Love Means Giving

John 3:16 KJV “For God so loved the world, that he gave . . .”

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving. When you love you will give of your time, you will give of yourself, and you will give of your resources. Those who truly love, hold nothing back. The measure of your giving reveals the measure of your love. Love is something we cannot see, but we can see the evidence of love in the action it produces, which is giving. That means giving is a tangible evidence of love(1 John 3:18 TLB). If you love someone you will also give them forgiveness. Love causes you to be merciful, understanding, and forgiving. Where you give your time and resources also reveals what you love. If we think we love someone, yet never give to them of our time or resources, then we are just deceiving ourselves. Our giving reveals our love. There are many people in each of our lives who need and deserve our love. Jesus Christ deserves our most love above all others. As we love Jesus first, we receive the capacity to love others in a giving and sacrificial way. The love of God is already poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5); so, let us activate that love and exemplify it by our sacrificial giving to others and to God’s work.

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