Topic: CONTROLLED BY THE LOVE OF GOD  [Church of God Mission International] Above Only Daily Devotional 15 february 2023

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ABOVE ONLY DAILY DEVOTIONAL

BY: ARCHBISHOP M. E. BENSON IDAHOSA

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH 2023

CONTROLLED BY THE LOVE OF GOD

2CORINTHIANS 5:14-15 (NLT), EPHESIANS 5:2 (GNB) …Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died in our old life. He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, …*Your life must be controlled by love, just as Christ loved us and gave his life for us as a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice that pleases God. 

What is the major controlling force of your life? Is it the love of Christ? What inspires or motivates you in your thoughts, your words and your actions? Is it the love of Christ? In the King James Version, our first text above says the love of Christ constrains us. To be constrained is to be forced, coerced or compelled to do something. When your life is filled with the revelation of the love of Christ, it will constrain you.

God wants the love of Christ to be the lens by which you view life and the script by which you live your life. God wants the love of Christ to be the driving force of your life and the filter by which you purify every aspect of your life. Without the love of God, you cannot do anything that will please God. Whatever you do that is not born out of the love of God or done as a response to the love of God, is nothing before God, (1Cor.13:1-3).

It is the love of God that will make you yield your body to Him as a living sacrifice, (Rom.12:1). It will make you realize that you are dead and it is Christ that is living through you now, (Gal.2:20). It will make you yield yourself more to God’s Spirit. It will make you sold-out to God. Like Apostle Paul, you will labour more than others, (1Cor.15:10). There will be no sacrifice too big to make to honour God.

FAITH DECLARATION:
The love of Christ is the driving force of my life. It controls and influences me in everything I do.

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