LOVE AND HATE

 

Romans 12:9

 

 

"Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good." ESV

 

 

Love is not merely an emotion, it is action. What is in our hearts will show in our actions. Do our actions show genuine love? Abhor is a very strong word. It means hate. Like love, it is not merely an emotion. It is an intense action that comes out of our heart. Do we genuinely hate evil to the point that it shows in our actions? If so, we will be actively destroying evil that comes near us and will be actively clinging to the Lord.

 

Heavenly Father, we humbly ask that you help us love with sincere hearts and hate evil so that we defeat it by the power of the Holy Spirit. Give us a burning desire to cling to You and all that You have declared good. In Jesus' name, Amen.

 

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Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC

 

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WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHT?

 

 

1 John 2:9

"Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness." ESV

If someone is in the dark long enough, his eyes begin to adjust to the darkness and he is able to see enough to identify things. Unfortunately, the same holds true in the Spiritual realm. Those who are deceived will say they are walking in the light because they can see just a little. But the true state of their heart is revealed when they open their mouths and speak words of scorn, being fed up with, repulsed, done with, having no use for, and detesting another person. Worse yet, they are still deceived into thinking they are in the Light.

Heavenly Father, what an awesome God You are. We recognize we are but dust and easily deceived. Search our hearts and reveal any hatred that hides as a stow-away in us. By Your grace, let us acknowledge it, confess it, and repent so that we will not be in darkness, but walk in Your light. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

         

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GOT LOVE?

1 John 4:20 "If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he as not seen." ESV The divine principle of God's love is quite simple. Our ability to love God is a divine gift from Him. His love flows from Himself, through us, and to those around us. If we are holding on to resentment and ill will toward others, we have not tapped into that source of love that is from God and is God. Because He is love. Heavenly Father, we cannot fathom the priceless love You shower so generously over us at all times. Search our hearts for any resentment or ill will against others that stops this magnificent flow of Your divine love through us. Cleanse us so that we will be vessels of love pouring out to others all that You shower on us. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.           ©2008-2013 Daily Grace Bobbi Craigmyle, Psy.D., BCPCC http://insidetheshrink-dailygrace.blogspot.com/ No Copyright Infringement Intended Personal Use Only

HATRED VS LOVE

 

Proverbs 10:12

"Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses." ESV

Hatred sets loose all kinds of negative, destructive emotions, intentions, and behaviors. Hatred makes room for resentment, jealousy, anger, divisions, and revenge. Love sets free forgiveness, understanding, compassion, and those Godly things that restore and unify. It makes room for all those things our God has freely given us to live in love and harmony with our fellow men.

Heavenly Father, forgive us if we have any hatred or anything that it allows in our hearts. Cleanse our hearts, Lord, so that we will have only room to let You love fill our hearts and we will produce good works that glorify You. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen.

        

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DO YOU LOVE YOUR BROTHER?

To love God is a divine gift from Him and it flows from
Himself through us and to those around us. If we have
ill will toward others, we have not tapped in to that source
of love which is from God and is God. Because He is love.

Read 1 John 4:20

If anyone says, 'I love God,' yet hates his brother, he is a
liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he
has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. (NIV)


"If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a
liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen,
how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" (KJV)


  
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ARE YOU IN DARKNESS?

We can claim to be a child of God, born again, holy, righteous,
and above reproach. But, if we are harboring resentment or ill
will toward another, we are not a part of God's Kingdom.

Read 1 John 2:9

"Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is
still in the Darkness." (NIV)

"He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in
darkness even until now." (KJV)


  
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