Willie T Ayers Posted September 2, 2015 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 12 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 24 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/01/2015 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/27/1954 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Greetings in Christ, Love makes ALL the difference! We’ve perhaps heard that many times, yet I wanted to take a few moments to share this reminder with you that it truly does make ALL the difference, especially when it’s the love of God being referred to! I believe today if we are ever going to share God’s love with those around us, we first need to experience it in our own lives. As I was reading various scriptures having to do with the love God has for us, I came across the following which was actually a prayer the Apostle Paul was offering to God on behalf of the church at Ephesus while he was in prison for preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Ephesians 3:16-21 (NKJV)16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height– 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. While we may face persecution and challenge from this world we live in, there is something that will keep us through the storms and trials of life, and it is the unending, unfathomable, unexplainable love that God has for each and every one of us, and yes, even for this World. The primary purpose of this letter to the Ephesians was to talk about a “mystery”, and of course, this mystery was not intended to be kept that way. Paul’s purpose was to explain and reveal it by sharing about this thing called “the church” whose purpose it was to express the fullness of Christ on the Earth. One of the ways this would be done was by uniting both Jew and Gentile which of course was another aspect to this great mystery. (Eph. 3:5) It had never been done before like this; yet, God was maturing a people who would take the victory Christ won at Calvary and expand it further in reach and scope which would continue through today. So Paul’s heart’s desire was that these new believer’s would know the love of Christ, and in knowing that love, do their part in sharing it to anyone and everyone who would listen. He wanted to see that love both draw people into the family of God, and also unite the Church for more effective ministry and outreach. Our lives find completion as we love, and are loved in return. While being loved in return may seem less frequent than we had hoped for, let’s continue to reach out to this world with the love of Jesus Christ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_Beth Posted September 3, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 41 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 5,324 Content Per Day: 1.64 Reputation: 3,617 Days Won: 2 Joined: 06/08/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted September 3, 2015 Amen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPaulG Posted September 3, 2015 Group: Royal Member Followers: 71 Topic Count: 340 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 16,834 Content Per Day: 4.72 Reputation: 13,548 Days Won: 81 Joined: 07/24/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/02/2000 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Amen, Willie! God Bless you. Your brother in Christ,KPaulG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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