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SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE

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SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE: THE HALLMARK OF PERFECTING YOUR BEING IN JESUS! 

“. . . 15 But SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE [in all things—both our SPEECH and our LIVES expressing His truth], let us grow up in all things into Him [following His example] who is the Head—Christ. 16 From Him the whole body [the church, in all its various parts], joined and knitted firmly together by what every joint supplies, when each part is working properly, causes the body to grow and mature, building itself up in [UNSELFISH] LOVE” Ephesians 4:11-16/Amplified. 

BEING AUTHENTIC in doing life and living godly in the grace, is a hallmark to the call of grace upon every believer of God in Christ Jesus stead. And SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, is the earnest HALLMARK of perfecting our being and relationships towards God firstly and other fellow humans that we do life within our day-to-day earthly endeavours, in the grace in Christ Jesus. 

So, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE is not only by the living but in every medium of communication, be it by the: Spoken, Written, Audio, Video, Graphic and such like. It signals maturity in the grace and in the faith that one upholds the principle of being responsible, being accountable, being honest and of repentance to a fault. This hallmark indicates the status of a GENUINE person to take a stand in leadership. 

“Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]; 2 and WALK CONTINUALLY IN LOVE [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also LOVED you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance” Ephesians 5:1-2/Amplified. 

“Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]; 2 and WALK CONTINUALLY IN LOVE [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also LOVED you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance” Ephesians 5:1-2/Amplified. 

Speaking the TRUTH in love, gives the ability to return, apologise and undo the wrong with the good – hallmark of genuine path to being authentic and acceptable to all irrespective. 

The resolve to SPEAKING TRUTH IN LOVE – is the medicine that everyone wants but unwilling to swallow. Let’s bring it back and uphold it again in life and grace. To being honest to a fault is a pure medicine for leadership that indicates that repentance works for the good of all in the grace. Our redemption is as authentic as the blood that cleanses us when SPEAKING TRUTH IN LOVE is rooted and grounded in our walk and work with God, in the grace in Christ Jesus. Amen. 

“This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is LIGHT and in Him is NO DARKNESS AT ALL. 7 But if we WALK IN THE LIGHT as He is in the LIGHT, we have FELLOWSHIP with one another, and the BLOOD of Jesus Christ His Son CLEANSES us from ALL SIN. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we DECEIVE ourselves, and THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US. 9. If we confess our sins, He is FAITHFUL and JUST to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and HIS WORD IS NOT IN US” 1 John 1:5-10/NKJV. 

Endeavour to listen and learn of God in Christ Jesus, – that being humble and pure in whether you are in spiritual leadership or not – the TRUTH is your medicine – this is very important in our today and tomorrow good and goodness. Our redemption has no place for any that’s not SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE. 

Blessed regards. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“Therefore become imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]; 2 and WALK CONTINUALLY IN LOVE [that is, value one another—practice empathy and compassion, unselfishly seeking the best for others], just as Christ also LOVED you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God [slain for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance” Ephesians 5:1-2/Amplified. 

“. . . 15 But SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE [in all things—both our SPEECH and our LIVES expressing His truth], let us grow up in all things into Him [following His example] who is the Head—Christ. 16 From Him the whole body [the church, in all its various parts], joined and knitted firmly together by what every joint supplies, when each part is working properly, causes the body to grow and mature, building itself up in [UNSELFISH] LOVE” Ephesians 4:11-16/Amplified. 

“See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so, we are! For this reason, the world does not know us, because it did not know Him . . . 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. [Matt 5:21-23] 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 . . .” 1 John 3:1-24/Amplified. 

“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 . . . 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 4:17-21/Amplified. 

“This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is LIGHT and in Him is NO DARKNESS AT ALL. 7 But if we WALK IN THE LIGHT as He is in the LIGHT, we have FELLOWSHIP with one another, and the BLOOD of Jesus Christ His Son CLEANSES us from ALL SIN. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we DECEIVE ourselves, and THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US. 9. If we confess our sins, He is FAITHFUL and JUST to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and HIS WORD IS NOT IN US” 1 John 1:5-10/NKJV. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

 

YOUR PREPAREDNESS DEFINES YOUR CAPACITY TO LOVE 

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YOUR PREPAREDNESS DEFINES YOUR CAPACITY TO LOVE: BE INTENTIONAL TO LOVE BY GOD’S LOVE!  

