My dear friends, don’t believe everything you hear. Carefully weigh and examine what people tell you. Not everyone who talks about God comes from God. There are a lot of lying preachers loose in the world.
Seems a little "easy" to copy/paste the first sentence in the chapter. But, in this case, it strikes me as being so current. There's so much coming at us, in this culture. I think its vital to be able to discern what's from God and what isn't. What will lead us closer to God, and what will take us further away.
I really like the concept of love being the glue that holds is all together. If you start with love, then the rest will fall into place.
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18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
ReplyDeleteStriving for perfect love will eliminate dealing with the fears of this world. Eliminate worries about having enough to survive. Worries about status. Worries about how others perceive me at work. Worries about advancement and accomplishment. I am not there or the anxiety that I sometimes have would be nonexistent.
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