1 John 4:11-12

11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

As I move forward with my purity offering to God I will be using the daily scripture from Biblegateway.com.   This will require a good deal of commitment on my part, but there are many areas of my life that need to be tweaked to bring my attitude and outlook more in line with the standards that God has set for us.

With all the views on love the one that most strikes me is that love is not an emotion, but a decision…a decision to put others above our self, by setting aside selfishness and focusing on serving.  God has shown his love for us through the sacrifice of his son for our sins.  The challenge before us is to personify this love through our interaction with others.  This can best be demonstrated by acting in a servant manner, the same love Christ demonstrated to us through his actions.