Sunday, February 14, 2021

God is Love

Meditate on the love you have received from God.

We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world. Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. We love each other because he loved us first. If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters. 1 John 4:16-21

Perfect love…God’s love…casts out all fear. We don’t need to be afraid on the Day of Judgement. We have been promised eternal life through Jesus Christ our Savior.

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us. And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. 1 John 4:9-13 

Meditate on the love that has flowed through you to others from God. On this Valentine’s Day we all think of those we love…and those who love us. God’s love is in us by His grace…and flows through us to other…by His grace.

And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God's love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow--not even the powers of hell can separate us from God's love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39

Nothing can separate us from God’s love. Receive and share His love…today and always. The choice is for each of us. I choose love. To love God and to love others…just as He said.

Prayer ~ God, Thank You that nothing can separate us from Your love. You are Love. 

Verse of Salvation ~ He saved us from our enemies. His faithful love endures forever. Psalm 136:24

Happy Valentines’ Day!

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