“But in your hearts REVERE Christ as Lord. Always be PREPARED to give an ANSWER to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with GENTLENESS and RESPECT” 1 Peter 3:15/NIV. 

Imagine getting married and getting into a relationship of any kind without knowing of God’s Love in Christ Jesus stead for yourself. And if I may ask, how many scriptural faith-based books have you read for yourself in respect to knowledge and understanding of God’s LOVE to help you navigate any form of relationships you may want to embark upon or you are already involved with at this very moment. It’s high time we looked inward and took Biblical mirror to examine such relationships and see if they’re being built on God’s love. GOD CAN ONLY COMMEND WHAT HE COMMISSION [COMMAND] IN HIS LOVE. Hence there’s the need to LOVE the WORD of GOD through God’s love in the grace [1 John 5 :3]. And you can’t drink your own medicine of assumed love and ask God to take responsibility and accountability for your making and happening, without taking any sense of repentance and assurance by you, to address your state of being, and for you to move in an onward and upward trajectory in making an intentional decision to pursue God’s love definition for good and goodness in the grace. JUST THINK ABOUT IT NOW. 

“But you must continue in the things which you have LEARNED and been ASSURED of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the HOLY SCRIPTURES , which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All SCRIPTURE is given by INSPIRATION of God, and is PROFITABLE for DOCTRINE, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be COMPLETE, thoroughly EQUIPPED for every GOOD work” 2 Timothy 3:14-17. 

“But be DOERS of the WORD, and not HEARERS only, DECEIVING yourselves. [23] For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a MIRROR; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who LOOKS into the PERFECT law of LIBERTY and CONTINUES in it, and is not a FORGETFUL hearer but a DOER of the work, this one will be blessed6 in what he DOES” James 1:22-25/NKJV. 

Your Spiritual PREPAREDNESS to a divinely REVEALED cause is the principal path to enable you have an ANSWER to any QUEST you may want to embark upon in the journey of God’s love. And to help you navigate your relationship no matter what may, and the need to be intentional and armed gracious hearts as Jesus did as you don’t know what each day may bring and what each relationship may throw on you in respect: your spouse in marriage, family members, work colleagues, friends or strangers at work places of doing life and even in churches of worship and such like though not mentioned here. 

“And in the morning, LONG BEFORE DAYLIGHT, He got up and went out to a DESERTED [SOLITARY] place, and there He PRAYED “ Mark 1:35/Amplified Classic Edition. 

“So all bore WITNESS to Him, and MARVELED at the GRACIOUS WORDS which PROCEEDED out of His MOUTH. And they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?” Luke 4:22. 

For being informed is to help you make your own informed decisions without sentiment, prejudice and dissimulation. Be PREPARED to be intentional to SEARCH and STUDY the SCRIPTURES as you do PRAYERS to energise and synergies your being in the grace. For God’s love is firstly godly, meaning it’s spiritual, that’s why it can’t be limited by any earthly factor. And God’s love is not limited by your geography and colour and religion. 

“John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 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 1:4-6 [Revelation 5:9-10; Galatians 3:26-29] 

“Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11. These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and SEARCHED the SCRIPTURES daily to find out whether these things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men” Acts 17:10-12. 

When God’s love is actively alive in you, know that you can’t just suddenly stop loving because of friction with whosoever, because God’s love makes all friction good, meaning makes all things to work together for good. If you’ve stopped loving for any reason, it means you never had God’s love as a DEFAULT in the first place. Do yourself a favour before you hurt someone else: take a hard look within and conduct a spiritual self-evaluation and examination – it’s worth it. You can make a fresh start today. 

“And we KNOW that ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD to those who LOVE God, to those who are the CALLED according to His PURPOSE” Romans 8:28/NKJV.  

