“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.” - 1 John 3:18 (NIV1984) Happy Valentine’s Day! The day we celebrate love. However, do you notice the narrow and shallow view of love that is often portrayed by advertisers and big companies on Valentine’s Day? Love is portrayed as romantic (not a bad thing by any means!) and full of romantic gestures (again, not a bad thing!). Yes, this is one very small and important aspect of love, but is that all that love is? In John’s first letter in the New Testament, he is writing to encourage his readers and hearers to continue hold strong to their faith and to be people of love. Why would they need to be people of love? They need to be people of love because we are told that “God is love” (v. 4:8). If we want to be known as people of God, we need to be people of love! Now, how can we be people of love? Not only are we supposed to ha...
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