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The Daily Blueprint 2-14-07
What's love gotta do with it?
Part 3- Loving our enemies
Matthew 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
The call of Christ on our lives is one of love - God's love for us shown in HIS SON - the Son's love for God the Father by being obedient - and our love that goes back to Jesus for being our Savior - God loves us and He proved it and continues to time and time again- God loves and nothing can remove that love from us - since we have been loved -we are called to love others - and these others are not just the lovable - they are not just your family members- Jesus takes it so much further and is very radical when He says that we should love our enemies! This goes against every grain of our flesh - our flesh does not want to love those who wish us hard- this is a hard saying - one that we simply cannot do without JESUS - Its easy to love those who will love you back - but JESUS says for us to love even our enemies - in essence we once were enemies of God - and He had to send HIS SON to pay the price for ours sins - without this -we would be lost and without hope and would remain the enemies of God - I know its hard to love those who persecute you - but time and time again ive ready stories about people praying for their captures - and stories of guards coming to know CHRIST because of the willingness of those being capture and tortured never turning their back on JESUS and showing love even while being inflicted - Jesus says that HE first loves us so we must love others -and because JESUS died for us and given us all we need - we have no excuse not loving others -and this includeds our enemies -
On this Valentine's Day - love everyone - no matter what they do to you - this is not easy - no mark that - its impossible in our flesh -but when we live out of the Spirit we can do it by HIS power - amen! Lets love like JESUS - and those who hate us may come to know JESUS as LORD and SAVIOR like we do!
A SIDE NOTE:
IS THERE SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU DON'T LOVE? OUR HEARTS SHOULD BELONG TO JESUS AND JESUS LOVED US WHEN WE WERE HIS ENEMIES - SINCE HE FORGAVE US - WE SHOULD WANT TO FORGIVE OTHERS -LETS ALLOW GOD TO CRUCIFY OUR FLESH AND ITS DESIRES AND LIVE LIVES OF LOVE FOR EVERYONE!
What does love have to do with it? It was LOVE that motivated GOD to save us!
LIVIN IN THE WORD FOR WEDNESDAY 2-14-07
SINCE JESUS LOVES US WE SHOULD LOVE OUR ENEMIES!
What's love gotta do with it?
Part 3- Loving our enemies
Matthew 5:44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
The call of Christ on our lives is one of love - God's love for us shown in HIS SON - the Son's love for God the Father by being obedient - and our love that goes back to Jesus for being our Savior - God loves us and He proved it and continues to time and time again- God loves and nothing can remove that love from us - since we have been loved -we are called to love others - and these others are not just the lovable - they are not just your family members- Jesus takes it so much further and is very radical when He says that we should love our enemies! This goes against every grain of our flesh - our flesh does not want to love those who wish us hard- this is a hard saying - one that we simply cannot do without JESUS - Its easy to love those who will love you back - but JESUS says for us to love even our enemies - in essence we once were enemies of God - and He had to send HIS SON to pay the price for ours sins - without this -we would be lost and without hope and would remain the enemies of God - I know its hard to love those who persecute you - but time and time again ive ready stories about people praying for their captures - and stories of guards coming to know CHRIST because of the willingness of those being capture and tortured never turning their back on JESUS and showing love even while being inflicted - Jesus says that HE first loves us so we must love others -and because JESUS died for us and given us all we need - we have no excuse not loving others -and this includeds our enemies -
On this Valentine's Day - love everyone - no matter what they do to you - this is not easy - no mark that - its impossible in our flesh -but when we live out of the Spirit we can do it by HIS power - amen! Lets love like JESUS - and those who hate us may come to know JESUS as LORD and SAVIOR like we do!
A SIDE NOTE:
IS THERE SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU DON'T LOVE? OUR HEARTS SHOULD BELONG TO JESUS AND JESUS LOVED US WHEN WE WERE HIS ENEMIES - SINCE HE FORGAVE US - WE SHOULD WANT TO FORGIVE OTHERS -LETS ALLOW GOD TO CRUCIFY OUR FLESH AND ITS DESIRES AND LIVE LIVES OF LOVE FOR EVERYONE!
What does love have to do with it? It was LOVE that motivated GOD to save us!
LIVIN IN THE WORD FOR WEDNESDAY 2-14-07
SINCE JESUS LOVES US WE SHOULD LOVE OUR ENEMIES!
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