You can’t offer what you don’t have, meaning what you have no knowledge and understand about; you will struggle to fully comprehend it to meet the quest of yours and other human hearts. If you lack the knowledge of God’s love in Christ Jesus stead, you will offer nothing, but derivatives love that’s built on the noise about you and you will be shallowed in your walk in God’s love in the grace. You need to crave earnestly to study to know the God kind of love that transcends and surpasses the five senses [see, hear, feel, smell and taste] definition of love. 

“That Christ may dwell in your HEARTS [SPIRIT-BEING] through faith; that you, being ROOTED and GROUNDED IN LOVE ve, 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 [TRANSCENDS, SURPASSES] KNOWLEDGE [HUMAN SENSES]; that you may be FILLED with all the FULLNESS of God” Ephesians 3 :17-19 NKJV.  

You need to study to know the love of God in Christ Jesus stead; and then in understanding the depth, the width, the height and breath, you can be grounded and rooted to do life and live godly in the grace by the Holy Spirit of love that’s given to us to explore and express God’s love intentionally. 

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

It is how much you are genuinely informed of God’s love that you can carry to fellowship and relate to others of your God’s love in Christ Jesus stead. 

Therefore I say TO you, get to KNOW, take time to own a study, then study to KNOW and UNDERSTAND on the materials available to YOU of love, through the Holy writ, otherwise the Holy Bible, in order to authenticate the truth of God’s love in Christ Jesus stead. You will be amazed how much you can literally know that will influence your perspective, context, concept and more, of God’s love embedded you in the grace when you approach the WORD in love as TRUTH. [1 John 5:3].  

For it’s the TRUTH that you know and understand of God’s love that sets you free and gives you the enabling to express the genuine LOVE thereabouts in life and grace [John 8:30-32; John 14:6]; know today that it’s not the religion you’ve imbibed or the culture and traditions you are exposed with or the environment or tongue or religiosity you’ve fallen to, that gives you the definition and true meaning of love. For God is LOVE, and there’s no controversy before or now or will ever be. Your opinion is irrelevant to who God is in the matter of love. [1 John 4:8, 16; 1 Timothy 3:16]. 

BE BLESSED in God’s BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen.  

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“STUDY and do your best to PRESENT yourself to God APPROVED, a workman [tested by trial] who has no reason to be ASHAMED, ACCURATELY handling and SKILLFULLY teaching the WORD of TRUTH” 2 Timothy 2:15/Amplified Classic Edition.  

“The horse is PREPARED for the day of battle, But DELIVERANCE and VICTORY belong to the Lord” Proverbs 21:31/Amplified. 

“The PREPARATIONS of the heart belong to man, But the ANSWER of the tongue is from the Lord. 2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the spirits. 3. COMMIT your works to the Lord, And your THOUGHTS will be ESTABLISHED …. 9 A man’s heart PLANS his way, But the Lord DIRECTS [ESTABLISHES] his STEPS” Proverbs 16:1-2, 9/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. 

“For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is NEITHER Jew nor Greek, there is NEITHER slave nor free, there is NEITHER male nor female; for you are all ONE in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and HEIRS according to the PROMISE” Galatians 3:26-29. 

“And without CONTROVERSY great is the mystery of godliness: God was MANIFESTED in the flesh, JUSTIFIED in the Spirit, Seen by angels, PREACHED among the Gentiles, BELIEVED on in the world, RECEIVED up in glory” 1 Timothy 3:16. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

GOD’S LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD 

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GOD’S LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD: THE MOMENT-DRIVEN LOVE-BASED Vs THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN LOVE-BASED PERSONALITIES! 

“Now before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that His hour had come [and it was time] for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. Having [greatly] LOVED His OWN who were in the world, He LOVED them [and CONTINUOUSLY LOVES them with His PERFECT LOVE] to the END (eternally) . . . 34 I am giving you a NEW COMMANDMENT, that you LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Just as I have LOVED you, so you too are to LOVE one another. 35. By this everyone will know that you ARE My DISCIPLES, if you have LOVE and UNSELFISH concern for one another” John 13:1, 34-35/Amplified. 

