Today I want to talk to you about God's love. God's love

is when we lay down our own lives to raise up others. It starts in our

home, loving our spouse, our children, at our church, at our job. We

find ourselves not chasing what we want, but helping others get what

they want. We pursue God's love, while He pursues our desires for us. We

pursue the Kingdom, and He adds everything else. Jesus said, "A new

command I give to you, love others as I have loved you." I John 3:16

says, "By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us."

Jesus laid down His life to raise us up, and then God raised Him up. You

see, when you lay down your life, God raises you up. Jesus said in John

12 if we love our life, we lose it. And the problem is, everyone is busy

loving their own life, or chasing their own wants, medicating their

emotions... me, me, me, and this gets on us. But the more you chase

after fulfilling yourself, the emptier you are. Why? Because Jesus is in

you, and He wants to abide in you. He wants to love. And when you align

with the Christ in you, life works. I John 4:11 (NKJV) says, "Beloved,

if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has seen

God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love

has been perfected in us."