TOPIC : ITS TIME FOR A NEW BEGINNING
THE FORCE OF LOVE .
TEXT 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-5
[1]IF I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God's love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
[2]And if I have prophetic powers (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God's love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody).
[3]Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned or in order that I may glory, but have not love (God's love in me), I gain nothing.
[4]Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
[5]It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
Yesterday, the whole world celebrated Valentine day.
A day set aside for the glorification and institutionalization of immorality.
A global day of lust that has gotten so many souls trapped in immorality and lost eternally to hell's consuming furnace.
The world does not have love and can not celebrate what it does not have.
Love is the first attribute of God.
The world does not know God, therefore it cannot know love.
The bible said in John 15 v 9-10 that , " As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love."
Satan is fighting vigorously to use this concept of Valentine to disfigure love (Agape).
How many called their parents to say to them , I love you"?
How many called their pastors to say "pastor, I love you"?
What manner of love is this valentine?
It is devilish,
It is not from above, it is from below.
It is the wisdom of this world that corrupts.
It is the spirit of Babylon that has enslaved many to Egypt.
To all members of my pastoral team and the Devotional, I want to say that I love you.
To my tireless wife and great helper Emem, I love you.
To all our readers, we love you.
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them devotionals)
For further reading,
Exodus 14,15. Luke17,18.
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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