LOVE PART FOUR

What causes people to be angry?

Many times when I would become angry after displaying my fit of anger and rage and many time my sudden out burst, when I have cooled down I will always try to understand what caused me to display anger and was my out burst warranted.

Many times I will find no reason to warrant my outburst of anger and even if there was one because emotions which was uncontrolled stepped in, and anger and rage were displayed unchecked because I was without understanding. And after the outburst came the feeling of shame.

And because of shame an excuse will come to cover the bad behaviour, because I did not want to admit I was wrong and angry, When conversion was granted to me understanding, wisdom, and knowledge also came and as such I am able to make informed decisions and my emotions are controlled, this is the sanctification process, on this pathway of life and serving God we must grow and be increased in Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, and Power.

1. WORD'S.
2. ACTION'S.
3. PERCEPTION.

These cause people to be angry.

WORD'S are thoughts voiced or written, making statements to hurt or belittle another person based on your ill feelings, and confused emotions will increase anger.

Before you speak, think:

• Will the words spoken benefit, enlighten, or allow you or the receiver to grow spiritually.
• Admit you have spoken angry hurtful words.
• Do not make excuse for words spoken.
• Accept responsibility for your words spoken and the actions that followed.
• Examine oneself and get a solution.

ACTION'S are the process of doing something to achieve an aim. You need to ask yourself:

• What was done for me to react?
• Was the action manifested justified?
• Think before you act, many times your actions only bring you shame.
• Get a workable solution before you manifest reprehensible behaviour.

Perception:

PERCEPTION this is thoughts and feelings, which are conjured up into some kind of image in one's mind that one thinks to be right. Perception in this case is not reality and when anger is activated based on perception that anger cannot be justified.

Many times persons get angry based on the perception in the mind, perceptions of words, and actions. Many times we misinterpret signals received from others and our immediate reaction is to get angry and withdrawn, but if we take time to examine why we are angry, then we would discover there is no reason to be angry.

bless the lord

The lord is GOOD and his mercy endurth forever.

RECONCILIATION

We must always seek reconciliation:

Do not suffer resentment to ripen into malice. Do not allow the wound to fester and break out in poisoned words, which taint the minds of those who hear. Do not allow bitter thoughts to continue to fill your mind and his. Go to your brother or sister, and in humility and sincerity talk with him or her about the matter.

Whatever the character of the offense, this does not change the plan that God has made for settlement of misunderstandings and personal injuries. Speaking alone and in the Spirit of Christ to the one who is in fault will often remove the difficulty.

Go to the erring one, with a heart filled with Christ love and sympathy, and seek to adjust the matter. Reason with him or her calmly and quietly, let no angry words escape your lips, speak in a way that will appeal to his or her better judgment.

Remember the words"He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins:. James 5:20

Take to your brother the remedy that will cure the disease of disaffection. Do your part to help him, for the sake of the peace and unity of the church, feel it a privilege as well as a duty to do this. If he will hear you, you have gained him as a friend.

All heaven is interested in the interview between the one who has been injured and the one who is in error. As the erring one accepts the reproof offered in the love of Christ and acknowledges his wrong, asking forgiveness from God and from his brother, the sunshine of heaven fills the heart.

The controversy is ended; friendship and confidence are restored. The oil of love removes the soreness caused by the wrong. The Spirit of God binds heart to heart, and there is music in heaven over the union brought about.

May we all practice this and be a blessing to every one we may come in contact with.

LOVE PART THREE

Apparently this topic will take four parts instead of three as before described however to God be the glory for all things and His name must be exalted all the time, because God is selfless and love is who He is.

Before we were converted in mind, and a conversion in mind will show outwardly by behaviour and conduct in attitude and every day life, we had a warp idea and expression of love, we expressed love based on how we were taught by our parents and they gave to us what they knew, but our parents way and the teachings received in many instances were wrong.

