Enduring Love For The Lord
Wednesday, July 12, 2023Key Verse
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8: 38,39).
Text — Romans 8:25-29
Message
Love is the bonding virtue that helps two parties to remain faithful to each other. On God`s part love made Him sacrificial to the point of giving us His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ (Romans 8:32). On our part we are expected as Christian youths to be sacrificial to the point of letting go of everything that contradicts God`s word and our godly convictions. This is why Robert Tilton said that, “Service and obedience are proofs of love.” How is your obedience to God? In what aspects are you serving Him? Love for God is not sentiment, but conscious determination to obey Him implicitly.
When a Christian youth understands that perfect love is one without fear, such a youth would maintain a healthy relationship with God, which is to please Him in good times and bad times, like the three Hebrew young men. We can only have an enduring love for God when we make conscious effort to fearlessly but wisely preach the word of God which we have hidden in our hearts.
Quote
Obey Him implicitly
Challenge
Stand for Him always.
Prayer for today
Heavenly Father, help me to love you always, in Jesus’ name.
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
