Be loving. Why? Because God is love. Also, love covers over a multitude of sins. If you love each other deeply, you will not struggle to forgive people who offend you. The love of God in you will make forgiveness instant, or automatic. That is how I forgive: instantly, quickly. There is no sin that I cannot forgive. Yes, that one, that you say it's the worst, that you will never forgive no matter what, I can forgive easily. This is the power of God's love. I urge you to love God a lot & love each other deeply. God bless you all.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds & write them on their hearts. I will be their God, & they will be My people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man his brother, saying: Know the Lord, because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. (Hebrews 8:10-11). If our hearts are not changed, following God's rules will be unpleasant & difficult. We will rebel against being told how to live the Christian way. The Holy Spirit, however, gives us new desires, helping us wanting to obey God. With new hearts, hearts of flesh & not hearts of stone, we will find that serving God is our greatest joy. Under God's new covenant, God's law is inside us & not outside, ie, on a tablet of stone. No, it's written in our hearts. It is no longer an external set of rules & principles. The Holy Spirit reminds us of Christ's words, activates our ...
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