True Love From Christ
Friday, February 13, 2026Key Verse
“Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart” (2 Timothy 2:22).
Text — 2 Timothy 2:19-22
Message
“Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead,” says Oscar Wilde. God is love and He expects youths to have His nature of love in their hearts towards others. Jerry Bridges posits that “God’s unfailing love for us is an objective fact affirmed over and over in the Scriptures. It is true whether we believe it or not. Our doubts do not destroy God’s love, nor does our faith create it. It originates in the very nature of God, who is love, and it flows to us through our union with His beloved Son.”
Sadly, many youths misunderstand the concept of God’s love; and on Valentine’s Day go on romantic dates with the opposite sex for immoral affection and fornication. Christ-like love extends to all, even those who are unlovable, and seeks to meet needs of others but without impurity. Agape love doesn’t lead somebody to give his or her body to sinful pleasures. Do not join ungodly youths to commit immoral acts.
Quote
He expects youths to have His nature of love
Challenge
Agape love is not lust.
Prayer for today
God, please help me to spread agape love to others.