, intentionally and pragmatically, as a mark of obedience to Him. 

For all the law given in the Old creation Testament is summed up in the New creation Testament in four letters: L-O-V-E. The essence of the New commandments for The New Creation in Christ Jesus is all spelled out in love. The New Creation needs to abide in God’s word in love and abound in love in order to actualise and authenticate the loving friendship of God’s love towards us, as demonstrated in Christ Jesus, just like Father Abraham. 

“As the Father LOVED Me, I also have LOVED you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My LOVE, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My JOY may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. 12 This is My COMMANDMENT, that you LOVE one another as I have loved you. [13] GREATER LOVE has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 14 You are MY FRIENDS if you do whatever I COMMAND you” John 15:9-14/NKJV. 

“And [so] the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) God, and this was accounted to him as righteousness (as conformity to God’s will in thought and deed), and he was called God’s friend” James 2:23/Amplified Classic Edition [Genesis 15:6; 2 Chronicles 20:7; Isaiah 41:8]. 

“For Christ is the END of the LAW [it leads to Him, and its PURPOSE is FULFILLED in Him], for [granting] RIGHTEOUSNESS to everyone who BELIEVES [in Him as Savior]” Romans 10:4/Amplified. 

God expectations of the believing one of God that has become a New creation, is to be a carrier of God’s DNA of love. It does mean we are expected to love irrespectively and without sentiments, prejudice, and dissimulation. And the idea of NOT LOVING any, makes one a murderer in God’s love definition – for it was while we were yet sinners, that Christ Jesus expressed His love for us unto death [Romans 5:8]. The Scriptures say that even harbouring thought of evil and hatred constitutes being a murderer in the sight of God, who is love. Hence, God expects us as His children with His nature to go about expressing His love nature. Just as a Lion does not give birth to a Goat, why should a born-again child of God live a life that is less than the characteristics of Gods nature of love, that’s lavishly poured and given to them by the seal of the indwelling Holy Spirit within [Romans 5:5]. Hence, in this December, and in this Christmas, take a pure heart to intentionally and pragmatically look through the scriptures in love, as a mirror to ensure love as written: 

“In this the CHILDREN of God and the CHILDREN of the devil are MANIFEST: Whoever DOES NOT PRACTICE RIGHTEOUSNESS is not of God, nor is he who DOES NOT LOVE his brother. 11 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should LOVE one another, 12 not as Cain who was of the WICKED one and MURDERED his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were EVIL and his brothers RIGHTEOUS. 

14 We know that we have PASSED FROM DEATH TO LIFE, because we LOVE the brethren. He who DOES NOT LOVE his brother ABIDES in death. 15 Whoever HATES his brother is a MURDERER, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him” 1 John 3:10-16. 

“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever murders shall be guilty before the court.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice against him shall be guilty before the court; and whoever speaks [contemptuously and insultingly] to his brother, ‘Raca (You empty-headed idiot)!’ shall be guilty before the supreme court (Sanhedrin); and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fiery hell. 23 So if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and while there you remember that your brother has something [such as a grievance or legitimate complaint] against you, 24 leave your offering there at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother and then come and present your offering. 25. Come to terms quickly [at the earliest opportunity] with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way [to court], so that your opponent does not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you are thrown into prison. 26 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid the last cent” Matthew 5:21-26/Amplified. [Luke 12:58, 59]; [Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17; 16:18]. 

The highest, hallmark and earnest PRAYERS of every Believers of God, wanting to know God and fulfil His purpose, is to KNOW THE LOVE of God in Christ Jesus, in its WIDTH and LENGTH and DEPTH and HEIGHT. And our God had MADE it possible to us, by the indwelling Holy Spirit that’s given to us. And the Holy Spirit’s presence is to help and enable us to express the eternal-like, divine-like and God-like kind of love that He has lavished and poured into us as His new creation breed. The love of God, that surpasses and transcends the human five senses sensual knowledge and self-made love, that ruins and is ruining the human dignity and persons because of its selfishness and self-centered content and the act of the respects of persons for gains as expressed through sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation. There’s the need to endeavour to know the love of God and own it to do life and live godly in the grace. 

“. . . 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being ROOTED and GROUNDED in LOVE, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the WIDTH and LENGTH and DEPTH and HEIGHT— 19 to KNOW THE LOVE OF CHRIST which PASSES knowledge; that you may be FILLED with all the FULLNESS of God . . .” Ephesians 3:14-20/NKJV. 

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the LOVE of God has been POURED [LAVISHED] out in our HEARTS [HUMAN SPIRIT] by the Holy Spirit who was GIVEN to us” Romans 5:5/NKJV [Emphasis Mine]. 

Therefore, in this December and in this Christmas, as said that This DAY – being TODAY, let EMMANUEL, The God With Us, who is JESUS THE CHRIST, be BORN – IN YOUR HEARTS. For upon this phrase, in terms that the Month DECEMBER 2025 is Themed: 

JESUS CHRIST OUR EMMANUEL! “Our Saviour and the God With Us” – who is now in us and for us, thus signifies God dwelling [or comes to dwell] with humanity – thereby creates a new passage for a new kind of RELATIONSHIP between us and Him. We lost this FELLOWSHIP in the garden of Eden by Adam; but God in His LOVE at the Birth of JESUS The Christ, RESTORED this awesome FELLOWSHIP to enhance our RELATIONSHIP In Him, in the CAUSE of His REDEMPTION for us in Christ Jesus stead. And because He’s in us by love, and we live to love Him, we’ve become more than conquerors under His love, and nothing can separate us in His love. 

