Love 2
Brad McClendon1 John 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.
Loving someone that hasn’t loved you first sets the heart free for the one that is receiving the love and for the one that is brokering it. Love first think later.
1 John 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.
Loving someone that hasn’t loved you first sets the heart free for the one that is receiving the love and for the one that is brokering it. Love first think later.
1 John 4:16 God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
Love is the magnet that draws invisible substances from the storehouse of God’s heart and makes them visible to the world. Love is the will of God. It is like a magnet that pulls God’s finished Kingdom that is in heaven upon the earth. It is the foundation of Life, Man and God. Love is what possessed and controlled Jesus’ every move and miracle. Love is man’s inheritance. He loves Us
John 1:32-34 – 32 – And John bore witness, saying,”I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
Jesus attracted heaven to come and remain not only upon Him, but also upon man earth and man. Jesus is our connecter back to our original home, “Heaven.”
John 11:14-15, 20-22,25-26, 38-44Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”
38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
Not all people die on God’s timing. Promises never die, they only sleep until the appointed time. Because of Christ, death can no longer hold man in the grave. Nothing can separate man from true “Love” – neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
No matter if your faith is strong or weak, Jesus will raise you and your precious promises from the grave. Death is God’s black smith that forms man into the glorious image of God. Trust God no matter how bad the situation stinks. Remember, God gives life to the dead, not the living. Rejoice!
Song of Solomon 1:2 – Let him kiss me with the kisses of His mouth – For your love is better than wine.
The expressions of Jesus’ love eclispes anything that man has ever tasted on the face of the earth. The foundation of wine is ultimately from the earth. True Love comes from heaven. Love has the ability to take man high above every principality and powers and rulers of the underworld.
Galatians 5:22-26
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Power of the 3third heaven does not come through physical action but by attitude or personality of the Spirit of Jesus.
Luke 5:4-6 says, When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon, “Launch out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” says, 5 But Simon answered and said to Him, “Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net.” 6 And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish, and their net was breaking.
Luke 5:8
When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!”
There are times in our lives when we have tried to make great ideas happen, thinking that we would succeed but failed, walking away empty handed and discouraged. When this type of failure hits our soul, it builds up a stronghold of hopelessness and rejection to any type of hope or idea that comes our way again. This is what we are seeing in Peter’s first response toward the Lord. Nevertheless in spite of the sense of hopelessness, he tried the same idea again, except this time he had the Lord in his boat. Peter then brought in the abundance he had always envisioned in his mind. Peter was blessed with not only fish, but he could feel the energy of joy, and kindness all over him and in the boat. This caused him to realize what kind of attitude he was in toward Jesus when He had asked him to launch out do the same thing he had done before. The kindness in the air caused Peter to bow his heart toward the Lord in repent. When the Lord is in your boat, the same dreams that failed before becomes a beautiful reality. It then delivers you from the strongholds of self-rejection and disappointment. If you hear the Lord say to you, “Try your idea again”, that only means he is going to be in the boat with you this time. Then get ready! Here comes your deliverance and prosperity! Don’t let attitudes of disappoint cause you to miss your appointment with Him:)
John 20:27
27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
In this scripture Jesus obviously shows Thomas that He is alive and well by allowing him to feel his wounds and putting his hand into Jesus’ side. Jesus also is prophetically proving that wounds, scars, and death can be used to transform man back into the supernatural state of God. Trials are the blacksmith’s tools that molds man into the original image that was intended from the beginning – the image and nature of God. If you have wounds, Jesus does too, if you have scars, Jesus has them as well. You have looked like God all this time. Wake up! You are not the image that the enemy is projecting in your mind! You are like Jesus! Believe!
Luke 2:4-14 says, Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. 6 So it was, that while they were there, the days were completed for her to be delivered. 7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
8 Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. 10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger.”
13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying:
14 “Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!”
This scripture prophetically shows that heaven is pulled into the earthly realm when Jesus is born through man. Jesus is the connection that is needed for not only man to live in heaven, but also the bridge for heaven to live with man on the earth. Live the nature of Jesus! Attract Heaven!
2 Kings 6:19-23 says,Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” But he led them to Samaria.
20 So it was, when they had come to Samaria, that Elisha said, “Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.” And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and there they were, inside Samaria!
21 Now when the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”
22 But he answered, “You shall not kill them. Would you kill those whom you have taken captive with your sword and your bow? Set food and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master.” 23 Then he prepared a great feast for them; and after they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syrian raiders came no more into the land of Israel.
This scripture truly reflects the nature of Christ through Elijah. When we were yet still sinners and blinded by the ways of sin. Christ gave His life and led us into the courts of God. Then the great Judge of all – Jesus – did not condemn us, but judged our hearts by preparing a great celebration and setting a table of the finest and heavenly food in front of us – Faith, Hope, and Love. By this action of Jesus, our hearts were judged and we all went away never to steal, kill, and destroy again.
Love your enemies and save them.