SPIRITUAL DIARY
Date: 09-26-04
My Worship Time Focus: God is Love
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: 1John 4:7,8
Message of the verse: “7
¶ Beloved, let us love one another, for
love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The
one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.” (NAS95)
“7 ¶ To you whom I love I say,
let us go on loving one another, for love comes from God. Every man who truly
loves is God’s son and knows him. 8 But the man who does not love cannot know him
at all, for God is love.” (Philips)
John says
that love is from God and because believers share in God’s nature, they should
love one another. God is more than love
for He is also Spirit, and He is also Light.
Light refers to His holiness and darkness refers to sinfulness, which
God cannot have.
As a
believer abides in Christ he will begin to take on the nature of Christ more
and more, and part of His nature is love and therefore the believer will begin
to have a great love for other believers.
A person
has to be born into the family of God to understand who God is and begin to
learn from Him by His Word and by His Spirit.
If a person is not born of God then he cannot take on the
characteristics of God, and therefore cannot love as God loves. Romans 5:5 will help shed some light on this
subject: “--because the love of God has
been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It is much easier to love a believer that is
not really close to you, but much harder to love someone who is close to you,
yet with the help of God this can take place.
The Word of God has been convicting to my heart today as
well as encouraging to my heart as well.
My Steps of Faith
Today: To continue to trust the
Lord, that He might have His love flow through me to others, certainly
including my wife.
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