God's love originates in Himself, was manifested in His Son, and is perfected in His people. God's love is perfected in us when we reproduce it.  We either use love and perfect it or lose it. This partly explains the apostle John's intense concern about fellowship.  What concerned him is not just an optional blessing to believers, but a fundamental outlet for the manifestation and perfection of God's love amongst humanity.

Only by knowing God can we have this love, and only by loving can we know Him! This may sound like a vicious circle, but the two go together. Only by learning to love God can we learn His nature, that is, what He is like. We cannot have that love until we first come to know Him. Through fellowship with Him, we come to know Him and receive His love, and in using His love, we become like Him and really know Him. We can only really come to know God by experiencing the use of His love ourselves.

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:1)

For a missionary in Colombia the word “one heart” was translated as “there is nothing between me and the other person.”  This made him realise that all it really meant was peace.  For us to have peace with God means that there is nothing; no sin, no guilt, no condemnation that can separate from the love of God, and that peace can only be attained through Jesus.  Do you have “one heart” with God?

 

“Lord, may I live at peace with You for the rest of my life and to be one heart with You to know and experience Your peace.”
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HEALING SERVICE KALKARA
THE NEXT HEALING SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT ST JOSEPH PARISH CHURCH  IN KALKARA ON FRIDAY 16 JANUARY AT 7.30PM. THE HEALING SERVICE WILL BE LED BY DR JOHN.
EVERYONE IS INVITED.
 
Daily Reading Sunday 4th January
Epiphany of the Lord

Reading 1: Isaiah 60:1-6

Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem!  Your light has come,
the glory of the Lord shines upon you.
See, darkness covers the earth,
and thick clouds cover the peoples;
but upon you the LORD shines,
and over you appears his glory.
Nations shall walk by your light,
and kings by your shining radiance.
Raise your eyes and look about;
they all gather and come to you:
your sons come from afar,
and your daughters in the arms of their nurses.

Then you shall be radiant at what you see,
your heart shall throb and overflow,
for the riches of the sea shall be emptied out before you,
the wealth of nations shall be brought to you.
Caravans of camels shall fill you,
dromedaries from Midian and Ephah;
all from Sheba shall come
bearing gold and frankincense,
and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.