“Who shall separate us from THE LOVE OF CHRIST? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS through him that LOVED us. 38 For I am PERSUADED, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from THE LOVE OF GOD, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” Romans 8:35-39. 

God in humanity is JESUS in name; while CHRIST depicts Him as – the Messiah, the Saviour, the Redeemer and the Holy one of Israel, for His cause on earth for human redemption. We’ve been called into this FELLOWSHIP built and govern by love, that we might enjoy God and the heavens on earth again, so we can say that as He is, so are we in this world and can joyfully ask of His will in our domain on this side of heaven call the earth as it’s written in the Holy Writ of 1 John 4:17, Matthew 6:10. This is the REASON then for the SEASON, the DECEMBER mood that comes along with CHRISTMAS which thus is: 

“The Yearly [Annual] COMMEMORATION And CELEBRATION of God’s LOVE In Christ Jesus And His REDEMPTION CAUSE On EARTH”  

For it’s as we EXPLORE this relationship and fellowship of JESUS The Christ, and as our God EMMANUEL, who is now here and living – IN us, FOR us and WITH us – that is when our PATH OF LIFE is ordered and we can then enjoy to the FULNESS the abounding PLEASURES of God in His grace and BLESSEDNESS forevermore. 

Today as in this Month DECEMBER that prelude the CHRISTMAS season, let us take advantage of the indwelling EMMANUEL – JESUS the Christ, the God with us, that’s born in our hearts to save us, and enjoy continuously, God’s presence in fellowship with us and in our path of life – to keep us thriving, blossoming and glowing with His pleasures in life and godliness. 

Therefore Today, THIS DAY, I pray that Emmanuel comes to be in your life, born in your heart in love this DECEMBER, in this season that preludes Christmas, in Jesus’ name, Amen! 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHT WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. 8 The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for GOD IS LOVE. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.] 9 By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath]. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us. 13 By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit. 14 We [who were with Him in person] have seen and testify [as eye-witnesses] that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. GOD IS LOVE, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. 17 In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love]. 19 We love, because He first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him” 1 John 4:7-21/Amplified. 

“For this is the message which you [believers] have heard from the beginning [of your relationship with Christ], that we should [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another; 12 and not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother [Abel]. And why did he murder him? Because Cain’s deeds were evil, and his brother’s were righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, believers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into Life, because we love the brothers and sisters. He who does not love remains in [spiritual] death. 15 Everyone who hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is [at heart] a murderer [by God’s standards]; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 By this we know [and have come to understand the depth and essence of His precious] love: that He [willingly] laid down His life for us [because He loved us]. And we ought to lay down our lives for the believers. 17 But whoever has the world’s goods (adequate resources), and sees his brother in need, but has no compassion for him, how does the love of God live in him? 18 Little children (believers, dear ones), let us not love [merely in theory] with word or with tongue [giving lip service to compassion], but in action and in truth [in practice and in sincerity, because practical acts of love are more than words]. 19 By this we will know [without any doubt] that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart and quiet our conscience before Him 20 whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands]. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not convict us [of guilt], we have confidence [complete assurance and boldness] before God; 22 and we receive from Him whatever we ask because we [carefully and consistently] keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight [habitually seeking to follow His plan for us]. 23 This is His commandment, that we believe [with personal faith and confident trust] in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and [that we unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, just as He commanded us. 24 The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift]” 1 John 3:11-24/Amplified. 

“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever murders shall be guilty before the court.’ 22 But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice against him shall be guilty before the court; and whoever speaks [contemptuously and insultingly] to his brother, ‘Raca (You empty-headed idiot)!’ shall be guilty before the supreme court (Sanhedrin); and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fiery hell. 23 So if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and while there you remember that your brother has something [such as a grievance or legitimate complaint] against you, 24 leave your offering there at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother, and then come and present your offering. 25. Come to terms quickly [at the earliest opportunity] with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way [to court], so that your opponent does not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you are thrown into prison. 26 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid the last cent” Matthew 5:21-26/Amplified. [Luke 12:58, 59]; [Ex 20:13; Deut 5:17; 16:18]. 

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

GOD IS LOVE 

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GOD IS LOVE: FIND YOUR STRENGTH IN HIS LOVE – AND YOU WILL BE ABOVE ONLY ALWAYS! 

Let God’s LOVE in His BLESSEDNESS define you in EVERYWAY in Christ Jesus stead. I pray you find utmost STRENGTH in God’s LOVE. Amen! 

It’s my earnest PRAYERS that . . . you may KNOW and UNDERSTAND the unlimited, unbiased, unconditional, unsentimental, not prejudicial, not dissimulation AGAPE LOVE of God that transcends and surpasses the limited human sense knowledge LOVE . . . that its embodiment is hypocrisy [prejudice, dissimulation, sentimental], racial, inferiority complexity and such like.  

And when you find your STRENGTH in God’s LOVE, you will be ABOVE ONLY ALWAYS, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“LET LOVE BE WITHOUT HYPOCRISY [SENTIMENTS, DISSIMULATION, PREJUDICE]. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. 10 Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another” Romans 12:9-10/Emphasis Mine. 

“. . . 17 May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be ROOTED DEEP IN LOVE and FOUNDED SECURELY ON LOVE, 18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, THE EXPERIENCE OF THAT LOVE] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it]; 19 [That you may really come] to KNOW [practically, through experience for yourselves] THE LOVE OF CHRIST, which FAR SURPASSES MERE KNOWLEDGE [without experience]; that you may be FILLED [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]! . . .” Ephesians 3:14-21/Amplified Classic Edition. 