We live today in a world where LOVE is tested daily, and people are becoming impatient with each other in many aspects of life and respect. Every relationship is being tested daily by the circumstances of life, and many in some cases can’t even give a chance for the other to process or let even process refine, refresh, rejuvenate and rekindle that relationship; it’s so bad in some cases that what they once believed and trusted to becoming that was substantial for greatness and goodness and happiness, is now let into the dish without a sense of remorse. 

You can x-ray and see pains and hurts in business partnership or marital relationship or even friendship, that lots of once a love integration are falling apart in such measures that the level of hatred, anger, wrath, bitterness and such like that’s been exhibited and following the fallout will make you wonder if there was  anything worthwhile at all in the beginning. But when you dissect and spiritually x-ray by the word through the Holy Spirit, you notice gracious signals but because of the lack of understanding of purpose and process by either or both parties, it has given rise to bringing down the house, irrespective. 

And while the enemy and cohorts celebrate over the happened and happenings, the individuals are at depressed state of being, questioning the other person genuine faith and love instead of looking within the mirror of God’s Word and God’s love in Christ Jesus stead that ought to have helped them, but it wasn’t given the chance to make the respective become in their supposed becoming in the grace as set for them.  

“LOVE is to be SINCERE and ACTIVE [the real thing—without GUILE and HYPOCRISY (SENTIMENTS, DISSIMULATION)]. Hate what is evil [detest all ungodliness, do not tolerate wickedness]; hold on tightly to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another with [authentic] BROTHERLY affection [as members of one family], give preference to one another in honor; 11 never lagging behind in DILIGENCE; aglow in the Spirit, enthusiastically serving the Lord” Romans 12:9-11/Amplified. 

“The Moment-driven Love-based” personality is the one who is timed-based Believer’s in Christ Jesus; that’s the one that’s consumed to always have an immediate answer and nothing else. And when something isn’t working for their only desired immediate results, he/she will start looking for an alternative solution or escape route from the bonds that’s been established and requires a process to be matured for stability. As such one can’t build anything with such a person. Such a person hates process. Such person does not want to cultivate and wait for the results through preparation, tilling, cultivating, and harvesting. It’s all about immediate results and nothing else. Such a person is always in a haste and when there’s nothing for them at their desired moment, they will shut off the other and shut down whatever obligations they are committed to and break all rules to achieve their wants of trinity: I, ME, MYSELF only. 

“He who CULTIVATES his land will have plenty of bread, But he who follows worthless people and frivolous pursuits will have plenty of poverty. 20 A faithful (right-minded) man will abound with blessings, but he who HURRIES to be rich WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED [THE RESULT OF BREAKING THE LAW]. 21 To have regard for one person over another and to show favoritism is not good, because for a PIECE OF BREAD A MAN WILL TRANSGRESS. 22 He who has an EVIL and ENVIOUS eye HURRIES to be rich And does not know that poverty will come upon him” Proverbs 28:19-22/Amplified/Emphasis Mine. 

Unlike the “The Moment-driven Love-based” personality, “The Purpose-driven Love-based” personality is all out for longevity, willingness to walk and work through patience and give the processes time with all the needed environmental cultures to nature and nurture until the desired essence begins to materialise “The Purpose-driven Love-based” person will not get into short cuts or scam or fraud to get to the end results, because it’s intentional, pragmatic, resolved, knowing that to achieve that desired greatness and heights, it’s at a cost which is worthwhile the processing to get there. Such a Believer believed strongly that the PROCESS defines the outcome and not the outcome that defines its wholeness as the “The Moment-driven Love-based”. 

The Purpose-driven Love-based” personality it’s the act of faith standing in the grace, on the God’s love in Christ Jesus stead, as themed for Month February to be our onward and upward trajectory in the grace. For its written in the Holy writ, that at the fulness of God’s process timeline for human redemption, Christ Jesus came into reality to fulfill purpose accordingly. It wasn’t an automatic quick fix microwave making for our redemption to become a reality as written. For through faith and patience, built on diligence, that’s how a godly result for a lasting effect is made possible in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. And it’s now time to restructure your faith in God’s love in Christ Jesus to be “The Purpose-driven Love-based”. 

