Will You Pass The Love Test

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.”
‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:7-8‬ ‭KJV‬

Glory to God! Linda and I are so grateful for each and everyone of you. We would like to let you know that we are praying for you, that God would show Himself strong on your behalf.

That God would open up the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing upon you, that you would not have room enough to contain all that He has for you.

We are believing and declaring over your life, that you will always have more than enough in Jesus Name!

Too often we go through life waiting only for our rewards in heaven. Someday in the by-and-by we will reap our harvest in Heaven. Yes you and I will be rewarded in Heaven for what we’ve done here on earth, in this life. But expect God to bless you, until you breathe your last breath, RIGHT HERE ON EARTH.

We know life is oh so very short! The saying, “time-flies” is so true. It’s Scriptural, James 4:14.

Our time on earth will be the shortest span of time of our eternity. Eternity does not begin when you die and leave this life, but it began when we were conceived in our mothers womb.

You are a spirit, you have a soul and you live in a body. Your spirit man is the eternal part of you. You were born into this world an eternal being.  

I have felt very strongly, the Lord impressing upon me, the importance of the partnership between our faith walk, and our love walk.

I know I need this in my own life just as you may as well! We are in this together!

Faith and Love. They are inseparable! 

If you are not in love you are not in faith.

In today’s Scripture 1 John 4:7–8, the Word implores us to “love one another.” 

Love, the God kind of love within us, is a powerful force, enabling us to truly live out our lives, in love. It’s a love that is to be directed to others!

I’ve titled this Grace For Today Devotional,, “Will You Pass the Love Test?”

One of my favorite Scriptures regarding love is found in 1 Corinthian’s 13, often referred to as the Love Chapter.

Here is the Message Bible paraphrase, to use for our Love Test: 

“If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing. If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head, Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” Doesn’t fly off the handle, Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, Doesn’t revel when others grovel, Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, Puts up with anything, Trusts God always, Always looks for the best, Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13:2-7‬ ‭MSG‬‬
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1. “If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.

2. If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve gotten nowhere.

3. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.

4. Love never gives up. 

5. Love cares more for others than for self.

6. Love doesn’t want what it doesn’t have.

7. Love doesn’t strut, Doesn’t have a swelled head.

8. Doesn’t force itself on others, Isn’t always “me first,” 

9. Doesn’t fly off the handle, 

10. Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others, 

11. Doesn’t revel when others grovel, 

12. Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, 

13. Puts up with anything, 

14. Trusts God always, 

15. Always looks for the best, 

16. Never looks back, But keeps going to the end.

Well how did you do? Now you do not have to email me to let me know but prayerfully with the Holy Spirit’s help, let us make the necessary adjustments. 

The change won’t occur over night, but let it be a daily process where we are more loving, moment by moment, day by day. Considering what God has shown us in these verses.