“Beloved, let us [unselfishly] love and seek the best for one another, for LOVE is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. 8 The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for GOD IS LOVE. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.] 9 By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath]. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us. 13 By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit. 14 We [who were with Him in person] have seen and testify [as eye-witnesses] that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him. 17 In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love]. 19 We love, because He first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him” 1 John 4:7-21 (Amplified) 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THE LOVING OF GOD

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THE LOVING OF GOD: WILL CAUSE ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD AND PERSONAL REVELATION!

“And we know that ALL THINGS work together for good to them that LOVE God, to them who are the CALLED according to his PURPOSE” Romans 8:28.

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the HEART of man, the things which God hath PREPARED for them that LOVE him.  10 But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit SEARCHETH all things, yea, the DEEP things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10

Love is the working essence of all things for your good with God. If you want all things – good [good times] or bad [challenging and difficult times] – to work together for your good, then start loving God in spirit [in hearts hearts] and in truth [in His Word]. That’s the earnest way to offer to God worship that’s worthily and services that’s acceptably in the grace.

“The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit [hearts] and in truth [the word]” John 4:19-24/Emphasis Mine.

Loving God should be a deliberate and intentional conscious act from your hearts [human spirit] and not in your heads; and you need to know full well and with the understanding that God’s love is only poured or shared abundantly in human spirit [heart] by the Holy Spirit for a genuine expression of God’s love – Romans 5:5, 8. And the acknowledgement of the above stated knowing and understanding, will cause all things to work for your good, as you can only make meaningful worship of God from your hearts of love towards Him. That’s how God can cause you to live for purpose and reveal the you to you, for a meaningful and purposeful living and loving in the grace. For the Spirit of God gives man the breath of life and the understanding of life – Zoe, the eternal [eternity] being of man toward God in humanity.

“But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding” Job 32:8.

“The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life” Job 33:4.

Material instruments as Stethoscope, Scan devices, X-ray and such like more, may be useful in human endeavours, yet you can’t detect the human spirit, because the human spirit is eternal and not earthly [bodily] though it dwells in your body. Simply put, the spirit of a man is the candle or lamp of the Lord, searching and watching all the inner depths of his heart, hence only can by all means worship God. For the man in the human, is a spirit being [eternal], it has a soul [consciousness of the will and intuition and intellect] and lives in the body [flesh]. And only by God’s word in human spirit, can the tripartite [triune] being can be detected separately and together at the same time].

“The spirit of man is the candle [lamp] of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly [being]” Proverbs 20:27/Emphasis mine.

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” 1 Thessalonians 5:23.

“For the WORD of God is quick [alive], and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do” Hebrews 4:12-13/Emphasis mine..

For Faith pleases God and Faith only functions by Love, and when Faith towards God is essence by Love, you’ve gotten hold of God for the release of His blessings upon you. It’s by the faith that pleases God working through love, is the hallmark way to live beyond walls by God in spirit and truth. And the faith that overcomes and brings about victory and triumph in the grace becomes one’s reality’s in the grace in Christ Jesus stead.

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by [through] love” Galatians 5:6/Emphasis mine.

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” Hebrews 11:6.

“For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:4-5.

If you are desiring God’s BLESSEDNESS – just LOVE God; for ALL THINGS will work together for your GOODNESS, GRACIOUSNESS and GRACEFULNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

Beloved reader, I encourage you in the now and today, to start Loving God.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“And we know that ALL THINGS work together for good to them that LOVE God, to them who are the CALLED according to his PURPOSE.  29 For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he called, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he justified, them he also GLORIFIED .” Romans 8:28-30.

“For in Jesus Christ NEITHER circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; BUT FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE” Galatians 5:6.

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.  10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.  11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God . . .” 1 Corinthians 2:9-16.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

BEING DISCIPLINED THROUGH GOD’S MIRROR OF LOVE

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BEING DISCIPLINED THROUGH GOD’S MIRROR OF LOVE: IT’S GOD’S LOVE PACT FOR HIS REDEEMED CHILDREN!

“And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, do not DESPISE the CHASTENING of the Lord, Nor be DISCOURAGED when you are REBUKED by Him; 6 For whom the Lord LOVES He CHASTENS, And SCOURGES every son whom He RECEIVES. 7 If you endure CHASTENING, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not CHASTEN?” Hebrews 12:5-7.

God LOVES You – you must ENDURE His DISCIPLINES when it SHOWS up – it’s for your OWN good and goodness in Christ Jesus stead. For God only discipline those He loves to bring out the best out of them for their fruitful character and behaviour in the grace. Discipline is God’s way of pruning us to be fruitful inn His will and purpose.

“I am the true vine, and my father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that BEARETH NOT FRUIT HE TAKETH AWAY: and every branch that BEARETH FRUIT, he PURGETH it, that it may BRING FORTH MORE FRUIT. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing . . . 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye BEAR MUCH FRUIT; so shall ye be my disciples . . 16 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” John 15:1-16.

Living and walking in God’s love also connotes, endorses, embraces and embodies the act of being DISCIPLINED. Meaning God will discipline any of His REDEEMED children whom He loves, in order to bring out His very best in them and to give them the living worth they crave. This is part of the LOVE PACT of God.

The reason being that the redemptive LIBERTY, that is, the FREEDOM in Christ Jesus is not an OCCASION for one to live and walk in the flesh or sin, instead, it’s to LIVE and WALK in GOD’S LOVE. Simply put, there’s nothing like or as ‘it doesn’t matter what I do, as long as God loves me’. NO, it does matter, because those that God LOVES, He DISCIPLINE them, except they are bastards or illegitimate children, which you are not.

