Scripture:
1 John 4:20 "If someone says, "I love God," and hate his 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." (NASB)
Observation:
John shows how to love. He goes to express that love is God, God is love. Therefore if we don't love one another, how do we know God and have that intimate relationship with God. We don't see God but God lives in us, his love is so deeply rooted in us. God's love is complete only when we love one another like God had loved us to sacrifice his only son who had shed blood and died on the cross for our sins. Don't let fears consume us to love one another, to understand total love of God, whom we cannot see, we need to start loving the one we do see daily. Just by boasting we love God when we cannot love our brothers and sisters who we see daily doesn't know God and that life is consumption of darkness and lie.
Application:
Learn to forgive those in direct relationship with me. Starting with my uncles, aunts and cousins (Amy) who have done so much hurt and lies for the sake of their benefit. Especially forgive my past and past relationship. Whether old friends and current friends, stir my heart to forgive as God has forgiven me by sacrificing his son. God doesn't ask us an arm and a leg as a sacrifice of forgiving others, he only ask us to resemble his love onto others. To do that I need to learn to forgive and progress onto loving them as God has love me a sinner and not a greatest investment he made and more of liability, but above all he took that chance and risk with me hence I should too as opening to find peace through forgiveness and love, I have nothing to lose.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, stir my heart to release that fear and anger, and reach to forgive those within my family and past relationship. Regardless the pain, Father you are healer and doer, Father God, heal me and consume my pain and consume me with your love that I may spread that love onto those. Father show me how to forgive and love those, as you have shown and showered me with consistent love and blessing. In your holy name. Amen.
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