“. . . 4 but when the FULNESS OF THE TIME was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 to REDEEM them that were under the law, that we might Receive the adoption of sons” Galatians 4:1-55. 

“But, beloved, we are PERSUADED better things of you, and things that ACCOMPANY SALVATION, though we thus speak. 10 For God is not UNRIGHTEOUS [UNFAITHFUL, UNGRATEFUL] to forget your WORK and LABOUR OF LOVE, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 that ye be NOT SLOTHFUL, but followers of them who through FAITH and PATIENCE INHERIT the PROMISES” Hebrews 6:9-12. 

When you take time to read the book of Isaiah 9:6-7 and Isaiah 7:14, you will see and understand how God’s purpose and intent were planned for human redemption. His plan was for a Child to be BORN and to process that Child to become a Son, then to be GIVEN otherwise MADE ready, therein to die the sacrificial worthy death, that’s worthwhile for mankind redemption, in respects of the sin and sin effects. It took years of prophetic process for the Father’s LOVE for us to come to fruition, and yet it did, and today we celebrate daily His love that was at a cost.  

“For unto us a CHILD IS BORN, unto us A SON IS GIVEN: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7. Of the increase of his government and peace, there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this” Isaiah 9:6-7. 

“Therefore, the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a SON, and shall call his name Immanuel” Isaiah 7:14. 

“For God so LOVED the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” John 3:16-18. 

And God’s driven purposeful love is empowered by the Holy Spirit of love that’s given to us to do life and live godly in Him in Christ Jesus stead. This is to indicate that a believer in God in Christ Jesus is inexcusable for living and being a personality that’s Moment-driven Love-based in terms, instead of being a personality that’s Purpose-driven Love-based in terms as God did in Christ Jesus to extend His loving fellowship to us to enhance our relationship with Him. 

“If ye LOVE me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever; 17 even the Spirit of TRUTH; whom the WORLD CANNOT receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth WITH you, and shall be IN you” John 14:15-17. 

“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. 

“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. 

“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 1:11/Amplified. 

“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. 

Unfortunately today, in many acts of Marriages [marital relationships] or Business partnerships, Ministerial relationships and Other relationships of all sorts today, people are in real life confrontation and are cut ups with mixed partnerships, wherein one person comes into the marital/relationship by a “Moment-driven Love-based” terms while the other comes with a “Purpose-driven Love-based” concept. And in a twinkling of time, there’s already a dissolution, a very big rift and drift by one while the other is willing to patiently work things through the process in order to blend and together gets to the expected results; and while one is not prepared to give that relationship a chance to stand, the other is doing all possible means for them to weather through the challenges times in order to become the becoming in terms. And except there’s a mutual understanding, it becomes impossible to get a headway to achieve the God’s LOVE in Christ Jesus stead as it’s written: 

“Can TWO WALK TOGETHER, except they be AGREED? 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?” Amos 3:3-4. 

Beloved in Christ Jesus that’s desiring to live by God’s Love in Christ Jesus, it’s important today that you think through with your partner in any forms of relationships you are into or about to embark into, if the he/she is of a “Purpose-driven Love-based” personality or the he/she is of a “Moment-driven Love-based” personality in terms. The earlier you resolve, then you can begin to run in your set purpose in the grace, otherwise, not reading the handwriting on the wall with utmost knowledge and understanding before running, will give the room to failure on the long run and it’s side effects may be very difficult to bear along with in time. 

“I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the LORD answered me, and said, WRITE THE VISION, and MAKE IT PLAIN UPON TABLES, that HE MAY RUN THAT READETH IT. 3 For the VISION IS YET FOR AN APPOINTED TIME, but AT THE END IT SHALL SPEAK, and NOT LIE: THOUGH IT TARRY, WAIT FOR IT; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: BUT THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH” Habakkuk 2:1-4. 