“If you endure CHASTENING, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not CHASTEN?  8 But if you are without CHASTENING, of which all have BECOME PARTAKERS, then you are ILLEGITIMATE and not sons” Hebrews 12:7-8.

It’s my earnest PRAYERS that you live within the LOVE of God in Christ Jesus stead; and for any reason that you detailed anyway, may you be able to take on the discipline of God without a fight, so that you can have the fulness of God that’s at work for your good in every way. 1 John 1:5-10.

God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in His love through discipline in the grace and faith our Saviour, Lord and King, Jesus Christ. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK . . .

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“For if we would JUDGE (EXAMINE) ourselves, we should not be JUDGED (EXAMINE). 32 But when we are JUDGED (EXAMINED), we are CHASTENED of the Lord, that we should not be CONDEMNED with the world” 1 Corinthians 11:31-32 (Emphasis Mine).

“For consider Him who ENDURED such HOSTILITY from sinners against Himself, lest you become WEARY and DISCOURAGED in your souls.  4 You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.  5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, do not DESPISE the CHASTENING of the Lord, Nor be DISCOURAGED when you are REBUKED by Him; 6 For whom the Lord LOVES He CHASTENS, And SCOURGES every son whom He RECEIVES. 7 If you endure CHASTENING, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not CHASTEN?  8 But if you are without CHASTENING, of which all have BECOME PARTAKERS, then you are ILLEGITIMATE and not sons.  9 Furthermore, we have had HUMAN fathers who CORRECTED us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more READILY be in SUBJECTION to the Father of spirits and live?  10 For they indeed for a few days CHASTENED us as seemed best to them, but He for our PROFIT, that we may be PARTAKERS of His holiness.  11 Now no CHASTENING seems to be JOYFUL for the present, but PAINFUL; nevertheless, afterward it yields the PEACEABLE fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it” Hebrews 12:3-11.

“STAND FAST therefore in the LIBERTY wherewith Christ hath MADE US FREE, and be not ENTANGLED again with the YOKE OF BONDAGE . . . For, brethren, ye have been called unto LIBERTY; only use not liberty for an OCCASION to the flesh, but by LOVE serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt LOVE thy neighbour as thyself. 15 But if ye BITE and DEVOUR one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. 16 This I say then, WALK in the Spirit, and ye shall not FULFIL the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law” Galatians 5:1, 13-18.

“This is the message [of God’s promised revelation] which we have heard from Him and now announce to you, that God is Light [He is holy, His message is truthful, He is perfect in righteousness], and in Him there is no darkness at all [no sin, no wickedness, no imperfection]. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness [of sin], we lie and do not practice the truth; 7 but if we [really] walk in the Light [that is, live each and every day in conformity with the precepts of God], as He Himself is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another [He with us, and we with Him], and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin [by erasing the stain of sin, keeping us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations]. 8 If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.] 9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just [true to His own nature and promises], and will forgive our sins and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose]. 10 If we say that we have not sinned [refusing to admit acts of sin], we make Him [out to be] a liar [by contradicting Him] and His word is not in us” 1 John 1:5-10 Amplified.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

GOD’S POWER AND GRACE THROUGH AGAPE LOVE

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GOD’S POWER AND GRACE THROUGH AGAPE LOVE: IT’S GOD’S VITALITY FOR ONE TO WIN AND TRIUMPH IN LIFE AND GODLY LIVING!

“And when they had PRAYED, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all FILLED with the Holy Ghost, and they spake THE WORD of God with BOLDNESS . . . 33 And with GREAT POWER gave the apostles WITNESS of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and GREAT GRACE was upon them all” Acts 4:31, 33.

God’s love – AGAPE, it’s the vitality you need to do life and live through any phase of human endeavours by FAITH. The reason being that the LOVE of God is SHED abundantly and lavishly spread abroad in our HEARTS [the human spirit]  by the Holy Ghost, and it’s not of our head else it’s PERVERSION; and God has COMMENDED His LOVE toward us in Christ Jesus, which is makes it awesome and graciously gracious.

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is SHED abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . .8 But God commendeth His LOVE toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:5, 8.

As you kick starts life demands today, being another opportunity to THRIVE and not SURVIVE, if you can start LOVING genuinely from the stagnation and famine that you’ve been in God’s AGAPE love, you can then experience the working POWER and GRACE of God that enhances your FAITH to win and triumph in life. For the POWER is too FUNCTION while the GRACE is to make you BECOME of God in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

Herein are some SCRIPTURAL VITALITY OF LOVE for your perusal. Meditate and be blessed:

 Love gives power of initiative, is a giver, sacrificial: John 3:16-17.

Love is the royal law for the redeemed who are a  royal priesthood – kings & priests unto God: James 2:8; Revelation 5:9-10; 1 Peter 2:5, 9.

Love works no ill to self or others and it’s the fulfilment of all God’s commands: ◦Romans 13:8, 10.

There is no hypocrisy or dissemination in love. It sees people through in life and not through people: Romans 12:9 –11; Philippians 2:3-4.

 There’s NO fear in love: 1 John 4:17–18.

Love is the greatest gift in ranking: 1 Corinthians 13:13.

Love is the end of all commandments and above all things: 1 Peter 4:7–9.

Love is the bond of perfection (maturity, completeness): Colossians 3:12–14.

Love is the excellent way to enhance and manifest the Ministerial  and Spiritual gifts; and Character (Fruit) gifts of the Holy Spirit: 1 Corinthians 12:7-11, 31 – 13:1-13; Ephesians 4:7-16; Galatians 5:13, 22-25.

