There Is Love

1 John 4:7-11

God's Love and Ours
7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son[a] into the world that we might live through him. 10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for[b] our sins. 11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Reflection of Bee:

A Valentine's Day postcard says:

Love is not in the air... it is on the cross.
Some say that love is in the air. Well things in the air come and go with the passing breezes. The bible teaches that real love was firmly planted on the earth in the cross of Jesus Christ who died so that we can be God's friends forever.

Yes, the test of real love is on the cross. The cross speaks of sacrifice and giving. Can we pass the test?

Dear Lord,
Let not bad experiences remove true love from my heart. Let me love no matter how I am treated. Come into my heart and let Your love fills my soul always.
In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Reflection of Tommy:

In today passage, we are clearly called to love one another, for love comes from God (v7). If we are to look around us, we’ll see many opportunities to love faithfully those God has brought into our lives.

This love always involves a choice and action, not merely a feeling, as 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 shows. And when we truly love one another, God reveals himself to others through us, and His love is made complete (v12).

Dear Father, thank You for teaching me to stop and evaluate whether I have love faithfully those You have brought into my life. Guide me to love not like the world, but the way You love. I pray for discernment and strength to obey Your commandment of love always. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.