June 9
Dying for Love
We say we love all sorts of things: cars, clothes, foods, movies, sports, & etc.… Is that really Love?
I want to propose to you today that love is more than just saying I love you. It is giving of YOU. Love actually is dying to self. Without death, love is selfish!
Look at John 3:16 (NLT) “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son..” He gave His only son. I have to ask you, will you give yourself away for love? Will you die for love?
Yesterday, I was telling God how a friend had not treated me fairly. You know what God told me? He said, “Love them and show them the love of Christ even if they don’t deserve it.” That is how you win people by loving and giving of yourself. It’s DYING- Dying to self and anything else that hinders you from giving and showing un-conditional love. Love truly is patient and kind.
It’s a daily dying to self and giving yourself to God to allow Him to use you for His Glory. Can you picture with me now the cross of Jesus? He gave it all. Will you give your all? Call out to Him now and He will help you. Just say here I am Lord, I give myself to you? Help me to show love to a lost and dying world.
Jesus gave it all. John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”
Maybe you’ve never had a good earthly example of love, then look at the best example known to man: JESUS! He laid down His life for you. He gave it all for love!
Lord, we ask that you would exchange the old way of what we thought love was for this new love that You came to give. What a beautiful exchange of love you gave us, O Lord! You are so worthy of all our love and adoration. Psalm 89:1 (NLT) “I will sing of the Lord’s unfailing love…”
We have a reason to sing today of His un-failing Love for us. Will you join me in worshiping Him with a heart of gratitude? Lord, we ask that you would help us to love like you. And, help us to die to our flesh, inabilities, or anything else that would try to hinder our love for you and others. Let our LOVE, draw others to a deeper relationship with You.
I like what Amy Carmichael, a Protestant Christian missionary in India once said, “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”
http://dailyliveworship.com/blog/dying-for-love/
Dying for Love
We say we love all sorts of things: cars, clothes, foods, movies, sports, & etc.… Is that really Love?
I want to propose to you today that love is more than just saying I love you. It is giving of YOU. Love actually is dying to self. Without death, love is selfish!
Look at John 3:16 (NLT) “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son..” He gave His only son. I have to ask you, will you give yourself away for love? Will you die for love?
Yesterday, I was telling God how a friend had not treated me fairly. You know what God told me? He said, “Love them and show them the love of Christ even if they don’t deserve it.” That is how you win people by loving and giving of yourself. It’s DYING- Dying to self and anything else that hinders you from giving and showing un-conditional love. Love truly is patient and kind.
It’s a daily dying to self and giving yourself to God to allow Him to use you for His Glory. Can you picture with me now the cross of Jesus? He gave it all. Will you give your all? Call out to Him now and He will help you. Just say here I am Lord, I give myself to you? Help me to show love to a lost and dying world.
Jesus gave it all. John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”
Maybe you’ve never had a good earthly example of love, then look at the best example known to man: JESUS! He laid down His life for you. He gave it all for love!
Lord, we ask that you would exchange the old way of what we thought love was for this new love that You came to give. What a beautiful exchange of love you gave us, O Lord! You are so worthy of all our love and adoration. Psalm 89:1 (NLT) “I will sing of the Lord’s unfailing love…”
We have a reason to sing today of His un-failing Love for us. Will you join me in worshiping Him with a heart of gratitude? Lord, we ask that you would help us to love like you. And, help us to die to our flesh, inabilities, or anything else that would try to hinder our love for you and others. Let our LOVE, draw others to a deeper relationship with You.
I like what Amy Carmichael, a Protestant Christian missionary in India once said, “You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.”
In partnership with Katherine Clift of DailyLiveWorship
http://dailyliveworship.com/blog/dying-for-love/
