The Love Of Christ In Our Hearts

 The love of Christ that was demonstrated in the life of Paul is not a love that can be fired up through the emotions, achieved through training, or developed by strictly following man-made rules. Christlike affection is not a love that we work up for ourselves. It is the love of Christ Himself being poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit. It is the fruit of the Holy Spirit being manifested in our lives so that The Love Of Christ In Our Hearts, may stream out from us to others with whom we come in contact.
 When we abide in Christ and willingly submit to the good work that the Holy Spirit started in our life at salvation, then the love of Christ grows in our heart as spiritual fruit and we are enabled by Him to love one another as He loves us. When the love of Christ is manifested in our hearts, we discover a love for others that is not of ourselves and a willingness to forgive and forget, which can only be rooted in Christ's love for us. When the love of Jesus is genuinely filling our hearts, we discover a joy in the Lord that is inexpressible and a peace in our heart that passes human understanding.
God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

Our United Prayer:
Heavenly Father, we pray that we may grow in grace and in a knowledge of our Savior, Jesus Christ, that His love may flow into our hearts so that, in the power of the Holy Spirit, we too may love others as Christ loved us and be able to say with Paul: "As God is our witness, we yearn for our brothers and sisters in Christ with all the affection of Christ Jesus." In Jesus' name we Pray, AMEN.