God is Love

The Bible says that “love is of God” and “God is love” 1 John 4:7-8.

What then are some characteristics of love? What should love look like?

Love is Selfless.  

Love is Trusting. 

Love brings Unity. 

Love is Peaceful.

Love is Patient. 

Love is Kind. 

Love offers it’s Best. 

Love doesn’t Envy. 

Love doesn’t Boast.

Love doesn’t Gloat. 

Love Looks for the Best in Everyone. 

Love Gives its Best to Everyone. 

Put on Love everyday. Put it on when you get dressed. Imagine pulling love over your head like your favourite T-shirt or sweater. Replace any negative thought with thoughts of love and positivity. Keep your mind focused on Love! Focused on the One who Loved you first!

“The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John‬ ‭4:8‬ ‭

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”John‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭

“A new commandment I give to you: that you love one another—just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples—if you have love for one another.
John‬ ‭13:34-35‬

“Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John‬ ‭4:11‬ 

God wants to transform us into His likeness and mold our hearts and fill them with love. Through all the highs and lows of life, through hurt and pain, through confusion and mistrust, in all ways and every situation love is always the answer, because GOD=LOVE.

“We love, because he first loved us.
1 John‬ ‭4:19‬