Godly Love

 Only Godly love that comes directly from the heart of our Savior is truly sincere. The love that we are called to exhibit in our lives is the foremost fruit of the Spirit, which can only be ministered to us by the Holy Spirit Himself as we die to self, abide in Christ and He in us. Human love is flawed and too often exhibits a selfish streak or it is hidden behind some hypocritical pretenses. But Godly Love is sincere, unaffected and never fails. It is not jealous; or arrogant, unbecoming or easily provoked. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things.
 Love never fails; it is patient and kind, gracious and good and as Christians our dear desire should be to cling fast to all that is good.
Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, we thank You for Paul's amazing epistle to the Romans, which outlines so clearly the fundamentals of our faith and the behavior that You desire from all Your children. Help us to live our lives to Your praise and glory and we pray that the love of God fill us to a fullness that flows through us to others. We pray that we may cling to what is good and abhor all that is evil and we ask that our love be without hypocrisy - as we abide in Christ and He in us. in Jesus name we Pray, AMEN.