What are the side effects of God's love ? This question may seem odd but yet it connects to our current belief with all the medicine that exist, they come with side effects. In fact commercials will hype up a certain medicine and then give all the things that could go wrong. So if medicine can produce side effects, what about God's love? I'm convinced that his love will shine through us in ways that reflect His grace and mercy, yet Christians along with churches struggle to do this practically and we are missing out!
The side effect of his love are not a plague to avoid but rather an opportunity to embrace that breeds change personally and beyond. These are what God's love does:-
1. Removes fear. When you an I receive his love, we begin the journey of being fear free, which empowers us to freely give others. This is crucial because God touches people through us. We are the method God uses to touch humanity. 1 John 4:18.
2. Creativity. This is a side effect to give us new ideas, to think out of box which empowers us to reach to people. We are not to force people into our religion ; we are to lead them to Jesus! So friends be very creative.
3. Authenticity. This is what Jesus is and his love will help us be the same. We are not to perform our faith; we are to live out our faith in real way. God is real and His love tangibly changes lives and hearts forever, our job is to be authentic in our faith in Christ.
4. Relevancy. This is another side effect we should have . I am talking about being relevant with people's hearts. True relevance is being able to connect with others, to hear their hearts and give them the answer that they need.
On a final note, friends do you have these side effects working in your life today? Are you creative, authentic and relevant? Its time we pull back the curtains of fear and let faith fill our soul. Life is too short to live with regret, we can do something great for God.
Prepared and delivered by :Adeyeye Kayode Adeniran.
This is the message I preached in a gathering of God's children in the month of July, 2015.
The side effect of his love are not a plague to avoid but rather an opportunity to embrace that breeds change personally and beyond. These are what God's love does:-
2. Creativity. This is a side effect to give us new ideas, to think out of box which empowers us to reach to people. We are not to force people into our religion ; we are to lead them to Jesus! So friends be very creative.
3. Authenticity. This is what Jesus is and his love will help us be the same. We are not to perform our faith; we are to live out our faith in real way. God is real and His love tangibly changes lives and hearts forever, our job is to be authentic in our faith in Christ.
4. Relevancy. This is another side effect we should have . I am talking about being relevant with people's hearts. True relevance is being able to connect with others, to hear their hearts and give them the answer that they need.
On a final note, friends do you have these side effects working in your life today? Are you creative, authentic and relevant? Its time we pull back the curtains of fear and let faith fill our soul. Life is too short to live with regret, we can do something great for God.
Prepared and delivered by :Adeyeye Kayode Adeniran.
This is the message I preached in a gathering of God's children in the month of July, 2015.
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