Love restores the weak ones back to Faith not an accuser: Galatians 6:1; John 8:1-11; John 4.

Love is the most excellent way to excel and to have overflowing life: 1 Corinthians 12:31.

 Love is considerate: John 15:13.

Love is patient, kind, not boastful or arrogant, not selfish and keeps record of no wrong and more: 1 Corinthians 13.

Love forgives and does not offend: Psalm 119:165.

Love edifies – builds. 1 Corinthians 8:1–3.

Love overlooks a multitude of sins: Proverbs 10:12, 1 Peter 4:8, John 3:16.

Know full well that living in LOVE through the Holy Spirit of LOVE – makes all the difference in doing life and living godly in the grace.

Blessed regards in God’s BLESSEDNESS.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“For in Jesus Christ NEITHER circumcision AVAILETH any thing, NOR uncircumcision; BUT FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE . . . 13 For, brethren, ye have been CALLED unto liberty; only USE NOT LIBERTY for an occasion to the flesh, but by LOVE SERVE ONE ANOTHER” Galatians 5:6, 13.

“And hope maketh not ashamed; BECAUSE THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN OUR HEARTS BY THE HOLY GHOST which is given unto us . . . 8 But God COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US, in that, while we were YET SINNERS, Christ DIED for us” Romans 5:5, 8.

“Hereby PERCEIVE we the LOVE of God, because he LAID DOWN his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren” 1 John 3:16.

“He that LOVETH NOT KNOWETH NOT God; for GOD IS LOVE . . . 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. GOD IS LOVE; and he that DWELLETH in love DWELLETH in God, and God in him. 17 Herein is our LOVE MADE PERFECT, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is NO FEAR IN LOVE; but PERFECT LOVE casteth out fear: because FEAR HATH TORMENT. He that feareth is not MADE perfect in love” 1 John 4:8, 16-18.

Further Scriptural Reading Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-1

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

GENUINE LOVE

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GENUINE LOVE: KNOWS NO FEAR IN CHRIST JESUS!

“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for GOD IS LOVE. . . 16 And we have known and believed the LOVE that God hath to us. GOD IS LOVE; and he that dwelleth in LOVE dwelleth in God, and God in him” 1 John 4:8, 16.

God is Love. He is love in definition and the embodiment of love in nature and character. And genuine Love, which is intentional and unconditional, which is of God – KNOWS NO FEAR – for as God is in love in Christ Jesus – so ARE we and ought to be in love in His world and for this world as written:

“Herein is our LOVE made PERFECT (COMPLETE, WHOLE, MATURED), that we may have BOLDNESS in the day of judgment: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is no FEAR in LOVE; but PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR, because FEAR involves TORMENT. But he who FEARS has not been MADE PERFECT IN LOVE” 1 John 4:17-18/Emphasis Mine.

Love is gracious and nobody ever reject genuine love of God when it shows up. Not even the Devil if he has an opportunity to be shown which unfortunately it’s not available to him and his cohorts reach from the fall.

So, I asked – HAVE YOU BEEN SO DISAPPOINTED IN LOVE? ARE YOU NOW AFRAID OF LIVING AND WALKING IN LOVE? Whatever you feel or think shouldn’t be a reason not to walk and live in the love of God that’s intentional and unconditional, for GENUINE love which is of God in it’s of the human HEARTS [SPIRIT-BEING], and not in the human HEAD [FLESHLY-RULED or BODILY-RULED], it has characteristics of – fear, intimidation, timidity, cowardice, wickedness, evil and such like in it, except there’s PERVERSION. For its when PURPOSE of a thing is misappropriated that ABUSE and PERVERSION sets in. And that’s not enough to be afraid in living and walking in the genuine love of God in Christ Jesus stead.

The Genuine – LOVE OF GOD – is possible and alive and it’s here: it’s graciously and lavishly shared, abundantly poured and spread abroad in our HEARTS (SPIRIT-BEING) by the Holy Spirit that is given to us. For our salvation in redemption is born out of God’s LOVE in Christ Jesus, and it’s an irreversible default embedded as a DNA in us in becoming born of God in Christ Jesus. Amen.

“Such hope [in God’s promises] never disappoints us, because God’s LOVE has been abundantly POURED out within our HEARTS through the Holy Spirit who was given to us . . . 8 But God clearly shows and proves His own LOVE for us, by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:5, 8/Amplified.

The Perfect [complete, mature and wholesome] love, meaning, God’s genuine love [intentional and unconditional] will cast out the spirit of fear, cowardice and inferiority complex of all forms of perversion. God is love; He can’t offer or make you live and walk in fear when you are living and walking in His love. Where genuine love is, there’s a show up of God’s presence, and there is no room for lust or hate or selfishness or greed or any form of perversion that’s of fleshly ruled in any forms as to sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation.

JUST KNOW THIS – GENUINE LOVE OF GOD – KNOWS NO FEAR – FOR AS HE’S IN LOVE – SO ARE WE IN HIS WORLD OF LOVE, IN THIS WORLD.

Checklist yourself today, IF IN FEAR, CAST IT OUT in God’s love. And Be FREE and be BLESSED. Amen.

Blessed regards in the grace.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Herein is our love MADE PERFECT, that we may have BOLDNESS in the day of judgment: BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is no FEAR in LOVE; but perfect love casts out fear, because FEAR involves TORMENT. But he who FEARS has not been MADE PERFECT IN LOVE” 1 John 4:17-18.