Let God’s purpose driven love rule your being today by the Holy Spirit, so that you can become, and in becoming you can be fulfilled in doing life and living godly in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

Be a Purpose-driven, Love-based Believer, in Christ Jesus, no matter the process to becoming, for therein you can receive the blessedness of God in grace and be fulfilled in life and godly living. 

Be blessed in the grace. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“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/NKJV. 

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the LOVE of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us . . . 8 But God demonstrates His own LOVE toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:5, 8/NKJV.  

“John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the FIRSTBORN on 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 1:4-6. 

“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 3:17-19/NKJV. 

“A new commandment I give to you, that you LOVE one another; as I have LOVED you, that you also LOVE one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have LOVE for one another” John 13:34-35. 

“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 LOVES 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. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you LOVE one another” John 15:9-17. 

“Let LOVE be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly LOVE; in honour preferring one another” Romans 12:9-10. 

“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/NKJV. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

AFD FEBRUARY 2026

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WELCOME TO MONTH FEBRUARY 2026: MONTH ENTITLED “ENACTING ‘GOD’S LOVE’ IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD!” 

“. . . 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 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 [TRANSCENDS, SURPASS] KNOWLEDGE [SENSE KNOWLEDGE]; that you may be filled with all the FULLNESS of God . . .” Ephesians 3:14-21. 

I specially welcome you to the second month of the Julian and Gregorian calendar in the year of the Lord, Year 2026, which is month February. And the Month is entitled: Month of “ENACTING ‘GOD’S LOVE’ IN CHRIST JESUS STEAD!” 

My earnest PRAYERS is that, through the avenue of teaching God’s given Word, He will grant me the privilege of bringing you to His way, that you may KNOW the why and the how to ENACT the God’s LOVE in Christ Jesus’ stead, as you live out your life and walk godly in His grace.  

For to ENACT means to activate and reinforce something already there, in existence into operation. Meaning awakening what it’s potential into a kinetic motion. It’s about turning our given endowments into reality, either through set scriptural authority as done for us in the grace. To enact is to act out, otherwise to cause to actualise or represent and bring about in every situation or event, that endowment that’s done in us into reality. And in this context, it’s the LOVE default DNA of God in us, to make it become tangible and our reality in our doing life and living godly in the grace in Christ Jesus stead. 

The God’s love in Christ Jesus stead, is the MORE EXCELLENT WAY to do life and live godly in the grace to meaningfully fulfil purpose.  

“But EARNESTLY DESIRE and ZEALOUSLY CULTIVATE the GREATEST and BEST GIFTS and GRACES (the higher gifts and the choicest graces). And yet I will show you a still MORE EXCELLENT WAY [one that is BETTER by far and the HIGHEST of them all–LOVE]” 1 Corinthians 12:31/Amplified Classic Edition. 

Herein are few reasons why LOVE is the better and highest and excellent way but not limited in doing life and living godly in the grace: 

  • The Excellent way because it’s of the Holy Spirit. Romans 5:5, 8; John 14:15-17. 
  • The excellent way because it’s the lubricant for the Faith that pleases God to overcome the system which the world functions through. Hebrews 11:6; Galatians 5:6; 1 John 5:4-5.  
  • The excellent way because it’s the only way to serve God acceptably and worship Him worthily and one another in the Kingdom. Galatians 5:13; Philippians 3:3; John 4:19-24. 
  • The excellent way to be accorded as Christ Jesus disciple [follower and ambassador]. John 13:1, 34-35.  
  • The excellent way to express spiritual gifts: in character and charisma. 1 Corinthians 13:1-4; Galatians 5:22-25; Ephesians 4:11-16. 
  • The excellent way to receive revelation into God’s Plan, Purpose and Pursuit – 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; Romans 8:28-30; Ephesians 1:10-12. 
  • The excellent way to enact the redemption cause of God’s Word in loving back in His own measure. Revelation 1:4-6; John 15:9-17. 

I pray that you may KNOW THE LOVE of God in Christ Jesus stead, in order to do life and live godly in excellent way, to the end, you might experience the FULNESS of God by the Holy Spirit of love that dwells in you. 

