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Love God and choose goodness

Above hope and faith, love the Lord

13/07/2017

By: Apostle Valdemiro Santiago

In 1 Corinthians, it`s written that the most important thing is love, bigger than faith, than hope. Jesus gave His life to us for love, He didn`t expect to receive anything back because there is nothing we can do to pay for His sacrifice. We do many things for faith and for hope, but when it`s for love, God powerfully manifests in our lives.

Living for love means waiting for nothing back, but curiously it`s when the reward comes. At this right moment, Jesus sees a crowd gathered in His name, serving Him, and manifesting faith.

God wants people to love. In Deuteronomy 30.15, God says clearly that there is life and death. He offers us life and good, death and evil. All of us receive opportunities because God is fair, loyal, and skillful. Even not being aware, everyone is offered opportunity from God. The Bible says that God doesn`t give us any burden we can`t carry, so, religions come up with many of them. Physical death, every one of us will go through, but eternal death, we can avoid because Jesus died on the cross for us to live eternally. If we recognize Jesus, and love Him deep in our hearts, we will live. God promises abundance. Never deceive yourself because the one, who is your friend today, may not be tomorrow. Some friends from yesterday are not friends today anymore. The only certainty comes from God, who gave His most valuable thing for us. We didn`t have anything that He could be interested in having back. Never give up of God for projects, friendship, and marital love. God doesn`t want to put an end to your life, instead, He wants the first place in your life because we just exist because of Him. The biggest human fates are evidences that God invests in us. They are aklso limited because we don`t have our own resources. If we depended on us, we wouldn`t be able to be delivered from anything or live. Nothing we do may make God proud of us besides loving Him. If we love God, it makes Him feel proud and we will be a reference. Job was shown for loving God. David was a man, made mistakes, sinned, but really loved God and that`s what counts the most. The love you feel for Him marks your life and you stay at the memorial of God, and those who rise against you have to be careful because they will be against God too. When we seek God for cure or victory, we seek for hope or faith, but when we are given this grace, we go to the church less often. If love is the bond, the more you grow, the closer you are to God. While we are with Jesus, every good thing will come to us and for us. I can`t add anything to your life, but make you aware of loving God, you will succeed and victories will be surplus in your life. That`s the only certitude we have. We have already had many disappointments in life, but never with God. We get to the edge for us to be aware of our smallness, but God never leaves us alone, He is the only One Who can look after us. The only thing we can give the Lord is our love for Him, thus we may see our basket full of things. The choice is between life and good, death and evil The life God promised us is just possible if we keep ourselves in Him. God says there are Heaven and earth, as witness and asks us to come to choose life under the promise of His blessing reach our beloved ones if we love Him, such as our children, our partners, our grandchildren. God doesn`t need us, but we need Him The best thing you can do is to tell Him that you came before Him because you need Him in your life. This prayer is very powerful.