STUDIES FROM BRETHREN IN CHRIST

12/20/2015 ~ Love

♥              ♥ Love is the light of life. Without light, there is no love. Love is what radiates all truth. ♥                   ♥ Love involves a condition of trust. Love reveals the deepest part of a soul.   Love associates with a desire to be close.   ♥      ♥   Love engages an undivided attention often accompanied with the innocent joy of laughter. There is an enduring youthful exuberance to love. Such is the thrill of love.   ♥   LoveAM1.mp3 (22m 0s)              LovePM2.mp3 (31m 45s) Both audio submissions above given 5/26/19   Love.pptx Additional audio submissions given below: 3/28/21 - 4/4/2021   Love1.mp3 (40m 40s)              Love2.mp3 (38m 35s) I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me. ~ Proverbs 8:17 Love is best served on a two way street where the intersection meets in agreement. To find God is to know God. This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. ... ~ 2nd John 1:6 True love is humbled by God in desire to be in service to Him. Each of us struggle with the failings that litter the past marches of man. "If you love Me, keep My commandments." ~ John 14:15 For the love of God, one yearns to be close, pleasing Him. As a fly is attracted to the light, submission to His brilliant loving truths gains the holiness bravery seeks. In a world descending to indecency, His light lifts all who respond to the call. ... My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. ... ~ John 14:21 The fulfillment of a heart can only find solace in obeying the Lord’s will. Godliness is considering God before dismissing Him for selfish pursuits. But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him. ~ 1st Corinthians 8:3 God sees all hearts, especially those that submit to Him in love. Freedom has been given that we choose the direction of character, be it coming to or turning away. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ~ Romans 5:8 God’s love is exposed in His sacrifice to redeem us in His purity. Part of being created in His image is the acts of giving. ... let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. ~ 1st John 3:18 God looks for genuine hearts in the actions of love. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. ... ~ 1st John 2:5 The light of a heart brightens when commitment in Him is sure. Connection to God is direct and not bisected through the behaviors of others. The question is who is one? ... Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother. ~ 1st John 3:10 A true heart shines shamelessly in pursuit of His example of love. Selfless acts are derived of God where selfishness cleaves to the darkness of isolation. ... The LORD loves the righteous. ~ Psalm 146:8 For those that obey the Lord inherit the flow of His love. The desire of the righteous is only good, ... ~ Proverbs 11:23 The closer to God brings the goodness of a soul to rise. Each must examine, that test of heart, to see whether it holds bitter wrath over the magic of love’s rising pursuits. A righteous man regards the life of his animal, ... ~ Proverbs 12:10 Righteousness is a cherishing of life for the life that is. Many abandon hope to hopelessness where disgust reigns over humble thankfulness. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, ... ~ Romans 10:10 Through one’s deepest of thoughts comes what is spoken from the heart. Salvation is not hidden in secret where hypocrites die. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; ... ~ 1st John 4:7-8 To know love is the reason of life, and living for a higher cause beyond self, opening a heart to all that is greater. No thrill can replace the truth of that it is. Sharing is an external act building the internal toward untold heights. ... In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ~ 1st John 4:9-10 To live through the love of God is the greatest a soul can achieve. Acknowledging what God has done reveals the deepest parts of knowing. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, ... ~ Colossians 1:13 His love lifts us to eternity where He lives to unfold. ... If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. ~ 1st John 4:11-12 Love reflects the true nature of God, and to love is to be free of hate. As love pays for life, hate steals sinking in a heart's death. ... God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. ... ~ 1st John 4:16-17 One cannot know true love if not through God                                                          As He is   God is love                                          ↓   God has love for us                    So are we                            ⭨               Who abides in love                              ↓               ⭦                   Abides in God     God in him Belief in God’s love for us deliverers a sure heart to know eternity waits. Confidence is the calm of life. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. ... ~ 1st John 4:18-19 Peaceful love can take pause in times of great sacrifice and suffering before it settles in His overwhelming healing light. He trusts that we may find Him and become whole in that He is. Trust is synonymous with love. But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. ~ Colossians 3:14 Perfection can only be had by love brilliantly purging the darkness. ... he who loves God must love his brother also. ~ 1st John 4:20-21 Love is transparent and holds no animosity. For one to say he loves God and holds hate in his heart is a liar against the peace love delivers. "... you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." ~ John 13:34-35 To be of God, love must be the scepter of one’s heart. ... purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, ... ~ 1st Timothy 1:5 God’s directives deliver the best a soul can be    Love from            ⭨                ● A pure heart                ● A good conscience                   ● Sincere faith Love is the only way to obtain a genuine life. To find one’s pure heart is to cleave to the noble qualities of a good conscience in the truth of a sincere faith derived of His word. ... you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; ~ 1st Thessalonians 4:9 God is clear that we must love if we are to be. What God teaches is for souls to return to the loving existence He intended from the beginning. The end of true love comes by the lies chosen over the truth. Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. ... ~ Romans 12:9-10 God wills that decent love would amplify over those that would cheat it and prowl upon the weak. It is weakness that fails to stand in the truth. And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." ~ 1st Peter 4:8 Love has the healing force of forgiveness. Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins. ~ Proverbs 10:12 Love removes hardship enveloped in His love. To love is to remove the darkness and shine the light. ... Love the brotherhood. ... ~ 1st Peter 2:17 To love one another uncontemptuously is the challenge of the ages. God reveals Himself to believing hearts ● God loves those who love Him ● Love walks according to His commandments ● Keeping His word reveals our love for Him ● God knows those who really love Him ● He loves the sincere faith of the righteous ● Love in deed and truth over shallow words ● We should love one another & the brethren ● Christ died to reveal how much God loves us ● His love is such so we may live through Him ● To love is to know God for God is love ● We are in the kingdom of the Son of His love ● Love has no fear and purges all hypocrisy ● The bond of perfection, love covers all sins There is no greater hardship than facing darkness. ... Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. ~ 1st Corinthians 8:1 To care simply commands joy. No matter of any appearance, love always finds comfort. Above all knowledge, love opens the mind to see. ... but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. ~ 1st Corinthians 13:1 Love holds a silence of heart excluding the noise of life. ... but have not love, I am nothing. ~ 1st Corinthians 13:2 All that one could aspire to be or to attain is short of what one breath of love delivers. Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; ~ 1st Corinthians 13:4 ... rejoices in the truth; ... Love never fails. ... ~ 1st Corinthians 13:5-8 Humbled love maintains through the hardships of pain. And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. ~ 1st Corinthians 13:13 Love connects a heart to the eternal. Let all that you do be done with love. ~ 1st Corinthians 16:14 The more one loves, the greater the strength of spirit reveals the soul. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, ... ~ Hebrews 10:24-25 Desperate times call for the faithful to hold together for the greater purpose of love. ... comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work. ~ 2nd Thessalonians 2:16-17 In word and works love is established. By grace hope is a gift of God. ... that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. ~ Ephesians 3:16-19 His light bathes us in the touch of His glory surpassing all knowledge. Only love enables us to know the extent of the purpose of God for His creation in our return to Him. ... speaking the truth in love, ... ~ Ephesians 4:13-15 No higher ideal is there than to speak the truth in love.The trickery and self-seeking of men often sway people to believe lies void of the truth, where the practice of hate and greed deny what He has announced. ... that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, ... ~ Philippians 1:9 Love is a mountain whose summit touches the top of the sky. ... keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. ~ Jude 1:20-21 Prayers for mercy is what carries us into eternity. For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. ~ 2nd Timothy 1:7 Only those who love with mature control of heart can reap the patience of a sound mind. The fearless ride chariots where the dust is left behind. ... having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. ~ Philippians 2:2 Love unites in the single truth of God. "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." ~ John 15:13 To love others with sacrifice defines a character of mercy and grace. "But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? ..." ~ Luke 6:32 Love is deeper than just a matter of local convenience, but it extends past the immediate to touch all that is ahead. "But love your enemies, do good, ... For He is kind to the unthankful and evil." ~ Luke 6:35 Truly enlightened are those that love His creation in sympathy for those that would despise it. ... always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all. ~ 1st Thessalonians 5:15 In the pursuit of goodness, love is realized. "... with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain." ~ Ezekiel 33:31 Distant hearts lack the sincerity of love. These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. ... ~ Jude 1:12 Deception invades truth leaving only an empty hole. Good soil can be hard to find when surrounded by cold stones and dead weeds. Do not love the world or the things in the world. ... ~ 1st John 2:15 Desires exclusively embedded in worldliness lack the higher ideals of godliness. "He who loves his life will lose it, ..." ~ John 12:25 To find God is to release selfish desires. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, ... ~ Galatians 5:22-23 Godliness has clear attributes as defined by fruits of the Spirit. ... call on the Lord out of a pure heart. ~ 2nd Timothy 2:22 The melody of life is more than mere flesh   Flee youthful lusts            ⮡  Pursue                          ● Righteousness                            ● Faith                          ● Love                          ● Peace As life matures in thoughtfulness, it brings reflection to light. ... be an example to the believers in the word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity. ~ 1st Timothy 4:12 ⭦ ↑ ⭧             Good examples enhance the whole. Love is something shared. ... love one another fervently with a pure heart, ... ~ 1st Peter 1:22-23 The incorruptible love of Jesus endures forever. ... he who loves another has fulfilled the law. ~ Romans 13:8 ... love is the fulfillment of the law. ~ Romans 13:10 Love is the fulfilment of what God wills for us. Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. ~ 2nd Thessalonians 3:5 Pray God that His love opens our hearts to see. Love speaks for itself ● Love = God ● Love = of God ● Love = Jesus sent for us to live ● Love = No fear ● Love = Edifies ● Love = Kind ● Love = Not puffed up ● Love = Does not envy ● Love = Does not behave rudely ● Love = Does not seek its own ● Love = Is not provoked ● Love = Thinks no evil ● Love = Does not rejoice in iniquity ● Love = Rejoices in the truth ● Love = Bears all things ● Love = Believes all things ● Love = Hopes all things ● Love = Endures all things ● Love = Never fails ● Love = Fruit of the Spirit ● Love = Bond of perfection ● Love = Fulfillment of the law ● Love = Covers all sins Love is God and His call for us to live in Him ● Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies ● Without love, life is nothing ● Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy ● Love does not parade itself; is not puffed up ● God calls us to be rooted and grounded in love ● Keep yourself in the love of God ● Speak truth in love all having the same love ● Stir up love & good works considering one another ● Let all be done with love and love your enemies ● Sacrifice is the greatest form of love ● Do not love the materialism of the world ● Love one another fervently with a pure heart ● Love is the fulfillment of the law The be washed in the sacrifice of His blood is to be bathed in His love. There is no love in darkness. He calls to come into His Light. Love commands over all. All life is drawn to the light where love is given. ♥