Sometimes it can be hard to love others; people can hurt us, or even do the simplest things to annoy us that can make us angry...
But!!! We Have a Cure
That's where God comes in, it is possible to love others, when you truly love God, when you love God you are giving him your life and who you are, you invovle him in all of your decisions and ask him for gudiance.
His Word tells us:
Matthew 22: 37-40 - Jesus replied, "'You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.
So loving God with your heart, mind and soul, would mean in everything we should invovle him, most times when you greatly love someone you would want them to be apart of everything you do, know everything you do, tell them all your stories, what happened in your day, spend time with them, the list goes on.
So why should loving God be any different. God wants to hear how our day went, what we got up to. We could say but he knows all we do for he's said it in his word (Psalm 139:3-4) But God wants us to tell him everything we go through. It in someway relates to:
Psalm 62:8 - Trust him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.
So telling God everything, being honest, this would show our trust, show that we love him and believe that he know what's best for us.
Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you", says the LORD, "They are plans for good and not for disater to give you a future and a hope.
This should encourage us that because God has told us of the great plans he has for us, we can trust him with all we have., Love him with all we have for he would never let us down.
So once we love God and give him our lives he can work in us, he can help us when we are in situations with people where it may be hard.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 - Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand it's own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
When we look at love we realise that is who God is as we see in 1 John 4:8 we are created in Gods image and when we choose for him to live with us and we live for him we have his Spirit living in us and through us (Ephesians 3:20) and we can then love others.
A few scriptures troughout the Bible that speak about loving others:
Matthew 5:43-45 - "You have heard the law that says, 'Love your neighbour' and hate your enemy. But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven.
Galatians 6:10 - Therefore , whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone- especially those in the family of faith.
Part of Romans 12: 16 says - Live in harmony with each other.
So we should no matter the person, love everyone; even the ones we may not get on with, or who may hurt us, for holding on to hurt can cause us to become bitter, something that when we look at love, who God is, this attitude of being bitter is not shown. God in his Word tells us not to hold on to anger:
Ephesians 5:26-27 - And "don't sin by letting anger control you". Don't let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a foothold to the devil.
This is because anger is not of God, but as Gods children we are to reflect God, being like him in all that we do. We know God is love and when we accept him in to our lives and ask him to live with us his Spirit is with us, this is what the scriptures says about the Spirit:
Galatians 5:22 - But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness faithfulness, and self control. There is no law against these thing!
Galatians 5:25 - Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirits leading in every part of our lives.
LORD may you help each of us to become more like you, love others, give us your courage and strength Lord that we may look more like you May we fully surrender our lives to you. All glory to God. In Jesus Name. Amen.
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