POWER & GRACE THROUGH AGAPE LOVE: God’s VITALITY For One To WIN & TRIUMPH In Life And Godly Living!
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 – the Love of God is SHED 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 – 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 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.
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!
SCRIPTURAL THOUGHTS WORTH PONDERING:
“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 13:1-13.
Rev Chukie MORSI
