We need to see things with a God-centered perspective. Everything fits in with the bigger picture as God directs his universe in the most perfect way. His sovereign power and infallible decrees move all things toward his own glory.
We need to be truly concerned for the well-being of others. People need encouragement, companionship, sympathy, advice, and help in times of calamity.
Thankfulness is an appreciative acknowledgment of a benefit received from another. While you direct all the glory to Christ, learn to see others as agents of God in bringing his blessings into your life.
When the seed of love is implanted in regeneration, and when it is cultivated by the means of obeying God’s instructions, we will enjoy the full harvest of this fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Love isn’t just a feeling. It is a disposition that compels us to real moral and spiritual obedience.
Love is a disposition implanted into needful human hearts by the prevailing grace of God whereby we are enabled joyfully to obey the revealed desires of our Creator; both toward the Lord himself, and toward others.
Rather than trashing, bashing, and gnashing out at those who evidence our fallen condition, we need to do our part as Christ’s representatives here in God’s world.
