REAL LOVE COMES FROM GOD

WHAT IS LOVE? 

I learned years ago that love is patient and love is kind.  When someone  irritates you and gets under your skin doesn't cause you to get irritated is love.  If we are easily irritated, we need to remember that perfection exists only I God.  Love is not lust.  Our society confuses love and lust.  Real love gives and expects nothing in return.  Only God can help us set aside our own desires and instincts so that we can give love without expecting nothing in return.  Love doesn't envy what others have. Love is happy for the next person.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in truth. Love protects, trusts, hopes, and always preserves.  Years ago, I had to ask God to give me real love for my biological father because when I was growing up, he never came to visit me or did anything for me, it left me bitter towards him, and it left me vulnerable and fragile.  Had he was there in my life, a lot of things that happened to me wouldn't have happened because he would have been my umbrella from a lot of stuff.  So, after I receive God as my lord and savior, I had to ask God to give me love for my father, and he did. When I saw my daddy, I had nothing but pure love for him.  When I was a child, some other bad things happened to me, and I had to ask God to heal me of that and give me love for the ones who hurt me.  I know for a fact that God is love and love comes from God. So, if you need real love, just call on the name of God and his son, and it's yours.

Believe, Become, and Behave, or Believe, Behave, and Become?

Believe, Become, and Behave or Believe, Behave, and Become?

When I asked myself this question, I thought about what took place when I first became a Christian? Before I became a Christian, I had to believe there was a Christ. Once I heard the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ, it left such a conviction upon me that I knew that God was real, and I knew that his power was real, so I began to believe in God, his power, and the Holy Bible. After believing, I began to allow the holy spirit to transform my mind and that transformation caused me to become a Christian! After the holy spirit transformed my mind, and my soul, I naturally wanted my body to line up with the word of God. I no longer wanted to please myself, but, pleasing the Lord and behaving the way God wanted me to, was my daily goal. Now, I can conclude that one must believe first, then they become a Christian, and once they become a Christian, they will want their behavior to line up with the word of God. Would you agree that some of us Christians treat growing in Christ as an attempt to become someone different rather than a continual and growing realization that we’ve already become different? I’m excited to hear your thoughts on the subject of believe, become, and behave, or believe, behave, and then become. Minnie L Douglas