WHERE IS THE LLOVE?
1 JOHN 4:7 (NIV)
DEAR FRIENDS, LET US LLOVE ONE ANOTHER. FOR LLOVE COMES FROM GOD. EVERYONE WHO LLOVES HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD AND KNOWS GOD.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS DOLLS, BELLES, GENTLEMEN & MALES. THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN REJOICING, LET US REJOICE TOGETHER.
HALLELUJAH, GLORY AND HONOR TO THE LORD OF LORDS, YOU ARE MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR ME AND YOUR GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME. I PRAISE YOU HOLY ONE, I HONOR YOU, YOUR MERCIES ENDURE FOREVER. GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS, KING OF KINGS, LORD OVER EVERYTHING, MY ROCK, MY FORTRESS, MY ROSE OF JERICHO, YOU REIGN FOREVER MORE, AND I GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR LLOVE IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES, CHECK OUT GOD'S LLOVE AND YOU WILL FIND JUST WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, AND IT DOES GET BETTER THAN YOU CAN EVEN IMAGE 💖.
GOD'S LLOVES NEVER, EVER FAILS. IT'S A GUARANTEE AND THE PRICE HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL ON THAT OLE' RUGGED CROSS FOR US ALL. THANK YOU JESUS 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 (THAT'S A PRAISE RIGHT THERE). WHAT MAN WOULD LAY DOWN HIS OWN LIFE FOR US............IT HAD TO BE LLOVE 💘.
WE HAVE TO START WITH GOD'S LLOVE FIRST. WHEN YOU RECEIVE GOD'S LOVE, IT PUTS YOU ON THE RIGHT PATH OF LLOVING YOURSELF NEXT TO LLOVING THE UNLLOVABLE. AND IT ALSO TEACHES US TO LLOVE OTHERS WITH AN AGAPE LLOVE.
THERE WAS AN ARTIST BY THE NAME OF LUTHER INGRAM (FOR YOU YOUNGER LADS, YOU MAY NOT KNOW HIM). HE SAID IT LIKE THIS IN A SONG.......IF LLOVING YOU IS WRONG, I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT. WELL, NEEDLESS TO SAY HE WAS LOOKING FOR LLOVE IN THE WRONG PLACES.
WHEN YOU'RE NOT RECEIVING THE RIGHT KIND OF LLOVE THAT GOD HAS FOR US, IT HAS A NEGATIVE AFFECT ON YOU MY FRIENDS. ESPECIALLY IF YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHO GOD IS. IT GOES BACK TO 1 JOHN 4:7, IF YOU LLOVE GOD YOU ARE BORN OF HIS SPIRIT AND YOU KNOW HIM, REALLY KNOW HIM.
IT'S LIKE THIS. IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE RIGHT KINDA LLOVE THAT YOU NEED, IT WILL COME TO A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOUR LLOVE WILL START TO FAIL WITH THE WRONG KINDA LLOVE FOR YOURSELF AND EVERYONE ELSE.
YOU WILL BEGIN TO FAKE IT, GIFT IT, (BUY YOUR LLOVE) AND IF YOU'RE A REALLY GREAT SINGER, YOU WILL SING IT. BUT IT'S NOT REAL THAT'S WHY IT'S FAILING.
IT DOES'NT MATTER HOW YOU PAINT THE PICTURE, IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOD'S LLOVE AND YOU DON'T LLOVE YOURSELF, THEN THE LLOVE YOU'RE TRYING TO GIVE AWAY WILL FAIL. GOD KNOWS WHEN THE LLOVE IS RIGHT BECAUSE IT COMES FROM GOD HIMSELF.
AND GOD'S LLOVES (LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE) NEVER EVER FAILS. IT WILL SUSTAIN YOU THROUGH THE TOUGHEST TIMES IN YOUR LIFE.
AND FOR ME, I WANT MY LLOVE TO SUSTAIN ME, AND FOR IT TO BE RIGHT AND REAL IN THE SIGHT OF GOD AND MAN. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT CAN HAPPEN IS BY GOD'S LLOVE.
