Christ's Love

1 Corinthians 13 : 4-8A

Love is patient , love is kind . It does not envy , it does not boast , it is not proud . It is not rude , it is not self-seeking , it is not easily angered , it keeps no record of wrongs . Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth . It always protects , always trusts ,always hopes , always perseveres . Love never fails.

Doesn't this verse discribes exactly what Jesus's love for us !! When we were studying the bible , what moves us is the love of Jesus , it is not self-seeking , it is always so sincere , always so real . No matter how much we sins against Him , his love always never fails.

Brothers , as we match into 2009 with much anticipation , inspite of being overwhelmed by so many bad news that happened around us in 2008 , yet God still faithfully protects us and our families . Let us continue to stay faithful and devote our lives to Him !!

What a great way to start our group's QT in 2009 with "the fruit of the spirit - Gal 5 : 22-23" . With the first quality we need to keep in step with the spirit being : "LOVE" . As i look at the Concordance Bible , its not difficult to find verses that talks about love , in fact there were about 521 verses in the bible that God mentioned about LOVE . There are so many areas we can look at regarding this topic . For example : God's love for us , our love for God , our love for our family , our love for each other , our love for neighbours etc.... Or how about our love for ourselves ??? our love for money ??? there are tons of reflections we can meditate on.

Lets really dive in to the bible and check it out and share with us in this blog or in our d-groups on fridays.

To kick start , would like to provide some of the bible references about LOVE from the book of Matthew , Mark , Luke and John :

MT 3:17 , 5:43-46 , 6:5 , 6:24 , 12:18 , 17:5 , 19:19 , 22:37 , 22:39 , 23:6 , 23:7 , 24 :12

MK 1:11 , 9:7 , 12:30-33

LK 3:22 , 6:27 , 6:32-35 , 7:42 , 10:27 , 11:42-43 , 16:13 , 20:13 , 20:46

Jn 5:42 , 8:42 , 11 :3 , 13:1 , 13:34-35 , 14:15 , 14:21-24 , 14:31 , 15:9-13 , 15:17 , 17:26 , 21:15-17

Enjoy your time with God , lets bring out your child-likeness heart as if we were all young christians , reading the bible for the first time . :)

For those brothers who need help to do QT time together , please don't hasitate to ask brothers around you , we are must willing to help each other , that's what love is all about.

Jason Kuwe