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The title of today’s episode: HAPPY DAY OF LOVE

I want to say, Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone. This holiday was started by people wanting to honor a man named St. Valentine for his amazing show of love. I want to share with you the meaning of love.

Popular television and movies have shaped our idea of love. We grow up thinking it is a feeling of butterflies and suddenly the birds start singing. You see fireworks and are so full of joy that you think you may burst.

Real love is not fireworks but quiet times. The trips to the store for you when you are sick. The trips one takes even when they want to sleep because the one, they are with wants to go somewhere. True love is sitting quietly in your recliners reading quietly, just being together.

John 3:16 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.

Jesus is our example of what real love is the word is full of his love story to redeem something that is lost. Earlier this week I wrote about Hosea and how God used his marriage to teach him about God’s love for the people of Israel. We have all sinned against God and his laws, this is why Jesus came in the first place. He came to redeem us from the choices we made, a life of sin and rebellion.

Marketers would like to tell you that Valentines Day is about flowers, diamonds and candy. But real love is sharing Jesus to the world. We as Christian have been given the most amazing gift ever experienced by human beings. We understand a little bit about God’s love. Although I do not think that we will fully understand until we shake off this mortal body and are with Jesus in heaven. Then and only then will we be able to understand what a price he paid and will understand fully his love.

John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

When we are disobedient, we are not walking in the love of God. To say we are a Christian and not show it with our lives can cause those who are watching to justify their sin, by claiming to be as good as the Christian not fully walking in his commandment. That will not be an excuse on judgement day for them, but we need to not be stumbling blocks for those around us.

None of us are perfect me included. We need to strive to do the right thing in every situation. We want the love of God, the peace he gives to show in our lives.

Many think that charity is an organization that you donate money to that does things for the community.  But charity means Love. This word was adopted by organizations trying at one time to show God’s love and over time became a blanket word for any non-profit organization that supposedly does good.

We couldn’t talk about love without going to the love chapter I Cor 13

I Cor. 13 1-3 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling 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, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

We often feel like having faith is the greatest thing. But if we have faith that we can move mountains and do not have love we are nothing. We could give everything we have to the poor but if we are not walking in love it will be in vain. Because God is love, we have to strive to be full of His love toward mankind. It is a process of learning how to walk in love.

Verses 4 through seven explain in more detail what it means to walk in love.

I Cor. 13:4-7 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Love is longsuffering. That is interesting because long suffering is also a fruit of the spirit. As we grow on our journey, the more of the fruit of the spirit we will have in our lives. This fruit will show in our lives and so will God’s love.

Gal. 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Paul wrote about the fruit of the Spirit and he told us to put on the whole armor of God in Ephesians 6. Because you can do whatever you want to the outside, but if the fruit is not inside you will never be a warrior in God’s army. Now is a time of warfare with our enemy, so we have to be all we can be inside.

Love is not just a mushy feeling. It is an action word, we have to go and do the things God’s Spirit leads us to do, even if it is difficult. It is for a greater purpose.

Jesus has promised to never leave us, nor forsake us. He has promised he will protect us and provide for our needs. He is our healer and our deliverer. I cannot think of a better Valentine than him.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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