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We live unto the Lord” Romans 14:8 If God had willed it, each of us might have entered heaven at the moment of conversion. It was not absolutely necessary for our preparation for immortality that we should tarry here. It is possible for a man to be taken to heaven, and to be found meet to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light, though he has but just believed in Jesus. It is true that our sanctification is a long and continued process, and we shall not be perfected till we lay aside our bodies and enter within the veil; but nevertheless, had the Lord so willed it, he might have changed us from imperfection to perfection, and have taken us to heaven at once. Why then are we here? Would God keep his children out of paradise a single moment longer than was necessary? Why is the army of the living God still on the battle-field when one charge might give them the victory? Why are his children still wandering hither and thither through a maze, when a solitary word from his lips would bring them into the centre of their hopes in heaven? The answer is—they are here that they may “live unto the Lord,” and may bring others to know his love. We remain on earth as sowers to scatter good seed; as ploughmen to break up the fallow ground; as heralds publishing salvation. We are here as the “salt of the earth,” to be a blessing to the world. We are here to glorify Christ in our daily life. We are here as workers for him, and as “workers together with him” Let us see that our life answereth its end. Let us live earnest, useful, holy lives, to “the praise of the glory of his grace” Meanwhile we long to be with him, and daily sing— “My heart is with him on his throne, And ill can brook delay; Each moment listening for the voice, ‘Rise up, and come away’”

© Spurgeon

“The kindness and love of God our Saviour” Titus 3:4 How sweet it is to behold the Saviour communing with his own beloved people! There can be nothing more delightful than, by the Divine Spirit, to be led into this fertile field of delight. Let the mind for an instant consider the history of the Redeemer’s love, and a thousand enchanting acts of affection will suggest themselves, all of which have had for their design the weaving of the heart into Christ, and the intertwisting of the thoughts and emotions of the renewed soul with the mind of Jesus. When we meditate upon this amazing love, and behold the all-glorious Kinsman of the Church endowing her with all his ancient wealth, our souls may well faint for joy. Who is he that can endure such a weight of love? That partial sense of it which the Holy Spirit is sometimes pleased to afford, is more than the soul can contain; how transporting must be a complete view of it! When the soul shall have understanding to discern all the Saviour’s gifts, wisdom wherewith to estimate them, and time in which to meditate upon them, such as the world to come will afford us, we shall then commune with Jesus in a nearer manner than at present. But who can imagine the sweetness of such fellowship? It must be one of the things which have not entered into the heart of man, but which God hath prepared for them that love him. Oh, to burst open the door of our Joseph’s granaries, and see the plenty which he hath stored up for us! This will overwhelm us with love. By faith we see, as in a glass darkly, the reflected image of his unbounded treasures, but when we shall actually see the heavenly things themselves, with our own eyes, how deep will be the stream of fellowship in which our soul shall bathe itself! Till then our loudest sonnets shall be reserved for our loving benefactor, Jesus Christ our Lord, whose love to us is wonderful, passing the love of women.

© Spurgeon

“The love of Christ which passeth knowledge”
Ephesians 3:19

The love of Christ in its sweetness, its fulness, its greatness, its faithfulness, passeth all human comprehension. Where shall language be found which shall describe his matchless, his unparalleled love towards the children of men? It is so vast and boundless that, as the swallow but skimmeth the water, and diveth not into its depths, so all descriptive words but touch the surface, while depths immeasurable lie beneath.

Well might the poet say,

“O love, thou fathomless abyss!”

for this love of Christ is indeed measureless and fathomless; none can attain unto it. Before we can have any right idea of the love of Jesus, we must understand his previous glory in its height of majesty, and his incarnation upon the earth in all its depths of shame. But who can tell us the majesty of Christ? When he was enthroned in the highest heavens he was very God of very God; by him were the heavens made, and all the hosts thereof. His own almighty arm upheld the spheres; the praises of cherubim and seraphim perpetually surrounded him; the full chorus of the hallelujahs of the universe unceasingly flowed to the foot of his throne: he reigned supreme above all his creatures, God over all, blessed forever. Who can tell his height of glory then? And who, on the other hand, can tell how low he descended? To be a man was something, to be a man of sorrows was far more; to bleed, and die, and suffer, these were much for him who was the Son of God; but to suffer such unparalleled agony—to endure a death of shame and desertion by his Father, this is a depth of condescending love which the most inspired mind must utterly fail to fathom. Herein is love! and truly it is love that “passeth knowledge” O let this love fill our hearts with adoring gratitude, and lead us to practical manifestations of its power.

© Charles Spurgeon

Love is the foundation of all things as the Holy book(Bible) revealed to us.The existence of mankind were based on love by the lover and the fact of loving one another is in our hands.Many have defined what loves are but it unfortunately that we can't find true love among mankind again even parent didn't love their children again,Government who promised us that his love for us will never dead in his hearth but it has varnish away.Love have make some people mad in things that lead to their downfall and its has also make some have victory on thing they pursued.Nobody can't fulfill or attain the zenith of love if he/she didn't know the builder or source of true love(God).we neglect it and embrace vain love.Yes! don't be surprise that I said "vain love" many has involved in that in which they thought they have true love for someone else and when the person find out, he/she will be amaze too that the person that he looking up to has no love for him/her.
The absent of true love in a family,school,nation,church even in anywhere we may think of will surely result in malice, lying, hatred,destruction and the likes. Everyone of us need to pay the price of true love that comes from God not from man because we all need it now,not until we marry for those who're not and those who're married need to start to build on that, not until  we having our own children.
Without true love we are not fulfill anything in life.
Wish us all a peaceful and a lovely week

© F. O. G
*#Shalom*

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them... But whoso hearkens unto Me shall dwell in safety 
Proverbs 1:33 & 33

These are perilous times, the age of ecclesiastical hypocrisy has long begun. The system at work in this world is hostile to godliness and the sight of godly men compromising at all front is no longer strange. Devil's onslaught against the church is at its peak and while we are busy pursuing the ever receding world, our own souls are abandoned in great spiritual bankruptcy. Quietly each day, we are advancing into eternity unprepared.

The persuasion is now stronger and there is no escape for such men who have forgotten how to stay connected to God. Forget about our fine artistry, men have turned beastly in their thinking and “the best of men is the best of beast suppressed ”

Only those who gather strength on their kneels, oil their lamps each dawn in quiet fellowship with Yahweh, commit the things of God to heart and ready to do the Master's bidding have learnt the true secret of survival.

May God help us to live for Him alone. Amen

© Olatuja Oloyede