TOPIC: LOVE
INTRODUCTION:
Love can be defined as a profound and caring affection towards someone. It's the catalyst that hastens peace in any society and also promotes unity among people.
CHARACTERISTICS OF LOVE:
i. Hospitality: Love is the only factor that gives us the spirit to accommodate one another and live together as one. Without love, there will certainly be crisis.
ii. Tolerance: When we are able to tolerate each other in love, then complaints and misunderstandings would be at the best minimum.
iii. Generosity: Sharing is one of the numerous ways of showing love to humanity, while stingy is nothing but mere cruelty.
iv. Endurance: In any marriage or organization, there would certainly be challenging situations, but once love exists, there would be endurance on the part of all parties involved.
v. Faith: This is an act of showing love to God and humanity. Having faith in God is a way of reciprocating His love, and that of mankind.
vi. Trust: This must be a key habit in every marriage. Once trust is lost in any home, surely there would be problems which can lead to a sudden collapse of the union.
vii. Sacrifice: As a people, we must be able to let go of one thing or the other to each other's advantage, that is when we can profess confidently that love is a resident of our society.
SCRIPTURAL POINTER:
Romans 13:8
“Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law."
Ephesians 5:25
“For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her."
CONCLUSION:
The BIBLE says love is the fulfilment of the law. The implication of which is that if you don't love GOD first, and thereafter your neighbour, it means you have not kept any commandment. Let's embrace love therefore, preach love to the whole world, and live in love in our lifetime.
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