CHARACTERISTICS OF LOVE

Vs 4 “Love endures long and it is patient and kind ;love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy; is not boastful or vainglorious , does not display itself haughtily.”
Vs 5 “It is not conceited – arrogant and inflated with pride; it is not rude (unmannerly), and does not act unbecomingly. Love does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it – pays no attention to a suffered wrong.”
Vs 6 “ It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.”
Vs 7 “Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances and it endures everything [without weakening].”
Vs 8 “Love never fails – never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end. As for prophecy, Holy Father, keep in your name them whom you have given Me, that they away.”
(1 Corinthians 13:4-8)

Beloved, we are love creatures, created in the image of love. He has sent His love Spirit to live in you to teach you how to love as He loves. You can live the love life – it is far better than a borrowed life of hatred, strife, unhealthy competition, malice, jealousy, fighting etc. Be love conscious. Man of God, don’t you think it is difficult to love? Yes, it is a sacrifice that is worth the price but let me warn you, there would be times when you would rather do anything than allow love to rule, there will be times it will look as if it is better to get mad and blow it than to love, to seek your own and retaliate.
“Do not forget or neglect to do kindness and good, to be generous and distribute and contribute to the needy, [of the church as embodiment and proof of fellowship] for such sacrifices are well pleasing to God.” Hebrew.13:16


Note that, Love is directly opposed to the senses. Human sense have been trained to put itself and its desires above everything else (flesh), It has been trained to selfishly seek its own way. But love does not seek its own way. To walk in love, you must demand that your senses (flesh) be subjected to the word. Make a definite decision and commit yourself to God’s love now, so that when temptation comes you will remember the decision you have made to obey love. I choose to love and I have discovered that atimes, those to be loved least deserve it.

I end by quoting David Grayson “looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I love, I did not say so”.

Every thing may fail but love never fails. If you do not want to fail you must love, keep loving and you must begin now.

Watch out for part II of love – The Secret of Success (The other side of Love)

(All scriptures quoted are from the Amplified Bible)

Apostle Lawrence Achudume
The General Overseer of Victory Life Bible Church Int'l
With branches spread across the globe
Can be reached on victory2life@yahoo.com
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