Blessed regards in God’s grace and BLESSEDNESS in Christ Jesus stead. Amen. 

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT: 

“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/NKJV. 

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the LOVE of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us . . . 8 But God demonstrates His own LOVE toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” Romans 5:5, 8/NKJV.  

“John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5 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 1:4-6. 

“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 3:17-19/NKJV. 

“A new commandment I give to you, that you LOVE one another; as I have LOVED you, that you also LOVE one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have LOVE for one another” John 13:34-35. 

“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. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you LOVE one another” John 15:9-17. 

“Let LOVE be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10. Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly LOVE; in honour preferring one another” Romans 12:9-10. 

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for GOD IS LOVE. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, 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 for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to LOVE one another . . . 16 And we have known and believed the LOVE that God has for us. GOD IS LOVE, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him” 1 John 4:7-21/NKJV 

“Behold what MANNER OF LOVE the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore, the world does not know us, because it did not know Him” 1 John 3:1. 

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

“Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been POURED out in our HEARTS by the Holy Spirit who was GIVEN to us” Romans 5:5. 

“Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God” Romans 8:26-27. 

“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/NKJV. 

REV. CHUKIE MORSI

LOVING IS LIVING

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LOVING IS LIVING: DIVINE LOVE – GIVES A MORE EXCELLENT WAY!

“But covet EARNESTLY the BEST gifts: and yet shew I unto you A MORE EXCELLENT WAY . . .” 1 Corinthians 12:31 – 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.

Stop struggling to love. You are not born of God to SURVIVE or be a SURVIVAL in love. You are born of God to THRIVE, BLOSSOM and COLOUR your worlds of doing life and living godly in love. We are born of God in Christ Jesus by the WORD, to radiate His LOVE that He lavishly shared and poured into our hearts – the human spirit, by the Holy Spirit that dwells in us. For GOD IS LOVE and as such, LOVE is of God. And LOVING is LIVING.

“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” Romans 5:5.

“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 4:8, 16/Amplified.

The most excellent way to enjoy and express God’s love, is the resolve to be the love GIVER  than to DEMAND for love. Genuine LOVE GIVES, it doesn’t DEMANDS, and what makes a unique or the unique difference between anyone is this knowing and understanding – IT’S MORE BLESSED TO GIVE [LOVE] THAN TO RECEIVE [LOVE] – that’s why our God it’s an outstanding in all His ways – ever loving even when He’s unloved and unaccepted. CAN’T YOU LIVE IN SAME LIKE SPHERE AS HIS OWN IN CHRIST JESUS? [Romans 5:5, 8; Acts 20:35; Ephesians 3:17-19; John 13:34-35; John 15:9-16; 1 John 3:11-24; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Peter 4:8]. For God so LOVE, He GAVE love without prejudice, sentiments and dissimulation in Christ Jesus – [John 3:16; Romans 12:9].

And until you resolve to be the love GIVER, rather than the one that DEMANDS for love, you will struggle to express love in an EXCELLENT way. And the EXCELLENT way of genuine living is emboldened in DIVINE LOVE. And it’s WORTH, SURPASSES and TRANSCENDS way beyond all human reasoning – SENSES – by what you do smell, see, taste, hear and feel/touch. [Ephesians 3:17-19].

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you A MORE EXCELLENT WAY . . .” 1 Corinthians 12:31 – 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.

“For God SO LOVED the world, that HE GAVE his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” John 3:16.

“I have SHEWED you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, it is MORE BLESSED to GIVE than to RECEIVE” Acts 20:35.

“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. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might LIVE through him . . . 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 4:7-21.

“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” Romans 5:5.

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may ABIDE WITH you for ever; 17 even the Spirit of truth; whom the world CANNOT receive, because it SEETH him not, neither KNOWETH him: but ye KNOW him; for he dwelleth WITH you, and shall be IN you” John 14:16-17.

“Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having LOVED his own which were in the world, he LOVED them unto the end . . . 34 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 13:1, 34-35.

“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.

