This past Sunday Pastor Michael said to turn off the news and get into the Bible to improve life and fight spiritual warfare(paraphrased by me).
I had already started attempting to read the date in Proverbs everyday and had started re-reading Romans 12 every day, it being the chapter that the last series was taught from. I also decided to start throwing in 1 Corinthians 16 which this new series, Spiritual Warfare, A Study in Breakthrough, is being taught from. I read the whole chapter, and down at the bottom in verse 22 it says, If anyone has no love for the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord, come! 1 Corinthians 16:22.
Watch out Paul! If ANYONE has no love for the Lord, let him be ACCURSED.
Got to thinking that was a little harsh, but it stuck with me. So I looked up the definition and it had a word or two more that I had to look up and they all point to being cursed. So Paul says if you have no Love for the Lord may you be cursed.
This morning when I read it I clicked on some of the letters by the scripture, I use Blueletterbible.com, great bible site by the way, and it sends me to a pile of verses talking about does not love. John 14:24, 1 John 3:10, 1 John 3:14, 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:20.
So wouldn't you know it, this is what God has been putting on my mind, no, not taking to long on this blog to get to the point, the fact that I need to work at loving people. Pastor Michael has been talking about how we as a church need to just love people. I have been noticing that except for family and friends there aint a whole lot of people I love. In fact there are examples in the last few weeks that I can say I have actually said I hate someone. That has got to stop and it will. I am learning that living this life that God has given us and living it in his will is not about me. It is about loving others and letting them know and understand that God loves them too.
1 John 3:14b says, Whoever does not LOVE abides in death. I am tired of abiding in death. I am ready to abide in life and love. Pastor said in our last Gospel Cohort class that to understand the Gospel you are going to have to work. I am ready to work at loving people and God.
How about you?
Love Ya'll, Mean it! (See never ended with that, improving a little already)
Later.
