TODAY'S LESSON: THE LOVE BOAT
BELOVED, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER:
FOR LOVE IS OF GOD;
AND EVERY ONE THAT LOVETH
IS BORN OF GOD,
AND KNOWETH GOD.
I JOHN 4:7
EVERYONE HAS A LOVE BOAT.
FOR MOST OF US IT'S FULL(SOME ARE OVER-FLOWING),
AND FOR OTHERS IT MIGHT BE LESS,
BUT FOR SOME IT IS EMPTY.
THEY ARE SAILING ALL ALONE.
AND BECAUSE INIQUITY SHALL ABOUND,
THE LOVE OF MANY SHALL WAX COLD.
MATTHEW 24:12
WHY IS THAT?
IT HAS AN AWFUL LOT TO DO WITH
S.E.L.F.
SUCH
AN
EGO
AND
LACK
OF
FAITH
PRIDE GOETH BEFORE DESTRUCTION,
AND AN HAUGHTY SPIRIT BEFORE A FALL.
PROVERBS 16:18
THEIR "I'M TOO GOOD FOR YOU'' AND "TRUST NO ONE" ATTITUDE KEEPS THEM FROM DOING THE VERY THING
GOD COMMANDS US TO DO.
LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
THESE THINGS I COMMAND YOU,
THAT YE LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
JOHN 15:17
SO, HOW CAN SOMEONE GET ON "THE LOVE BOAT"?
WELL, FIRST OF ALL YOU MUST LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELF!
(NOT FROM A WORLDLY STAND POINT, BUT THROUGH GOD'S EYES)
WE LOVE HIM, BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US.
I JOHN 4:19
NOW FOR THE HARD PART.
YOU MUST LOVE YOUR ENEMIES!
BUT I SAY UNTO YO,
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES,
BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU,
DO GOOD TO THEM THAT HATE YOU,
AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU,
AND PERSECUTE YOU;
MATTHEW 5:44
LASTLY, LOVE GOD!
AND THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD THY GOD
WITH ALL THINE HEART,
AND WITH ALL THY SOUL,
AND WITH ALL THY MIGHT.
DEUTERONOMY 6:5
DO THESE 3 THINGS AND YOU'LL NEVER SAIL ALONE AGAIN.