“LET LOVE BE WITHOUT DISSIMULATION. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with BROTHERLY LOVE; in honour preferring one another . . . 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” Romans 12:9-21 [Proverbs 25:21-22; Matthew 5:38-48].

“Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath LOVED me, so have I LOVED you: CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall ABIDE IN MY LOVE; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and ABIDE IN HIS LOVE. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 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. 15 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. 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 15:8-16.

Further Scriptural Reading Text: 1 John 3:11-24; 1 John 5:1-5.


REV. CHUKIE MORSI

LOVING IS LIVING: DIVINE LOVE

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LOVING IS LIVING: DIVINE LOVE – GIVES A MORE EXCELLENT WAY!

“But covet EARNESTLY the BEST gifts: and yet shew I unto you A MORE EXCELLENT WAY . . .” 1 Corinthians 12:31 – 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.

Stop struggling to love. You are not born of God to SURVIVE or be a SURVIVAL in love. You are born of God to THRIVE, BLOSSOM and COLOUR your worlds of doing life and living godly in love. We are born of God in Christ Jesus by the WORD, to radiate His LOVE that He lavishly shared and poured into our hearts – the human spirit, by the Holy Spirit that dwells in us. For GOD IS LOVE and as such, LOVE is of God. And LOVING is LIVING.

“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” Romans 5:5.

“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 4:8, 16/Amplified.

The most excellent way to enjoy and express God’s love, is the resolve to be the love GIVER  than to DEMAND for love. Genuine LOVE GIVES, it doesn’t DEMANDS, and what makes a unique or the unique difference between  anyone is this knowing and understanding – IT’S MORE BLESSED TO GIVE [LOVE] THAN TO RECEIVE [LOVE] – that’s why our God it’s an outstanding in all His ways – ever loving even when He’s unloved and unaccepted. CAN’T YOU LIVE IN SAME LIKE SPHERE AS HIS OWN IN CHRIST JESUS? [Romans 5:5, 8; Acts 20:35; Ephesians 3:17-19; John 13:34-35; John 15:9-16; 1 John 3:11-24; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Peter 4:8]. For God so LOVE, He GAVE love without prejudice, sentiments and dissimulation in Christ Jesus – [John 3:16; Romans 12:9].

And until you resolve to be the love GIVER, rather than the one that DEMANDS for love, you will struggle to express love in an EXCELLENT way. And the EXCELLENT way of genuine living is emboldened in DIVINE LOVE. And it’s WORTH, SURPASSES and TRANSCENDS way beyond all human reasoning – SENSES – by what you do smell, see, taste, hear and feel/touch. [Ephesians 3:17-19].

SELAH – PAUSE AND THINK.

SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING IN CONTEXT:

“But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you A MORE EXCELLENT WAY . . .” 1 Corinthians 12:31 – 1 Corinthians 13:1-13.

“For God SO LOVED the world, that HE GAVE his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” John 3:16.

“I have SHEWED you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is MORE BLESSED to GIVE than to RECEIVE” Acts 20:35.

“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. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might LIVE through him . . . 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 4:7-21.

“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” Romans 5:5.

“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may ABIDE WITH you for ever; 17 even the Spirit of truth; whom the world CANNOT receive, because it SEETH him not, neither KNOWETH him: but ye KNOW him; for he dwelleth WITH you, and shall be IN you” John 14:16-17.

“Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having LOVED his own which were in the world, he LOVED them unto the end . . . 34 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 13:1, 34-35.

“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.

“LET LOVE BE WITHOUT DISSIMULATION. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with BROTHERLY LOVE; in honour preferring one another . . . 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” Romans 12:9-21 [Proverbs 25:21-22; Matthew 5:38-48].

“Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. 9 As the Father hath LOVED me, so have I LOVED you: CONTINUE YE IN MY LOVE. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall ABIDE IN MY LOVE; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and ABIDE IN HIS LOVE. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. 12 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. 15 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. 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 15:8-16.

Further Scriptural Reading Text: 1 John 3:11-24; 1 John 5:1-5.

REV. CHUKIE MORSI