When the truth comes knowledge is increased with wisdom and understanding and we ought to grab hold of the truth if we wish to be elevated in mind and become better persons, so many things we have learnt we will have to unlearn, and to many who want to remain in their comfort zone change and acceptance of truth is hard, because deep down they do not really want change.

A few points I learned and implemented while studying this topic of Love and I shall share them with you.

Learn how to tell others of their shortcomings in a positive way to redeem them. We must learn to look for the good in others.

Learn to tell people when we hurt by words spoken to us in a harsh, degrading manner.

Learn to speak about our feelings with the intention of seeking help or spreading joy or giving information which will be used in a positive manner.

Do not be ashamed of your situation.

Do not feel so independent that you do not want to ask for help, or share your thoughts and feelings. Independence is sin.

Learn not to volunteer information to people when it is not needed.

Before you give information, think of the information being given and how it may benefit or distress the individual.

Seek to be happy when you are happy, you will also seek to make others happy.

If one does not trust himself, he will not trust others so there will always be a barrier of communication.

Learn to trust so you can communicate.

Learn to uplift others and commend them.

Learn not to speak words of regret, hate, hurt, anger, or condemnation.

I will like us to look at ANGER, because anger stems from regret, feeling unfulfilled, feeling unnoticed, hurtful words, hate, condemnation, feeling as though you have no purpose, and lack of confidence and understanding.
Anger is an emotion which is in every creature of God, what the enemy has done is give us a bad training in the way we deal with anger, by not understanding how to dispense and control anger many persons will continue to have huge problems and these shall increase.

Here is what the Spirit of God taught me while doing this study.

Find the root of your anger, see if it is some past hurt or problem you have never dealt with.

Finding the root of your anger will help you deal with it.

Accept the fact that you are angry.

Do not make excuse for the anger.

Do not keep the anger bottled up and say nothing is wrong.

Direct the anger to the correct source.

Do not unleash your anger on unsuspecting persons.

Find ways to deal with your anger and eradicate it from your life.

In the next and final part of this topic on love we shall look at what causes people to be angry.
until next time may God bless you and remember Character is from within and can never be covered for long, as the true you will always surface unexpectedly so make sure that the character you show is you.

LOVE PART TWO

We shall continue from where we left of in part one of this series as was stated in part one this will be a three part series, and I do hope you enjoy the word and the message which is sent forth this word has been assistance to me and has made me see many things differently because the mind has been ennobled and illuminated.

When decisions are made based on emotions these decisions could never be right, remember emotions are the inborn tendency and the inborn tendency is guided by the law of sin and death, and from this will come forth statements like:

• I love you but not in love with you, as many married people will say one to the other, and even persons courting.
• I have to look out for my self and think only about me, if every one in the world truly do this what an extremely dark place it will be, even though at present it is dark.
• Regardless of what people say or think I am going to do my own thing, even though I know it may be wrong, I doing it any way.

• I do not feel to go and fellowship any set of people.

• My blood does not take him or her.

And the list for the above can go on and on, however when the Spirit of God transform the mind he also works on the emotion to make the emotion holy and guided by principles embedded in the word of God.

This is what the bible calls the renewing of the mind, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God". Romans 12:2.

And the law of the Spirit of life will remove the law of sin and death so we will no longer love based on emotion and fitting into a bracket but we will love base upon the principles of the word of God, decisions whether popular or not, liked or disliked will be made based upon principles of the word because the Spirit of God is in control.

Friendships and association will be upon principles which is the word of God and the emotions will not be easily swayed because it is governed by the law of the spirit of life which is in Christ Jesus.

Because God is love and our emotions are now governed by him the emotions which permeates from the love of God in us will be also Godly and Holy, and because of this we will love one another.

And so Hebrews 10:22-25 will take effect in our lives.

1 John 3:14-15 will take effect.

1 John 4:7-13 will take effect.

Acts 17:26, Galatians 3:28, will take effect and be understood.

