My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
John 15: 12

How should we treat our family members, friends and acquaintances on a daily basis?
Jesus has given us a command, we are to love each other has He has loved us. Jesus loved us so much that He gave His life for us. You see love is giving sacrificially for others.

 Love is not an emotional feeling, but is the act of giving.

 We can love by the words we speak. We can be encouraging to others... When we are serving others we are serving God. And we must serve with a cheerful heart. The love of God is unconditional, God does not require us to earn His love, and we should not require others to earn ours. God does not put conditions and limits on His love.

 Sometimes we might meet people that are unlovely, but we must love them any way. Try to remember that God loves us in spite of our faults and shortcomings.

Pray daily that the Holy Spirit will help you to learn to walk in love with those who are sometimes  unloveable. Just remember that the love of Jesus has been extended to all mankind.

 Love is the gift that just keeps on giving.

Love has many characteristics.

Love is patient and enduring.

It is not envious or jealous, proud, boastful or rude.

Love forgives; it is not easily offended.

It always believes the best about others.

Love never fails.

This kind of love should be revealed through out  the body of Christ daily.  

 There is a general answer about love for us to keep in mind, found for us in Proverbs 3:3-4, namely,

"Do not let kindness and truth leave you. Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name with God and men."

There are basically two elements to becoming likable, or "finding favor in the sight of God and men." These elements are:

kindness (love, consideration, gentleness) and truth (honesty, faithfulness, dependability). If we are only kind but not truthful, we are nothing more than people pleasers. If we are truthful but not kind, we are harsh moralists or perfectionist snobs.

People pleasers end up with many acquaintances and are well-liked superficially, but have few deep friendships. They make great politicians but are often taken with a grain of salt. Honest people without kindness may be respected, but few wish to be close to such individuals. It takes a mixture of both qualities, or, as Paul puts it in Ephesians, "...speaking the truth in love."

When mixing kindness and truth, a person may choose to say nothing. Because something is true does not mean  he or she must state it. And how it is said,  and how it is perceived will be taken into account.

Are you known for being considerate?

Do you stretch and manipulate the truth, or are you merely tactful in kindness?

Are you concerned about how you are perceived? You ought to be.

 Kindness demands it!!   For it is out of love and concern, we may need to force ourselves and be initiators. If you want to have friends, you must yourself be friendly.

There are many different personalities we  must learn to deal with as loving people, therefore we must learn to pray for wisdom and understanding to strengthen our love because if we are to walk in Love as Christ did then we will walk in a love that is unconditional.

And we must learn to leave our own petty ideologies and assumptions of others behind and ask God to help us see them through the eyes of Christ.

We must all examine our heart for true love and ask ourselves this question….

 Is Our Love Igniting A Passion for Christ ?

- If a person is truly acting in love, he will be courteous and considerate.
- Is not self-seeking: but is interested in what will assist others (1 Corinthians 10:24, 33)
- Not easily angered: "not quick to take offence"
- Keep no records of wrong: Romans 4:8, 2 Corinthians 5 :19, 2 Timothy 4:16


- Bears all things: Love patiently endures all things, or that it hides or conceals the faults of others. The word bears may also be translated "covers". (I Peter 4:8) Love does not needlessly publicize the failures of others, though it must be firm in giving godly discipline when necessary.
- Believe all things: This does not suggest that it is gullible, but that it will believe well of others unless convinced otherwise.
- Hope all things: Rather than having a negative and critical spirit, it is always positive and hopeful.
- Endureth all things: This is a military term; it means to sustain the assaults of an enemy (II Timothy 2:10; Hebrew 10:32; 12:2).


- Love supersedes all the gifts because it outlasts them all. Long after these sought-after gifts are no longer necessary, love will still be the governing principle that controls all that God and his redeemed people are and do.

You see the so called love provided in humanity must not be mistaken for the true love of Christ.

The love of mankind will fail you, some of the toughest times in my life were not only times I felt hurt and rejection from those that I loved the most,

but also returned hurt and rejection to others because of my enability to forgive.

With emotion the love of man is not the same, therefore we can feel let down and rejected when someone we love does not return that love in the way we feel they should, and their committment

to that love will fail us, but in their own eyes their

love is true, because we measure by different levels of emotions and values.

 

Emotional love at times can be decietful and selfish however the true love of Christ will always love in TRUTH.

 

The love of man is a rollercoaster of emotions,  that can change from one day to the next, and these emotions can destroy us if they are not aligned with God's word.

God's Word is Truth and when we learn to allow

the Word of God to act as our plum-line it will keep

us on the Path of Truth.

 

Therefore, Let us Love one another and seek for the true and passionate love of  Christ,  For Christ love is unconditional and  requires nothing in return, however, Jesus did say; " If you love me you'll keep my commandments ", why because true love always seeks to make happy the one that they love, for what is truly in our hearts becomes an expression on the outside, for from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, and when true love speaks it will be followed by actions that tell the story of what we feel inside...ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!

 

 For  the action of our love will speak more volumes than our words ever could.

This is what Christ has done, He has shown us His love in that while we were yet sinners and unworthy to be forgiven, He still laid down His life that we might know the joy of salvation, and He exemplified

the TRUE Love of God.

Jesus was the true expressed  love of God in everything He did on earth, His life spoke the message of How God feels about us and all He desires to give us.

The love of mankind is not so; for it is clouded by acts of emotion rather than the purity of love.

The difference is, when the emotional love of

mankind fails you, disappoints you, brings you pain and hurt and rejection...Just remember:

 

  " JESUS WILL STILL BE THERE "