Reduce Me to Love
Unlocking the Secret to Lasting Joy
Chapter One
THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE
But earnestly desire and zealously cultivate the greatest and best
gifts and graces (the higher gifts and the choicest graces). And
yet I will show you a still more excellent way [one that is better
by far and the highest of them all - love].
-1 CORINTHIANS 12:31
Where does love fit into your list of priorities? Jesus said, A new
commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have
loved you ... (John 13:34 NKJV). It seems to me that Jesus was saying
love is the main thing on which we should concentrate.
The apostle Paul stated that ... faith, hope, love abide ... but the
greatest of these is love (1 Corinthians 13:13).
Love should be number one on our spiritual priority list. We should
study love, pray about love and develop the fruit of love (according
to Galatians 5:22,23, one of the nine fruit of the Spirit available
to those in whom Gods Holy Spirit lives) by practicing loving
others.
God is love, so when we walk in His love we abide in Him. Because we
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