WHEN YOU RECEIVE GOD'S LLOVE , IT CAUSES YOU TO LLOVE YOURSELF AND LLOVE OTHERS THE RIGHT WAY, WITH AN AGAPE UNCONDITIONAL LLOVE. AMEN, AMEN, AND AMEN.
MATT. 5:44-45 (KJV) SAYS, "BUT I SAY UNTO YOU, LLOVE YOUR ENEMIES, BLESS (HELP) THEM THAT CURSE YOU, DO GOOD (DO RIGHT) TO THEM THAT HATE YOU, AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU, AND PERSECUTE YOU;
(45) THAT YE MAY BE THE CHILDREN OF YOUR FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN: FOR HE MAKETH HIS SUN TO RISE ON THE EVIL AND THE GOOD, AND SENDETH RAIN ON THE JUST AND ON THE UNJUST."
HE TELLS US THIS, SO WE CAN BE COMPASSIONATE AND FORGIVING LIKE HE IS WITH US; AND IN THE SAME WAY HE IS WITH THE JUST AND THE UNJUST.
HE WANTS US TO LLOVE LIKE HE LLOVE'S, AND MOVE AWAY FROM ANGER AND RESENTMENT AND AT THE SAME TIME LET IT BE A TEACHING TOOL FOR US TO LLOVE THE ONE WHO HURTS US AND TO LLOVE THE UNLLOVABLE.
GOD SAID IN HIS WORD: 1 JOHN 4:20 (TPT), "ANYONE CAN SAY, "I LLOVE GOD," YET HAVE HATRED TOWARD ANOTHER BELIEVER. THIS MAKES HIM A PHONY, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T LLOVE A BROTHER OR SISTER, WHOM YOU CAN SEE, HOW CAN YOU TRULY LLOVE GOD, WHOM YOU CAN'T SEE?"
QUESTION FOR YOU! HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION WITH SOMEONE WHO CONFESSED THEIR LLOVE FOR YOU? AND THEN WHEN YOU MADE THEM MAD, THEIR LLOVE FOR YOU BEGAN TO FAIL? THAT'S FALSE LLOVE.
COME ON, WE ALL MADE SOMEONE MAD AT US. DON'T GET ME WRONG. BUT, WHEN THEY BEGIN TO MISTREAT YOU AND TRY TO HURT YOU BACK, THAT'S NOT REAL LLOVE SORRY 😞. REAL LLOVE DOESN'T PERFORM LIKE THAT. IT TAKES A KICKING AND KEEPS ON LLOVING AND THAT'S THE WAY GOD'S LLOVE PERFORMS IN OUR LIFE.
TRUE LLOVE FAILETH NOT. AGAPE LOVE, UNCONDITIONAL LLOVE, IT DOES'NT THINK OF ITSELF, IT DOES'NT QUIT, IT DOES'NT GIVE UP.
WHEN GOD GETS ANGRY WITH US, AND HE DOES AT TIMES BECAUSE WE ARE (FLESHLY), GOD TELLS US IN THE MIST OF OUR MESS UPS THAT JESUS STILL LLOVES YOU. AND THEN JESUS TELLS US THAT GOD LLOVE'S YOU TOO. AND HE'S NOT GOING TO MISTREAT US OR TURN HIS BACK ON US (NOW THAT'S LLOVE), UNCONDITIONAL LLOVE.
GOD'S LLOVE IS TRULY UNCONDITIONAL, TO KEEP MAN'S LLOVE, IT COMES WITH CONDITIONS.
WHEN YOU DENY GOD'S LLOVE FOR YOUR LIFE, YOU ARE SAYING MY LIFE IS MY OWN I CAN DO IT MYSELF, I GOT THIS.
GOD DESIRES FOR US ALL IS FOR US TO ATTAIN THE RIGHT KINDA OF LLOVE AND ALL OF HIS LLOVE. WHEN WE DO THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LLOVE GOD HAS FOR US ALL.