“In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is no FEAR in love [dread does not exist]. But PERFECT (complete, full-grown) love drives out FEAR, because Fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is AFRAID [of God’s judgment] is not PERFECTED in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love]” 1 John 4:17-18 (Amplified).

“For God hath not GIVEN us the spirit of FEAR; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind” 2 Timothy 1:7.

“For God did not GIVE us a spirit of TIMIDITY or COWARDICE or FEAR, but [He has GIVEN us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control]” 2 Timothy 1:7 (Amplified).

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is SHED abroad in our HEARTS (SPIRIT MAN) by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us. 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his LOVE toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:5-8.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

THERE’S NO MORE STRUGGLING IN DEFINING LOVE

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THERE’S NO MORE STRUGGLING IN DEFINING LOVE: FOR GOD IS LOVE!

“Beloved, let us LOVE one another: for LOVE is of God; and every one that LOVETH is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that LOVETH not KNOWETH not God; FOR GOD IS LOVE . . . 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. GOD IS LOVE; and he that dwelleth in LOVE dwelleth in God, and God in HIM . . .” 1 John 4:7-21.

I am graciously and gracefully glad to remind you and inform you of our New Creation way of doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus stead. Amen – It’s the hallmark pathway called LOVE. And LOVE is the God’s beautiful gift, given to us all to share, to express life and to do life toward Him and toward mankind, without sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation – irrespective of gender, culture, status, colour, tongue and religion. For LOVING is giving and GIVING is of God – for God so LOVE that He GAVE. Love is of God. He who loves, knows God; God is the embodiment of LOVE. For LOVE is God personified in the grace. [1 John 4:8, 16 (1-21); 1 Corinthians 13:1-13].

Love also the most excellent way to covet and express spiritual gifts that gives the enabling to live and do life in everyway in Christ Jesus stead. Love is the only way to express God and His goodness to others and to yourself. And as gracious and graceful FAITH is in the EFFECTUAL WALK with God, it takes LOVE as the lubricant to make FAITH functional to ensure and assure of the fellowship with God and man – and to WORK and WALK in all likelihood of doing LIFE and GODLY LIVING.

“But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you A MORE EXCELLENT WAY” 1 Corinthians 12:31.

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE . . .13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by LOVE serve one another” Galatians 5:6, 13.

Are you for any reason struggling in defining the genuineness of this kind of God’s LOVE – I encourage you to  just have it settled now that – God Is LOVE. Meaning, God is the DEFINITION of Love, which is shed abroad in our hearts and thoughts by the blessed Holy Spirit of grace that is given to us as our enabler. Amen. [Galatians 5:6, 13; Romans 5:5, 8, 1 John 4:8, 16; 1 Corinthians 12:31].

May you live experiencing and expressing the blessed LOVE called AGAPE – God’s kind of LOVE. The unconditional LOVE that’s POWERED by the indwelling Holy Spirit. [Romans 5:5].

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Beloved, let us LOVE one another: for LOVE is of God; and every one that LOVETH is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that LOVETH not KNOWETH not God; FOR GOD IS LOVE . . . 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. GOD IS LOVE; and he that dwelleth in LOVE dwelleth in God, and God in HIM . . .” 1 John 4:7-21.

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I am nothing. 3 And though I BESTOW all my goods to FEED the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, it profits me nothing . . . 13 And now ABIDE faith, hope, LOVE, these three; BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE” 1 Corinthians13:1-13.

“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is shed abroad in our HEARTS by the Holy Ghost which is GIVEN unto us . . .8 But God commendeth his LOVE toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:5, 8.

“This is my commandment, That ye LOVE one another, as I have LOVED you. 13 Greater LOVE hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you” John 15:12-14.

“A NEW commandment I give unto you, That ye LOVE one another; as I have LOVED you, that ye also LOVE one another. 35 By this shall all men KNOW that ye ARE my DISCIPLES, if ye have LOVE one to another” John 13:34-35.

“For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but FAITH WHICH WORKETH BY LOVE . . .13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by LOVE serve one another” Galatians 5:6, 13.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

CHOSEN AS A SPECIAL PEOPLE

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CHOSEN AS A SPECIAL PEOPLE: IT’S ALL BECAUSE THE LORD LOVES YOU!

“. . . 4 just as [in His love] He CHOSE us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight. In LOVE 5 He PREDESTINED and LOVINGLY planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will . . . 11 In Him also we have RECEIVED an inheritance [a destiny—we were claimed by God as His own], having been PREDESTINED (CHOSEN, APPOINTED beforehand) according to the PURPOSE of Him who works everything in agreement with the COUNSEL and DESIGN of His will . . .” Ephesians 1:3-12 Amplified.

The knowing that God LOVES you and CHOSE you should propel you to have faith and be faithful in God. His love for you is irrelevant and irrespective of who you are, where you are, what you are in life prior and afterwards. He just LOVES you – for He CHOSE you for His PURPOSE and in His PURPOSE. Life is about living in the acknowledgement that God loves and loved me and have chosen me in spite of all things.

If you are wondering about Love, know full well that the Biblical definition of LOVE is – God, as it’s written – “FOR GOD IS LOVE” (1 John 4:8, 16). Therefore, let love be your propellant in the way you do and live life day to day in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

You are God’s CHOSEN – His LOVE made it possible. Keep GLOWING, REFRESHING and REJUVENATING in God’s LOVE. And when you know this love of God that surpasses and transcends human five senses comprehension, then you will experience the revelation of God by the Holy Spirit and equally fulfil purpose with ease as it’s written:

“And we KNOW [with great confidence] that God [who is deeply concerned about us] causes ALL THINGS TO WORK TOGETHER [as a plan] for GOOD for those who LOVE God, to those who are CALLED according to His PLAN and PURPOSE” Romans 8:28/AMP.

