Agape Love

The word “love,” used throughout the book of 1 John, is the word “agape.” This is a “heart” love. The type of love that makes sacrifices for anyone. It is the love we see displayed at the cross. 

On our own, we do not have the capacity to love in this manner. However, as we walk with Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit, we are able to love how God has called us to love. Here’s today’s Bible verse. Enjoy. 

1 John 4:7-12

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Today’s Reading:

1 John 4