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And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
2 John 1:6, ESV
We show our love for God by obeying His commands – not mere rules, but ways our Creator has told us is best and right.
Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
Micah 7:18, ESV
We must get over our ideas of a God who loves completely unconditionally or lets all people “in”.
Our God forgives and loves, but it came at a great price. And what other god has ever done that? Only our great God!
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
1 John 4:18, ESV
We know we are freed from God’s wrath, but do we still give in to fear of what others think of us? Do we love God and them enough to share the truth of the gospel, fearing God’s disapproval more than theirs?
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
John 15:4, ESV
God has sought us out, but we must also choose to honor and love Him.
The best way love others is to love and seek God with everything we are, for He first loved us.
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
Galatians 6:2, ESV
Life is difficult, so God gave us the example: sacrifice for each other, loving each other through help, work, and comfort.
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:9, ESV
We show we love God when we love others, and we do that by sacrificially living out the gospel as an example for others and for the glory of God by power of the Holy Spirit.
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”
Matthew 7:12, ESV
We love God by loving others, and we love others the same way God loves us: by grace, forgiveness, and sacrificing our own wants and needs for others.
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:22-23, ESV
Our God loves us, as proven by His haven’t destroyed us all yet and by keeping His promises, especially through the cross of Christ.
We love because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19, ESV
We are able to love because the source of love loves us, and we should share His love with the world.
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ
Philippians 1:9-10, ESV
It is the love and grace of God that helps us see the world’s schemes as well as beauty, helping us want to choose His good and perfect way.
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