1 Corinthians 16:13 Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love.
We have a little swarm of 'bees' in this verse. Bee on guard, bee courageous, bee strong. 😊 But today I was thinking about the last part - do everything with love.
The Passion Translation says Let love and kindness be the motivation behind all that you do.
Wow, that can be a challenge if you're like me and we've done things in the past out of a sense of duty. We felt we 'ought' to be doing something and it caused us to have a bit of a begrudging spirit while doing it. Ever been there or is it just me?
Well I just wanted to encourage us today to see the Holy Spirit is wanting us to know it's possible to do everything with a different spirit if we ask the Lord to help us. We can do it with His love and kindness.
Deep inside each one of us is God's love and it's when we recognise and accept His love we can do whatever we have to do motivated by love in our hearts, because He loved us first. When we know we're loved we want to be loving to others but when we sometimes feel a bit mean and begrudging it may be because we've forgotten God loves us so much.
So whatever we have to do today let's tap into God's love inside us and let the Holy Spirit help us do it with a loving, kind spirit. I think we'll all probably enjoy life a bit more, don't you? 😊
Romans 5:5 (Nkjv) ....because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
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