Love
I was just looking at the old entries in this prayer blog, and particularly at 20 Nov, at point no. 3, about spiritual gifts, and this thought just struck me about why love is the greatest, and that without love, in spite of all the spiritual manifestations and gifts that we may have, we are nothing. (1 Cor 13:1-3)
God may bless our ministry with many gifts, but if these gifts cause jealousy and envy and dissension, I would rather that we not have these gifts at all. If a church is overflowing with love, God is glorified.
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." John 13:34-35.
That is why, of hope, faith and love, love is the greatest. Even when a church is lacking in gifts, but overflowing with love, then 'all men will know that [they] are [Jesus'] disciples'. What greater testimony can a church have than that?
When a church has the blessings of spiritual gifts and love for God and one another, it is a church that radiates the glory of God.
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been bornof God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him.
This is love: not that we loved God, but He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us."
--1 John 4:7-12
...and please read on in your own bible...too much to type. =p
When the Magi from the East came looking for the baby in the manger, they did not come to worship a baby. They came to worship the King of Glory. Because Jesus, He is the King of Glory.
This Christmas, as we remember the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, let us not just think of a helpless babe, for as much as He was a helpless babe, He is also the King of Glory. Let us welcome the King of Glory into our hearts, everyday of our lives, so that He may enter in and do His transforming work in us! (Ps 24) Jesus is God's gift of love to us!
Hallelujah, hallelujah and AMEN!
blessed Christmas, all!
jiemin =)
God may bless our ministry with many gifts, but if these gifts cause jealousy and envy and dissension, I would rather that we not have these gifts at all. If a church is overflowing with love, God is glorified.
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." John 13:34-35.
That is why, of hope, faith and love, love is the greatest. Even when a church is lacking in gifts, but overflowing with love, then 'all men will know that [they] are [Jesus'] disciples'. What greater testimony can a church have than that?
When a church has the blessings of spiritual gifts and love for God and one another, it is a church that radiates the glory of God.
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been bornof God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him.
This is love: not that we loved God, but He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us."
--1 John 4:7-12
...and please read on in your own bible...too much to type. =p
When the Magi from the East came looking for the baby in the manger, they did not come to worship a baby. They came to worship the King of Glory. Because Jesus, He is the King of Glory.
This Christmas, as we remember the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, let us not just think of a helpless babe, for as much as He was a helpless babe, He is also the King of Glory. Let us welcome the King of Glory into our hearts, everyday of our lives, so that He may enter in and do His transforming work in us! (Ps 24) Jesus is God's gift of love to us!
Hallelujah, hallelujah and AMEN!
blessed Christmas, all!
jiemin =)
This prayer blog is started to help us in Wesley Youth Ministry have a collective journal of God's dealings with each and every one of us. In time to come this blog will be a testimony to God's faithfulness to YM, as we look back through the months and the years and see in hindsight how the Lord has been working in and through us.
If you feel that you have anything to contribute to the blog, to give thanks to God for answered prayer, to encourage the body of Christ, or share what God has been speaking to you through prayer and QT, please email your entry to jiemin11@singnet.com.sg and include your name as you would like it to appear on the blog.
God bless you!
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