DAILY BREAD OF LIFE

(KJV.)  1 JOHN 3:18-20

(18)  My little children, let us not love in word,  neither in tongue;  but in deed and in truth.
(19)  And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.
(20)  For if our heart condemn us,  God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

YOURS SINCERELY?

Brethren, when we speak of love, there are several ways and meanings of the word, depending on what type of conversation or expression we relate or show to others; in the above text, love is being spoken of as an audible expressions of passionate affection, feelings, for another person; however, on the writer's point of view,  the word love should not be used as an expression, verbalized to one another alone, but, our actions should also portray the intentions of our innermost spirits;  he said, "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue;  but in deed and in truth; several times we have used the word love to express how we feel about others in closer relationships, to relate how deeply we care about them; however, we verbalize love as a positive connotation only, but we do not really portray physically what we express or how we emotionally feel about them; the writer of this text, is saying, if we truly love others, we should not verbalize the word love alone, but show love in our actions and behaviors, how we will feel about the people we claim to love; not only that, but if we call ourselves children of our Father, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, we have to stand firmly in whatever we do, speak truthfully of matters, be sincere, real, mean what we say, let our yeses' be yes, and noes' be no; and our spoken words be made manifested in our actions and behaviors; for it is written in the scriptures 1 Peter 1:22, "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: therefore, let us love one another with pureness of hearts, show kindness, be merciful, compassionate, forgive one another's faults, embrace one another with the love of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior forevermore.

Fruits of thoughts, brethren, let us not wait for special occasions, to express our love for others, but sincerely reach out and touch someone everyday, at times, on our ways to our workplaces, offices; when we join others in elevators, all it takes to show love is to say good morning or hello, they may choose to respond or not pay any attentions to us; but, that is perfectly alright, we gave ourselves good mornings by declaring the morning as good; we will experience the goodness of our Father all morning and day long;  remember, what we say or do to others reciprocate, we receive back what we give to the glorification of our Father through Jesus Christ; at times, all have have to do to show love to others, is to smile, and we touch others with our lights of love illuminating from our innermost spirits to brighten up their days; and sincerely express our love of our Father through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior; we may also choose to surprise love ones with gifts of love, such as flowers, box of chocolates, etc..it is the little things that we do, unexpectedly to people that shows how much we care about them; and this is how we know that we are true children of Jesus Christ, to declare earnestly that our hearts are pure before him through our love and kind gestures; if we feel guilty because we do not love people in rightful ways, that alright, there are many more days ahead that we can change things around for better; and regardless, our Father knows our short comings, he is greater than our guiltiness, therefore, let us not feel condemned about issues, but be happy that we are his children; for there is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus; but rather let us try to do our best, show other people that we care about them, as Jesus Christ loves and cares about us that he gave himself as a sacrificial lamb, to take away all the iniquities of this world; therefore, he will take absolute control of our innermost spirits, teach us how to rightfully love our Father and one another as ourselves.

CONCLUSION:

Dearly beloved, today's text is about truthfulness of love; no one is capable of knowing contents of people hearts, except our Father, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior; (Luke 16:15);  therefore, let us show love by giving and serving one another with kind gestures, at times, in other to show love, we might have to get out of our comfort zones to help those in devastating situations, so we can truly call ourselves children of the most High Father and joint heirs to Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior forever and evermore.  I love you all with the love of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior!  Amen and amen!  

QUOTES OF THE DAY:

(KJV.)  John 13:34  A new commandment I give unto you,  That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another...By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.