WHICH KINDA LLOVE ARE YOU DISPLAYING? IS IT GODS LLOVE OR MAN'S LLOVE?
"WHERE IS THE LLOVE?"
1COR. 13:4-7 (TPT)
(4) LLOVE IS LARGE AND INCREDIBLY PATIENT. LOVE IS GENTLE AND CONSISTENTLY KIND TO ALL. IT REFUSES TO BE JEALOUS WHEN BLESSING COMES TO SOMEONE ELSE. LLOVE DOES NOT BRAG ABOUT ONE'S ACHIEVEMENTS NOR INFLATES IT'S OWN IMPORTANCE.
(5) LLOVE DOES NOT TRAFFIC IN SHAME AND DISRESPECT, NOR SELFISHLY SEEK IT'S OWN HONOR. LLOVE IS NOT EASILY IRRITATED OR QUICK TO TAKE OFFENSE.
(6) LLOVE JOYFULLY CELEBRATES HONESTLY AND FINDS NO DELIGHT IN WHAT IS WRONG.
(7) LLOVE IS A SAFE PLACE OF SHELTER, FOR IT NEVER STOPS BELIEVING THE BEST FOR OTHERS. LLOVE NEVER TAKES FAILURE AS DEFEAT, FOR IT NEVER GIVES UP.
"GOD'S LLOVE WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH IT, AND SEE YOU THROUGH IT"
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON, LETS GIVE LLOVE AWAY💖
FROM ME TO YOU, LADY LENE'A WITH ALL MY LLOVE 💕
Beautiful, thank you so much for words of wisdom, loving & on point. Love you❤️🙏🏾❤️🌹❤️
ReplyDeleteGoodness- this was so informative, timely, and uplifting..❤️
ReplyDeleteI hope it help to change our Perspective when it comes to True Llove🥰
DeleteThis is an excellent word Lady. Receiving God’s word first is the most important thing so that we receive the right kind of love like you said. Thank you for sharing this message. Love ya! 🩷
ReplyDeleteLoved this message. Right on time ❣️
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great word for a right now time. We must love ourselves, before we can love like God, and love anyone else. Love is a many splendid thing…. Blessings to you and much ❤️ love always.
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed Gods llove is a splendid thing to have it will cause us to do the right thing when wrong is present. Bless you🙏🏽
DeleteThis passage gives us hope. Sometimes so simple as loving as ourselves is so hard. Its easy to see our flaws and failures. But to your point love keeps believing. It will see us through. All glory to God!
DeleteThanking you for allowing him to use you as his vessel in this LOVE message! Thank you for sharing what was placed in your heart! A timely message for us! To God be the Glory!
ReplyDeleteI love this! Putting love in its proper place, and recognizing only the love of God is pure & True. Thank you for this reminder!
ReplyDeleteI am often in awe of the love God has for us. Thank you for this beautiful reminder of God’s perfect love and the demonstration of love we should have towards one another.
ReplyDeleteI love the TPT version of 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. You broke love down so perfectly. Thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteGod‘s love will take you through it AND see you through it. Yes, Amen! Sometimes we need to be reminded of this truth. Perfect timing for a perfect word. Thank you, Lady. Sending love your way.♥️♥️♥️
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Wow what a perfect message for a perfect season! This means a lot to me talking about love. I always felt I had to be a certain way to receive love. As I learn to let God love me, then I learned to love myself, then I learned to let others love me as well. Thank you for the reminder!
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ReplyDeleteWow, Lady Lene'a! What a beautiful and uplifting message of Llove! I could feel the power of God’s Llove as I read it, and it’s a message I want to revisit again and again. Speaking, teaching, ministering about, and being an example God’s unconditional Llove never grows old. I’m so grateful for a Heavenly Father who Lloves me deeply and without reason, reaching the very core of my soul. I pray that everyone who reads this continues to experience God’s Llove and shares it with others. Imagine the incredible world we’d have if we all spread God’s unconditional Llove to one another.
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