The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying:
“I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.” Jeremiah 31:3 NIV
Prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father,
May our hearts fall to half staff and accept your Agape Love so that we can share it with others. In JESUS name amen.
O.M. Daily Nugget:
“TURN YOUR LOVE LANGUAGE INTO UNCONDITIONAL LOVE @ WORK.”
Expository study:
Matthew 5:45
Jeremiah 31:3b
Food For Thought:
“There may come a time when it will be possible for you to humiliate your worst enemy or even to defeat him, but in order to love the enemy, you must not do it... The Greek language has another word [for love]. It calls it agape. Agape is more than romantic love. Agape is more than friendship. Agape is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men. Agape is an overflowing love, a spontaneous love, which seeks nothing in return. And theologians would say that it is the love of God operating in the human heart. When you rise to love on this level, you love all men, not because you like them, not because their ways appeal to you, not because they are worthful to you, but you love all men because God loves them. And you rise to the noble heights of loving the person who does the evil deed while hating the deed that the person does. And I think this is what Jesus means when he says, “Love your enemies.”