Love is Everything

God requires of us to walk in all His ways

And to love Him.

The greatest commandment is to love,

To love God first and then others (Mark 12:29-31).

All love starts with God.

We love Him because He first loved us (1 john 4:19).

God chose to love us. 

We, in turn, are to love others, even strangers. 

Never expect to be loved in return.

Sometimes it doesn't happen.

Instead, people may revile and persecute you, 

And say all kinds of evil against you falsely 

For Christ's sake (Matt. 5:11-12).

Just love.

"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; 

And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love (1 John 4:7-8). 

Love is the fulfillment of the law,

The achievement of grace,

And the essence of eternity.

Love covers all.

Jesus Manifested In Us

Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, 

that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 

- 2 Corinthians 4:10 - 

 In our times of need, we saw Jesus in friends.

Sometimes others can see Him in us too.

Paul spoke of “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col. 1:27).

He confessed: “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20).

But Paul also understood that different circumstances can be opportunities for the life of Jesus to be manifested in our body (2 Cor. 4:10).

Let the indwelling Christ express His love through us by meeting other person’s needs.

Real love is helping others for Jesus’ sake even if they can never return the favor.