We are to love everyone.

Including the ones you say that you hate.

It’s not a choice, but a commandment from God.

1 John 4:21 (KJV) – and this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

You can’t love God and hate your brother.

Otherwise, you’re a liar.

I John 4:20 (KJV) – if a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

God gave us His Spirit.

Therefore, He lives in you and you live in Him.

I John 4:13 (KJV) – hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

Love is . . . Jesus dying for us, to close the gap between God and man to save us from our sinful ways.

I John 4:10 (KJV) – herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

We make the choice to walk the path of darkness and light.

God’s Word lights the path for us to walk.

Psalm 119:105 (KJV) – thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.

We hold ourselves back from the blessings of God.

Confess the wrong you’ve done and God will forgive you.

He’ll also cleanse you from all evil doing.

I John 1:9 (KJV) – if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Many try to be first. Stand out to be seen. Do things to be acknowledged. All to be praised by man.

Be humble. To be praised by God.

I Peter 5:6 (KJV) – humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.

Be quick to say things to build others up, not tear them down.

Ephesians 4:29 (KJV) – let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Fear controls our decisions.

But know this, you can overcome fear because fear is not of God.

He gave you power over fear.

II Timothy 1:7 (KJV) – for God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.