ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS

Wednesday October 2nd, 2024.

Topic : Manifesting The Love Of God.

Memory Verse : 1 John 4:8. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Bible Reading : 1 John 4:9-11 GNB. Key Verse : v9.

And God showed his love for us by sending his only Son into the world, so that we might have life through him. This is what love is: it is not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the means by which our sins are forgiven. Dear friends, if this is how God loved us, then we should love one another.

Elder John wrote about love more than anyone else in the new testament. He was taken very close to the heart of God by the revelations of Christ he had as an individual. He discussed the subject of love extensively because of it’s importance in the body of Christ as revealed to him. According to his work, all the commandments of God as given in the old testament can be summarised in our loving God as creator and king including our brothers or neighbours. ““Teacher,” he asked, “which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus answered, “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and the most important commandment. The second most important commandment is like it: ‘Love your neighbour as you love yourself.’” Matthew 22:36-39..

Love functions in two major dimensions. The first dimension of love is that of sacrifice. One easy way to identify love when it is a work is sacrifices. Starting with God whose nature is love, we see him demonstrating this love he has towards man in a lot of sacrifices. In Eden before the fall, he sacrificed his time to meet man physically, so that they can spend time in intimate fellowship. Even after the fall, he couldn’t give up on man because of the depth of his love towards mankind. He had to do the unusual to restore man back to himself in intimate fellowship. ““And just as Moses in the desert lifted up the brass replica of a snake on a pole for all the people to see and be healed, so the Son of Man is ready to be lifted up, so that those who truly believe in him will not perish but be given eternal life. For this is how much God loved the world—he gave his one and only, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in him will never perish but experience everlasting life.” John 3:14-16 TPT.

In like manner we as children of God cannot love just by words of mouth, but by also making sacrifices in our relationship with God and towatds our brethren or fellow human. That is how we live out the nature of God when it is at work in us.” “Suppose there are brothers or sisters who need clothes and don’t have enough to eat. What good is there in your saying to them, “God bless you! Keep warm and eat well!” — if you don’t give them the necessities of life?” James 2:15-16. Another important dimension of love is revealed in forgiveness. Don’t forget that as children we learn love from God himself. He manifested his love for us in these two ways, he gave us Jesus to die in our place and he forgives our sins when we believe in his son. We are to extend same forgiveness also to fellow men when they offend us. Many today have unanswered prayers because they have refused to forgive fellow men. “Forgive us the wrongs we have done, as we forgive the wrongs that others have done to us. “If you forgive others the wrongs they have done to you, your Father in heaven will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not be able forgive the wrongs you have done.” Matthew 6:12, 14-15..

Prayer :Thank you Father God for making me a product of love. Help me to love in practical terms just like yourself. I want to live all my days to love you and fellow men in Jesus precious name. . Amen 🙏🏿.

Yearly Bible Reading : John 21:15-25.

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