“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath PREPARED for them that LOVE Him. 10 But God hath REVEALED them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit SEARCHETH all things, yea, the DEEP things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10.

Life is WORTH living, and that’s when living in it – by LOVE both now and always in Christ Jesus stead. God loves you, you then go doing life by God’s love – for that’s who you ARE and have become of God in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK!

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“Beloved, let us [unselfishly] LOVE and seek the best for one another, for LOVE is from God; and everyone who LOVES [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience]. 8 The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], FOR GOD IS LOVE. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.] . . .16 We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the LOVE which God has for us. GOD IS LOVE, and the one who ABIDES IN LOVE abides in God, and God abides continually in him” 1 John 4:7-8, 16.

“Ye have not CHOSEN me, but I HAVE CHOSEN YOU, and ORDAINED (APPOINTED) 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” John 15:16 (Emphasis Mine).

“For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath CHOSEN thee to be a SPECIAL PEOPLE unto himself, ABOVE all people that are upon the face of the earth.  7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor CHOOSE you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:  8 BUT BECAUSE THE LORD LOVED YOU, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.  9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations” Deuteronomy 7:6-9.

“You [believers], like living stones, are [a]being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ . . . 9 But you are a CHOSEN race, a ROYAL priesthood, a CONSECRATED nation, a [SPECIAL] PEOPLE for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the EXCELLENCIES [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who CALLED you out of darkness into His marvelous light. 10 Once you were NOT a people [at all], but now you ARE God’s people; once you had NOT RECEIVED mercy, but now you have RECEIVED mercy” 1 Peter 2:5, 9-10 Amplified.


REV. CHUKIE MORSI

ETERNAL LIFE IS IN THE NOW

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ETERNAL LIFE IS IN THE NOW: BEGIN TO ENJOY YOUR MOMENT TO LIVE AGAIN – START TODAY, START NOW!
 
“And this is the record, that God HATH GIVEN to us ETERNAL LIFE, and THIS LIFE is in his Son. 12 He that HATH the Son hath LIFE; and he that HATH NOT the Son of God hath NOT LIFE” John 5:11-12.
 
You can enjoy God and His graciousness and gracefulness today and now, instead of waiting bye and bye as one without the hope, the love and the faith of God in this present age – world.
 
You don’t have to wait till you get to heaven to enjoy the fulness of God. Just login through Christ Jesus as your password by inclining into His presence, and enjoy His pleasure and leisure for evermore, instead of pressure and stress and complaining-hallelujah.
 
The possibility and gracious reason is that – Eternal Life with God is NOW and in the NOW and not tomorrow.
 
Knowing God and His Christ, unveils this awesome, admirable, colourful, thriving, and enviable communion and intimacy – a gracious fellowship that strengthens your relationship of being Born Again, Born Anew, Born From Above – meaning being a New Creation to be God’s ambassador and to express His righteousness in Christ Jesus. Amen – 2 Corinthians 5:17-21.
 
Therefore, stop PROCRASTINATING and START LIVING life in full NOW, being today, thereby making God’s will to be done in you life right now on earth, as it is, in Heaven. You can grasp and enjoy the holiness, righteousness, favour, grace, mercy, love, patience, forgiveness, peace, mercy and the much more of God, just as you can also enjoy His prosperity, healing & health and His abiding presence evermore.
 
For FAITH in God is in the NOW. God’s WORD is in the NOW. Therefore, FAITH in God, is FAITH in His WORD. Incline to God’s WORD by FAITH, to unveil His presence for your leisure and pleasure.
ETERNAL LIFE IS POSSIBLE – MAKE IT HAPPEN TO YOU TODAY – EVEN NOW
Eternal Life Is In The Now – Begin To Enjoy Your Moment To Live Again – Start TODAY, Start NOW! Start TODAY, Start Right NOW!!
 
SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.
 
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
 
“And this is LIFE ETERNAL, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent” John 17:3.
 
“Thou wilt shew me the PATH of life: in thy PRESENCE is FULNESS of joy; at thy right hand there are PLEASURES for evermore” Psalms 16:11.
 
“After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN” Matthew 6:9-10.
 
“God is FAITHFUL, by whom ye were CALLED unto the FELLOWSHIP of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9.
 
“And we KNOW that ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER for good to them that LOVE God, to them who are the CALLED according to his purpose” Romans 8:28.
 
“And we have KNOWN and BELIEVED the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17 Herein is our LOVE MADE PERFECT, that we may have BOLDNESS in the day of judgment: because AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. 18 There is no FEAR in LOVE; but PERFECT LOVE casteth out FEAR: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us” 1 John 4:16-19.
 
“For this is the LOVE of God, that we KEEP his COMMANDMENTS: and his COMMANDMENTS are not GRIEVOUS (BURDENSOME, TASKMASTER, IRKSOME). 4 For whatsoever is born of God OVERCOMETH the world: and this is the VICTORY that OVERCOMETH the world, even our FAITH. 5 Who is he that OVERCOMETH the world, but he that BELIEVETH that Jesus is the Son of God?” 1 John 5:3-5.
 
“NOW FAITH is the SUBSTANCE of things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders OBTAINED a good report. 3 Through FAITH we UNDERSTAND that the worlds were FRAMED by the WORD of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear . . .6 But WITHOUT FAITH it is IMPOSSIBLE to PLEASE him: for he that COMETH to God must BELIEVE that he is, and that he is a REWARDER of them that DILIGENTLY seek him” Hebrews 11:1-3, 6.
 
