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Love Considers

Many people want to know how they can love God better. Let me ask a different question: “How can I love people better?”

This is what the Scripture says,

If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen (1 John 4:20 Amp).

Throughout the year God has extended mercy and grace to all of us and our families. Giving grace to another person is simply to forgive them, unconditionally, just as God forgave us through Christ. "Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you" (Colossians 3:13, NIV).

We can’t love God better or more if we can’t be honest with ourselves about our need to do better at loving people. But it takes time to consider a specific thing you can do to express love to them, and then courage to actually do it.

So how can I keep loving my brothers and sisters better? Please read the opening scripture again. How would you like to be loved? What would it look like for you to do that for other people?

Faith Declaration:

Today I will remember that I can love God better by loving people better. So I will ask God to help me consider specific ways I can show His love to people around me.

By: Pastor Joel Alvarado