BE A LIVING EXAMPLE OF LOVE

Romans 5:5   And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
NKJV:  Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Don’t ever worry about not having enough love inside you.  The Word says God’s love is shed abroad in your heart by the Holy Ghost.  God’s love is in you.  What you need to do is make a decision to let it flow.

Pray this prayer today.
In Jesus’ Name, I make a fresh and strong commitment today to live the life of love, to let the tenderness of God flow through me and heal the wounded hearts of those I meet. 

Father, teach me to love even when things go wrong.  Teach me to be patient and kind when the children are underfoot.  To overlook the spiteful words of an angry spouse.  To rejoice when someone at the office gets the raise that I thought I needed.  Teach me to talk in love, to lay gossip quietly aside and to take up words of grace instead. 

Lord, Your Word says that Your love is already inside me…that it has been shed abroad in my heart.  So, today, I resolve to remove every obstacle that would keep that love from flowing freely into the lives of others.  I put resentment behind me, and I forgive all those who have done me wrong.
In the days ahead, cause me to increase and excel and overflow with Your love.  Cause me to be what this world needs most of all…a living example of love, Amen.”

​1 John 4:7-17 
Knowing God Through Love
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Seeing God Through Love 
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
The Consummation of Love
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.