1 Peter 4:8 (NKJV) And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
In the Message translation it reads: Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything.
Love is God’s nature and He desires for His children to walk in love. One of the ways to walk in love is by the words we speak, our words should be filled with grace that edifies those who hear us.
Eph 4:29 (NKJV) Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
Our response to people who hurt us is to forgive, not wishing them evil or seeking revenge. Even when we see our enemies fall, we are not to gloat. The Word of God says we should love our enemies, pray for those who spitefully use us.
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1 Corinthians 13 summarizes the Love walk, Love is the fruit of the spirit and fruit takes time to develop. Same way we become more and more mature in our love walk. Philippians 1:9: And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment.
Walking in love is also walking the path of wisdom
James 3:17 (NKJV) But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
To be continued…
PRAYER
Dear Heavenly Father, I ask for grace to grow in love each day, help me to respond rightly to people I meet and situations I face daily.
