We know how dearly God loves us, because He has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with His love (Rom. 5:5).
The certainty that God loves you can bring about a mighty turnaround in your spiritual life. It inspires your thinking, broadens your views, gives you new confidence, creates enthusiasm and makes your daily existence meaningful. All of this is the work of the Holy Spirit who continuously reminds you of the strong bond between you and the Source of true love.
The stronger this love between you and God is anchored to the foundation of faith and reality, the more strength and inspiration you draw from it. This is confirmed by the ripple effect of your love for your fellow humans. To say that you love Christ and yet refuse to lighten the load of an underprivileged person is a blatant denial of that love. If you truly love God, it brings you to a clear and sometimes painful awareness of the needs of others, and creates in you the urgency to do something about it.
If you claim to have the love of God in your heart, it will find expression in your words and deeds. In this the Holy Spirit is your sympathetic Teacher. This love enables you to desire the best for those you meet. It includes heart and mind, as well as the will and emotions. It is the conscious effort to seek nothing else than the very best for others with the help of the Holy Spirit. The Source of this love is God Himself, as revealed in Jesus Christ and cultivated in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.
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