Hey Balanced Family,
How’s your love life? I’m talking about your spiritual love life. After you are saved and you have received the gift of the Holy Ghost, you possess the fruit of the spirit as it is found in the book of Galatians. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." Galatians 5:22 & 23.
Let’s talk about the first one, love. Love is the one that is listed first and is most important. As you probably know, God took all ten of the commandments and reduced them to two, which are both based on love. "And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." Mark 12:30-31
Now, check your love life. Love is unselfish. It’s not all about you. When you pray for yourself, remember to pray for others as well. How about this? Try fasting on behalf of someone other than yourself. Now that’s love! Regarding your finances, every dollar you get is not for you. You should save some, spend some and give some away. Here’s a good one. When your enemy mistreats you, don’t try to get even. Insist on treating him well. Love is kind, patient and forgiving.
Now mind you, the things that I tell you are things that I practice, and I am trying to perfect them in my life. Am I telling you that these things are easy to do? NO! But they can be done with help from Father God. Jesus is our example. No one showed greater love than Jesus. He gave
