1. i will be detoxing myself. so i will drink heaps of water. This is going to cause me to be urgent and hence i can take walks to the toilet too to release my urgency and work some muscles. hopefully at least once every hour.
2. I will be starting a spirit filled tamar series. so i will be doing the fruit of the spirit. this fruit has 9 parts to it. so its going to take 3 weeks in total for me to finish this series. today is going to be about love.
3. i will be taking my lunch hours to pray for self, for people that God brings to mind and also for the freshman. the funny thing is that i like to pray on the highest floor of the building at the stair way. and there is this old uncle who is always sleeping there at lunch hour. maybe one day i will walk up to him and ask to pray for him!
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LOVE
Loving God is the greatest commandment. Loving God is the ultimate motivator in all that we do in our lives. But i do not seems to love God alot. Mostly this is because, God is not as tangible as i would like him to. He does not answers me audibly, he does not touch me physically. But this does not mean that He cannot. It just means He does this in other ways. ( I am still trying to find out why). So on the topic of HOW CAN ONE FALL IN LOVE WITH GOD MORE AND MORE?
here are some random thoughts. not in any particular order of importance. thank you to those who contributed to all these insights.
1. Knowing God leads to Loving God
knowing what he has done. knowing what he is doing. knowing what he will keep doing. i realise that when i read the Word, God assures us of his character, his love, his choice, that He is able to meet all our needs and that He is actually the only one who is able to do so. Experiences like answered prayers of the past leads to a faith in the present and the future. I guess, for me and maybe for you too, i enjoy God the most when i do things that i enjoy with Him. like taking walks, going to beach, going to cafe, reading and watching movies, spending time with good friends. I need to plan more secret get aways because it is true that when one recalls and reflects, i will know the heart of the giver. i am amazed. even when i am not walking right with Him, he takes care of all my needs, what more when i seek him with all my being.
2. Praying for divine love to increase
Romans 5:5 and Hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
When i pray, God will increase my love for him. This is divine. This is from God. This is the working of the holy spirit. As i continue to consider His work in my life, this will birth into new joy and new spirit. As i read his word, new insights refresh and renew my mind. At the present, as i am walk life with the spirit, i will experience his presence and his realness. This is the difference between divine and human love i reckon.
On the note of realness, i realize that when someone is vulnerable to me and discloses and trust me, i love this person more. Jesus was vulnerable to me. He showed me with what He said before He went to the cross. I should resolute to be more real in my life to those around me that i love.
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I guess when I love God more and more, i will exhibit more love in my life too. And loving God more is both the result of my doing and also God's doing. its 100% God and 100% me!
i want to be emotionally dependent on God.
Psalms 63 was the prayer of my heart today. 1 Chr 22:19 teaches me that i should tread carefully, and not to be careless, to frequent His presence.
'on my bed i will remember you, i think of you through the watches of the night.'
may the memories of you come to me more and more.
at my door step
11:45 PM