Hello
Everyone,
For the
Spirit Filled saint love shines out of his eyes. It is on his face,
and it is in his actions.
Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the
sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds
of the body, you will live,
As this seed
from the Spirit of God germinates in the garden of my life it will begin
to thrive and mature.
Ripened fruit
will eventually emerge. In some lives this will produce fruit thirty, sixty,
and even a hundred times the amount originally planted.
Listen if a cluster
of grapes contains nine individual fruits, they will each be the same sort
of fruit, but some may be different in size, shape, and taste.
One grape in
the cluster may be fully ripened, full of sweet juice, pleasing
to the eye and good to the taste.
But in the
same cluster there may be several grapes that are not as ripe, green,
still sour or maybe even shrunken and shriveled.
Still they
are all the same grapes growing on a single stem from the same vine.
Same as in
our life with God, we may have a vine growing and all nine fruit
characteristics are present we see the life of the Spirit of God in us.
The
individual grape, of JOY maybe fully mature in our life, but at the same time
that of LOVE is sour, small, and green.
Thinking of
it in that light maybe it will keep this practical instead of theory
or theology are some kind of religious teaching that sounds good
but we never ripen.
1 Corinthians
13:1-8a
If
I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a
resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom
all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If
I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may
boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love
is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It
does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it
keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does
not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It
always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails.
The love of
God is essentially selflessness finding form in nine different facets.
Galatians
5:22-23 1
Corinthians 13:1-7
1. Love Does not seek
its own, is not selfish or self-centered.
2. Joy Love
does not rejoice in iniquity but rather rejoices in the truth.
3. Peace Love is not easily provoked, but is
serene and stable.
4. Longsuffering Love suffers long,
perseveres, and is patient.
5. Kindness (gentleness) Love is merciful, thoughtful, and
concerned; it envies not.
6. Goodness Love is great, gracious, and generous; it
is kind and good.
7. Faithfulness Love thinks know evil but has faith in God and
others.
8. Meekness Love is humble and gentle, does not vaunt
itself.
9. Temperance Love is disciplined and controlled, does not
behave unbecoming.
We are dealing with a divine
dimension of living, a radical life style.
What is the most irresistible
force on the earth? LOVE!!!!
And the more I have Christ the more I
have HIS LOVE.
I hear the Spirit of God saying: “If
you will comply with My wishes;
carry out My
commands; cooperate with My desires I will give Myself to you in
abundant measure.
I give Myself-
My life- My Love- My Spirit wholeheartedly to those who
obey ME!”
LOVE!
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