Sunday May 7, 2023
Theme: “Being in Abundant Love” Text: 1 John 4:7-8
7. Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and whoever loves is born of God and knows God. 8. He who does not love has not known God, for God is love.
Let's remember:
To achieve abundant love, we must tap into the right source of love. Let us not draw love from our thoughts, not even from our various searches. Abundant love is already in God. If we get to know God deeply, we will be able to reflect his love because as he is, such are we also in this world: it is in this that love will be abundant in us. If we are created in his likeness, it is because God gave us the strength and the capacity to love sincerely, if we silence our flesh. So let's look to God's love and love each other faithfully as God loves us in Christ. Our ability to love determines our true identity. In other words, if we know how to love abundantly, then we are of God, born again, committed to the cause of Christ. He who is of God does not ask questions when it comes to loving his neighbour; he goes there humbly and without bitterness. If someone says: I love God, and he hates his neighbour, he is a liar; for he who does not love his neighbor whom he sees, how can he love God whom he does not see? May he who loves God also love his neighbour. This is the path to abundant love. Excellent Sunday. Amen Alain Louz.-
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