John 3:16 For God so loved the world He gave His only Son, Jesus. Wow that is such exciting news. The depth and width of Father God’s love is beyond what we can understand. He knows the number of hairs on your head. The point of this is for you to realize He is concerned with every detail of your life. You are God’s prize. As we begin to understand this great love for us it allows us to have love for others. 1 John 4:7-8 Beloved let us love one another for love is of God and everyone that loves is born of God. He that loves not knows not God for God is Love. Let us Love one another. This makes me think. What are you giving in relationships? We already realize from the Word that it is better to give than to receive Acts 20:35. We can love because God first loved us by sending His Son Jesus to die on the cross. The great exchange where He took our sins and gives us His Righteousness. Wow what a gift. What kind of gifts are we giving? What do you give to your spouse? What are you giving your children? What are you giving your friends and family? What are you giving co-workers? What are you giving to those people in need around you? The characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit in Galatians 5 are evident in what you give people around you. When we let love, faithfulness, forgiveness, hope, self-control, etc…. become evident in our life we obtain favor with God and men. Our actions demonstrate love to the world around us. In Matthew 5 we learn that we should love our neighbors as ourselves and when you recognize enemies are neighbors this must be done through God’s agape Love. Read 1 Corinthians 13 and Galatians 5 and let the Holy Spirit speak to you and show you how to have fruitful lives of Love.