perfect love / 4 posts found
How to Find 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 created in the image of God and designed to have intimate relationships bound in love. I guess it would be safe to say we are created with a “need” to love, and be loved. As an infant, the first time we are touched and held by our parent, our initial experience with physical love is activated. But, only for a moment. At the stage of infancy, the ability to hold-on to love has […]
Strategic Rapid Fire
“Perfect love casts out all fear” 1 John 4:18 The greatest weapon we have against the enemy is love. He sets up camp in people who are fearful of rejection and convinces them that they are not loved. 1 John 4:18 says perfect love will cast out all fear. From this verse we can gain wisdom of how God intends for the enemy to be defeated. It is through love that fear is cast out and it is through love that his access points are closed. So how do you know when the enemy has someone in your family convinced […]
Receiving God’s Love
“And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him.” 1 John 4:16-17 Those who have not experienced unconditional love may have a hard time believing that God loves them. Conditional love is not God’s kind of love. Conditional love is based on performance and expectations. You may have experienced conditional love when someone had an expectation of how they thought you should perform. If you performed to meet their expectations, then you were accepted and affirmed. If love is measured […]
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 […]