ACCUMULATED LOVE

ACCUMULATED LOVE

Having prepared the rented sailboat the charter boat captain prayed, “Lord, may my passengers experience You within me today.”  The skipper has no intention to redirect conversations Godward, nor does he expect conversions on the excursion, yet ready for any sincere opening.  He just wants his passengers to enjoy being Loved.  He does so; trusting God will draw the patrons to Himself, as future exposures to Divine Love accumulate in their lives.

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GOD DRAWS

John 6:44  “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.  45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.  Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.  46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.

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LOVE’S ACTIONS

1 Corinthians 13:4  Love is patient, love is kind.  It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  8 Love never fails…

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LOVE DOES NO HARM

Romans 13:9(b)… whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”  10 Love does no harm to a neighbor.  Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.

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SO PRAY

1 Timothy 2:1  I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people.  3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

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AND REMEMBER

Romans 2:4  Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?