Love is humility, Patience, Kindness, temperance, Envies not, is not Puffed up, Sufferer's long, does not behave Unseemly, not Easily Provoked, Thinks no evil, Rejoice not in iniquity, Rejoices in the truth, Beareth all things, Believes all things, Hopes all things, Endures all things.

Love never fails, Love never ceases, Love never vanishes away.

Love my friend is selfless, which means it is never self seeking.

THE WEDDING

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BRO AQUIL AND SISTER ANNAKIE MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BIND YOU BOTH TOGETHER SPIRITUALLY, HEALTH-WISE, AND FINANCIALLY UNTIL THE DAY WE ALL ENTER THE NEW JERUSALEM.

WITH LOVE.

HE IS REAL

Today as one sit and ponder the state of the world it is truly discouraging, with many fear have gripped the heart and every moment is a fearful one of panic and anxiety many use the statement "long ago things were different" and yes this is true.

Today we have an alarming rate of crimes of all description and it continues to grow by leaps and bounds without any constraint or fear. And the question in many heart's is, what will be next?.

Men and women can no longer rely on promises given to them by another because hearts and minds are being dashed to pieces by the constant broken promises of men and women, the devastation of the global financial down turn have reached to the very heart of every home.

And with all this the corrupt minds of men are still fighting to hoard riches into their pockets daily without a care for those who shall be left out in the cold by their actions of greed and vice.

Nothing is certain with human beings any more, however one thing we know for sure is that there is the God in the heavens watching and taking record of all the actions of men . We are certain that our God lives and he is real unlike men His promises never fail, his kingdom can never be faced with recession or poverty, in His kingdom there is no pain, sorrow, sickness, or death.

With Him there is no fear and He supplies all needs, this is our hope, He is real and He is ever present and He is the judge of all mankind and His judgment are just and without favour, He is a friend to the one exiled, He is a father to the fatherless, He is Hope to those in despair, He is the way to the wanderer and salvation to the lost.

His name is Jesus and He is REAL.

And He is coming again.

LOVE Part 1

Many people even professed Christians use the word Love without really thinking about the meaning of the word and who is the word and what it represents, we shall do a three part series on Love as I am impressed to do this series because I learnt a lot from this study and it has helped me much and so I taught it wise to share what I was enlightened with, hope you gain enlightenment in this most serious matter as I did.

Love is the principle of God and God is Love, Love is who God is, it is His character.

Principle.
You may be saying "what does principle have to do with Love?", but a foundation is being laid and do not miss a single point of it my friend.
Principle is a truth or law that is used as a basis for a system of belief.

Belief.
Belief is trust or confidence.
Belief is Faith.

Faith.
Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen.
Faith is complete trust in God without a doubt or wavering or being unstable.

How do we Procure Faith?
Romans 10:17 says "then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God".
Therefore, the statement which many people make "I fell in love at first sight" is false.
Love is the living active principle and you can not fall into Love.

God is love and as the Holy Spirit drives us to study the word of God, He leads us to cry out for that word to become our life, as the word is applied and lived out then love becomes the living active principle in our life.

Love will always be the divine principle of God, this cannot be changed because love is who God is. When this principle of love is in the mind from it stems emotion, we were all born with emotions of joy, anger, pain, sorrow, etc who governs the emotion is the main factor. The emotion does not govern love it stems from love and so love is the governing factor and dictates the emotion, please keep in mind that God is love.

Emotion.
Emotin is instinctive feeling as distinguished from reasoning.
Instinctive, is based on instinct rather than thought or training.

Because emotion is instinctive feeling and instinctive feeling is based on instinct and instinct is an inborn tendency to behave in a certain way, then many decisions we have made may be wrong. For one to make decisions based on love it should be based on the thought and training of the word of God.

When decisions are made based on the word of God the emotion will fall in line, because it is the Spirit of God making the decision, remember love is the living active principle of God, God is love and when decesion are made they are based on principle rather than feeling because God is in the heart.

If the word tell us to do something we will joyfully do it because the love of God is in the heart and we follow the principles of the word regardless how we may feel.

Stay tuned for Part Two.