đź“–: 1 John 3:19-21, 4:13-21; Matthew 10:25, 11:22, 24, 12:36, 26:36-39; John 3:16-21, 7:37-38, 10:29, 14:13-14, 15:20; Luke 12:32; Romans 8:1, 14-17, 29, 38-39; 1 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:9; Hebrews 12:2-3, 13:5-6; James 1:4, 2:13, 2:22; 1 Peter 3:16-18, 4:1-3, 13-13; 2 Peter 2:9, 3:7; Revelation 22:17; Psalm 23:1-6, 36:9, 56:11, 58:3, 107:6; Isaiah 53:6; Jeremiah 2:13;
Confession Psalm 91, 46, 121:1-8
Memory Verse: 2 Timothy 1:7
In both the Old and New Testaments, God has proved His love in the affairs of man. The Bible says that “love is of God” and “God is love” (1 John 4:7–8); in other words, love is a fundamental characteristic of who God is. God’s love is the source of all human love, and it spreads like fire.Everything God does is impelled and influenced by His love. There is a distinct word for the type of love that God displays. In the Greek, this word is agape, and it refers to a benevolent and charitable love that seeks the best for the loved one. Part of understanding the love of God is knowing that God’s judgment fell on Jesus at the Cross so that we can be spared: “The Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6). Jesus’ sacrifice propitiated (appeased) God’s justice and won His good favor (1 John 2:2). John 3:17 affirms that Jesus spoke often of His mission: “God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” In 1 John 4:18 says that “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”
The Apostle John tells us that God’s love is a perfect love that casts out all fear. But what is Perfected Love? Perfect love is an expression of God’s love for us, and it is only complete (or perfect) when we reflect it back onto Him. We can know no greater love than the love God has for us. By receiving that love, He offers us the power to give it — to become the perfect expression of it and bask in the gratitude of His love. We will not be perfect because of sin, but God chose us because of His perfect love. “In this is love perfected with us.” What does “this” refer to? The words just before it say, “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. In this is love perfected with us.” So I would take the “this” to refer to our abiding in love or abiding in God and God’s abiding in us — when you abide in love, love is perfected in you. In James 1:4 it states, “Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” The Bible says that nothing can separate the believer from the love of God in Christ according to Romans 8:38–39. Let nothing separate us from God’s Love. During hard times and moments of insecurity, satan works overtime trying to convince us that God doesn’t love us—that if He did, either we wouldn’t be in this situation, or He would’ve delivered us by now.
God’s love does not wax and wane; it is not a fickle, emotional sensation. God’s love for sinners is why Christ died on the Cross. God’s love for those who trust in Christ is why He holds them in His Hand and promises never to let them go (John 10:29). That divine love should take away our fear: “Do not be afraid, little flock…..” (Luke 12:32). The “FEAR” that perfect loves casts out is the fear of God’s judgment. We know that Judgment Day is coming, but those who are in Christ know the love of God, which drives away fear of condemnation. The dismissal of the fear of judgment is one of the main functions of God’s love. The person without Christ is under judgment and has plenty to fear (John 3:18), but, once a person is in Christ, the fear of judgment is gone. He is reconciled to God, and “there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind” (2 Timothy 1:7). A spirit of fearfulness and timidity does not come from God. Sometimes this “spirit of fear” overcomes us, and to overcome it we need to trust in and love God more completely. For those yet to surrender their lives to Jesus, this is not negotiable, do so now, tomorrow might be too late. DO IT NOW! STAY SAFE! STAY HEALTHY! STAY FIRM! STAY FOCUSED! STAY CONNECTED! STAY ALERT! STAY IN FAITH! STAY STRONG! STAY BLESSED!
PRAYER
🙏Father, I thank You because You love me so much, in the name of Jesus.
🙏Any wicked power using me to work against God, die by fire, in Jesus’ name.
🙏Power from my father’s house that says I shall not walk with God, die, in Jesus’ name.
🙏Anything in me making God to get angry with me, die by fire, in Jesus’ name.
🙏Power of hatred operating in my family, you shall not prosper in my life, die, in Jesus’ name.
🙏Power of love to break through, come upon my life, in the name of Jesus.
🙏Every synagogue of satan erected against me because I am the beloved of the Lord, fall down, in Jesus’ name
🙏I cover and seal all my prayers and answered prayers with the Covenant Precious Blood of Jesus Christ.
🙏Thank You Lord, for answered prayers.
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