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What is Perfect Love?
“Perfect love casts out all fear, for fear hath torment. And he that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” 1 John 4:18 We are born with a need for love and fear is waiting at the door when we don’t receive it. The first time we are touched and held as an infant, the need for love is met, but only for a moment. As an infant, the ability to hold on to love has not been established. The ability to hold on when someone says they are holding you is what we call “trust”. Just as […]
Our Greatest Need
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever believed in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 Our greatest need is love, and the greatest gift is love. Everyone in the entire world needs the gift of love, but it is not the world’s kind of love- it is God’s kind of love! God’s love is unconditional, which means we do not have to do anything to earn it or deserve it. We just receive it. Love that must be earned is conditional love. When certain conditions or requirements must […]