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asking for a blessing. Freely you have received. He said: FREELY GIVE! Maturity is giving God, and serving Him out of love. We must serve Him in exaltation of Him who died for us.
There is no fear in love for Perfect love cast out all fear. Because of this we will not draw back when adversity comes for perfect love will cast the fear out as we seek a loving walk with Him.
How can we have perfect love? The Bible says that the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost. It is necessary to first have the Holy Ghost as exemplified in the book of Acts. We receive this wisdom as we pray in the Spirit. The Lord just keeps slicing off this gift of love onto us as we pray in the Spirit and grow through experiences with Him.
Our hearts must be a place where love can grow. We must not expect seeds of the righteousness of God to grow in our hearts are pelted with stones of unforgiveness, anger, vengeance or other attitudes of a negative nature. We must not expect seeds sown on stone to grow.
1John: 4:18: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. Gleaning from this scripture we can say that where there is no love, there is fear. This brings to mind the point brought out concerning those who will not forgive. Mentioning that fear has torment, we can see the meaning of the tormentors who come when love is not expressed in forgiving. Matthew 18: 21 - 35. Once we stop holding grudges, we are truly loving the Lord, and others.
In our love ministry, we WILL need to forgive others. It will come up in our experiences. Too be a woman of God, truly we must learn to forgive. Sharing the truth of the offense before God, and being willing to let it go without being able to repay, or wanting to. Vengeance belongs to the Lord, and believe it, if a payment is due, He will repay. Therefore our faithfulness toward God and the Brethren will cause us to cultivate this excellent spirit of love and service, Perfect love.
The foundation of ministry is love. The whole foundation of the kingdom of God stands upon love. This love we receive from the Lord, and from the saints of the church, as well as the love that we give back. As we love our ministry
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