What's Love Got to do With It

What's love got to do with it!

Everything!

Unlike the Tina Turner song,

love is more than an "old fashioned notion".

We were created to love by God, Who is love.

1 John 4:7-10 (NLT)

7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, 

for love comes from God.

Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God.

8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, 

for God is love.  9 God showed how much he loved 

us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that

 we might have eternal life through him.

10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us

and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

So much of the time we put conditions on love.

We base love on a feeling or emotion.

God's love is unconditional.

It doesn't matter what we do or say, He will always love us.

The Bible has three words for love;

agape, phileo, and eros.

Eros is the type of love between husband and wife.

Phileo is the most common and generally means to love, to like,

treat affectionately and be friendly.

Phileo is the kind of love we share with family and friends.

Agape love is the highest form of love and often the hardest to attain.

It is a selfless love.

C. S. Lewis explained agape as "a selfless love, 

a love that was passionately

committed to the well being of the other".

This is the love God has for us.

It is this love which enabled Jesus to leave heaven

and sacrifice Himself for us.

It is this love that still saves and heals us.

God is committed to loving us unconditionally even 

when we turn our backs on Him.

Let God love you today.

1Corinthians 13:7
Love bears all things. believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.

Extravagant!

God's love is extravagant and intimate.

He loves us in a very personal way.

Jeremiah 1:5

He knows us before we were ever formed.

Matthew 10:30 GW

Every hair on your head has been counted.

God takes exquisite care of His children.

Our lives are valuable to Him.

Matthew 6:26

As He takes care of the birds in the air,

how much more will God care for us!

John 14:2

Though we may have troubles in this world, 

God has prepared mansions for our eternity.

John 15:13

No greater love exists than the sacrifice Jesus made for us.

His greatest show of love........JESUS!!!!

His love is extravagant..!

Culture Shock

Visiting a different county where they speak

another language can be difficult.

The language hard to understand,

the street signs are hard to read,

laws vary and you get a shock

Culture shock.

Unfamiliar surroundings

and way of life cause discomfort and anxiety.

And yet, there is common ground.

Small victories in communication.

A smile, a handshake, a person going out of their 

way to point directions.

And God! 
He is there, visible in the churches, museums, homes
and through the people.

Photo by CS Marcott
In a blink there is mutual understanding.
A blending of two communities into the community of God.


Galatians  3:28  AMP
There is (now no distinction) neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female;
for you are all one in Christ.