Faithful to Love

I was reading a devotional today on the fruit of faithfulness and the Holy Spirit spoke very clearly to my heart. Yesterday, I was sharing with Dr. Poole some concerns that I had. He spoke into my life regarding my concerns, and I went on about my day. I know God is dealing with me about being faithful to love because He has brought this to my attention the last three times that I was spending time with Him.

Before I went to bed last night I was reading a bit of The Three Battlegrounds. It was talking about love and how the enemy will use offense and bitterness to get believers to not walk in love. This was just a confirmation of what Dr. Poole  recently preached about how an ant will find food and lead others to it. Offense is looking for food to lead others to it. Then I read the devotional this morning on The Fruit of Faithfulness. I heard the Lord speak to my heart loud and clear on what I need to do regarding my own faithfulness to love.

The Scripture says in Psalm 86:11, "Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name." God manifested Himself to me through this verse as he is teaching me His way in regards to this matter. He said, "You must remain faithful to love, even when others are not faithful to love you."

Look at what the Word says in Matthew 5:44-48. "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them  that  curse you, do good to them  that  hate you, and pray for them  which  despitefully  use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth  rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them  which  love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even  as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Whenever I read this I am in total agreement. It is a blow to the flesh to love, bless, do good and pray for someone that has hurt, upset or offended you. It IS easy to love those you love, but even sinners do that. Yes, I will rely upon the Lord's faithful love to me, so that I in turn can faithfully love others, even under difficult circumstances.

I pray that as I have shared from my personal experience, that the Lord will stir your heart today. Let's not get caught up in a sinner's love. Let us remain faithful to love because the Father always remains faithful to love us, even when we are unfaithful to Him.

Prevailing in Power,

Dr. Sheila

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  1. This really speaks to my heart, YES it is easy to love those that loves you, But it is very difficult to love the ones that don't show you love in return. My prayer is that I may always follow the Lord's instructions by Loving my enemies, blessing them that curse me, do good to them that hate me, and praying for them which despitefully use me. I am in total agreeance too :) Thank you Dr. Sheila for delivering the right message at the right time, bless you -Xo Alexis

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