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LOVE for enemies.

If anyone says,
"I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar.
For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:20

"If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?"
Matthew 5:46-47

This kind of love is extremely hard. loving our enemies goes against what our sinful nature desires us to do. It is far from effortless. Very often, when we stand at the brink of loving our enemies, our sinful nature cries out. We have to push through it. We have to resist the notion that something so difficult and so contrary to our natural desire could be called "love". It is, in fact the greatest kind of love. It is the kind of love that God demonstrated when He saved us while we were His enemies. (Romans 5:10)

This is the kind of love that Christ demands - not a feeling, but rather a spirit of service, selflessness and humility. It is the ability to give to others with no regard to what they can do to repay you, what they feel for you or what you feel for them.

Gerafin :D

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	Read the Profile, then Journal, Archive is optional Links to disappear And Contact Us is a must. TAGS :D	profile We are a bunch of guys/girls. On fire for God. Crazy for God ;D We are called the AGAPIANS From AGAPE ! Our EG Verse is: 1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. wishlist ■ CG :D ■ Best EG for August, September, October ■ Every member to get best member / nomiated :D Us. Leader Kelvin Cai. Currently in NS, 7 May 1989 Shepherd Venus Ee Tanjong Katong Sec, 14 Sept 1995 Intern Shepherd Gerafin Ong Bedok Green Sec, 20 Jan 1995 Nicholas Wee Bedok View Sec, 7 Jan 1994 Joseph Loo Bedok Town Sec, 2 June 1995 Kenneth Ong Maris Stella High, 1 Dec 1995 Adam Lim Bedok View Sec, 11 May 1994	1657981667460006692 date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 time: 12:58 PM comments: 0 LOVE for enemies. If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 1 John 4:20 "If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?" Matthew 5:46-47 This kind of love is extremely hard. loving our enemies goes against what our sinful nature desires us to do. It is far from effortless. Very often, when we stand at the brink of loving our enemies, our sinful nature cries out. We have to push through it. We have to resist the notion that something so difficult and so contrary to our natural desire could be called "love". It is, in fact the greatest kind of love. It is the kind of love that God demonstrated when He saved us while we were His enemies. (Romans 5:10) This is the kind of love that Christ demands - not a feeling, but rather a spirit of service, selflessness and humility. It is the ability to give to others with no regard to what they can do to repay you, what they feel for you or what you feel for them. Gerafin :D comment?	archives March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 August 2009 recently Nothing Left But GOD Some random lyrics of songsI'll bring You more tha... Joseph here .Well, suddenly,And somehow,I get a fe... NIC XDToday's daily bread,4th April '09Humility An... John 1:5the Lord says He will not leave us nor for... Today's daily bread,1st april '09Servant - Friends... ELLO ALL.KENNETH DESPERATELY NEED EVERYONE TO POST... Joseph here. (:Boom. Boom. Bang !Hahaa. It's been ... The previous post was a very stupid post. okay, Ke...	links Arranged in no particular order. I just think it's a waste of time alphabetizing them (: Shekinah Harvest Church ! Gideonitez ! Faithians ! Poggers ! Godcser ! TKS ! Venus :D Gerafin :D Nicholas :D Adam :D Kenneth :D	contact me Will update this space soon, promise :D before you tag I'd like to make a handful of things clear to all taggers. ■ Strictly no anonymous taggers allowed. (I will not entertain anonymous tags no matter how obnoxious.) ■ Vulgarism of all forms are prohibited. With that said, you may commence with your ~~nagging~~ tagging. talkbox