Further Scriptural Reading: Proverbs 4:18-23; Romans 10:8-10, 17.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS

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WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS: MADE POSSIBLE BY GOD’S LOVE THAT’S EMBEDDED IN US!
 
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that LOVE Him. 10 But God hath REVEALED them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10.
 
There’s the need today to go back to the faith-based basics principle of the kingdom of God for the NEW CREATION in Christ Jesus. This is important, in order to advance in God’s cause on earth and to enjoy His BLESSEDNESS. And this is good, especially in our path of doing life and living godly; otherwise, life MATTERS will be an ILLUSION, UNSTEADY and very much FRUSTRATING, even when we have concluded we ARE born of God in Christ Jesus stead.
 
And one aspect of the great basic principle of strength to being a MORE THAN CONQUERORS IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD, is we knowing we ARE what we ARE by God’s LOVE; and it’s in our LOVE for Him in His principled LOVE definition and not our made up definition – I mean His love and not in our self made love that’s built on sentiments, prejudice and dissimulation. For in God’s Love, His PURPOSE in us is fulfilled, complete, whole, matured and such like. Hence, there’s the need to stir up our innermost spirit being, as Apostle Paul instructed Timothy, in order to appropriate this basic principle, upon which WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS, in Christ Jesus stead, in Father God. Amen. 2 Timothy 1:6.
 
And herein ARE but not limited, of the basic principle to uphold of God’s LOVE for us, to have us MADE a MORE THAN CONQUERORS in Him, in Christ Jesus stead:
 
That all things will work together for the good of those who LOVE God in His LOVE for His PURPOSE. Romans 8:28.
 
And because of God’s LOVE that’s embedded in us to LOVE in His LOVE, we ARE enshrined as the CALLED, FOREKNOWN, JUSTIFIED, PREDESTINED, CONFORMED and GLORIFIED people of God, in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. Romans 5:5, 8; Romans 8:28-30.
 
And God REVEALS all things to them that LOVES Him in His LOVE by the Holy Spirit, which is given to us and embedded in us. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; Romans 5:5, 8; John 14:16-17.
 
And God only CHASTISES those He LOVES and cares about, in order to make them BECOME who they OUGHT to be in Him; otherwise one is a BASTARD and ILLEGITIMATE child in Him, if no chastisement in LOVE. Hebrews 12:5-11.
 
The LOVE of God in Christ Jesus, TRANSCENDS and SURPASSES the sense knowledge of limitations. Ephesians 3:17-20.
 
We are INSEPARABLE by God’s LOVE and we are persuaded by God’s LOVE. Romans 8:35-39.
 
We are FREE from CONDEMNATION by God’s LOVE. Romans 8:31-34; Romans 8:1-5, 6-17.
 
We ARE indeed a MORE THAN CONQUERORS through Him that LOVED us. Romans 8:37.
 
We ARE MADE to be a people that are CHARACTERISED by God’s LOVE in every way of doing life and living godly in Christ Jesus stead. 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 5:43-48.
 
The LOVE of God in Christ Jesus MADE us MORE THAN CONQUERORS over earthly elements of limitations that challenges our FAITH, that tends to SEPARATE us, CONDEMN us, in doing life and living godly in the world. Romans 8:35-39. Such elements but not limited are:
* Condemnation
* Tribulation
* Distress
* Persecution
* Famine
* Nakedness
* Peril
* Sword
* Death
* Life
* Angels
* Principalities
* Powers
* Things present
* Things to come
* Height
* Depth
* Any other creature
I PRAY that you give yourself to LOVE God by walking in His LOVE in Christ Jesus stead, as He has loved us, so that you can comprehend in fullness and totality His love, that TRANSCENDS and SURPASSED the SENSE Knowledge LOVE, that is only within the bonds of how and what you – feel, taste, hear, see and smell. Ephesians 3:17-19. 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; Romans 8:28.
 
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:
 
“And we know that ALL THINGS WORK together for GOOD to them that LOVE God, to them who are the CALLED according to HIS PURPOSE. 29 For whom he did FOREKNOW, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did PREDESTINATE, them he also CALLED: and whom he CALLED, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he JUSTIFIED, them he also GLORIFIED. 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be FOR us, who can be AGAINST us? 32 He that SPARED not his own Son, but DELIVERED him up for us all, how shall he not with him also FREELY give us ALL things? 33 Who shall LAY any thing to the CHARGE of God’s ELECT? It is God that JUSTIFIETH. 34 Who is he that CONDEMNETH? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is RISEN again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh INTERCESSION for us. 35 Who shall SEPARATE us from the LOVE of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS through him that LOVED us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to SEPARATE us from the LOVE of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” Romans 8:28-39.
 
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that LOVE him. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God” 1 Corinthians 2:9-10.
 
“So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love, 18 be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His LOVE [fully experiencing that amazing, endless love]; 19 and [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the LOVE of Christ which far SURPASSES [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself]” Ephesians 3:17-19 (Amplified).
 
“God is faithful, by whom ye were CALLED unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:9.
 
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that LOVE God, to them who are the CALLED according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did PREDESTINATE to be CONFORMED to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also CALLED: and whom he called, them he also JUSTIFIED: and whom he justified, them he also GLORIFIED” Romans 8:28-29
 
Further Scriptural Reading In Context: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; 1 John 2-5:3; Romans 12:9-21; Matthew 5:43-48.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI