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24 Oct, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Loving God - pleasing God

When you love someone you seek to please him/her. It is no more all about yourself. Loving God is seeking to please him at all times, it is all about Him.

To please him, you do those things that he loves and are acceptable to him.
First by presenting your body as a pleasing sacrifice and offering spiritual sacrifices of praise continually
And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.

So whether we are here in this body or away from this body, our goal is to please him.
Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of [our] lips, giving thanks to His name. But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, [which is] your reasonable service.
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One of the greatest ways of expressing love to others is by praying for them. When we commit others to God's hands, we not only give them our best, we also engage the divine in their affairs.
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Loving Man - Erotic love

Christian marriages are built on Agape and strengthened by Eros. Be satisfied always with the love of your spouse.

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..Rejoice in the wife of your youth... May you always be captivated by her love.

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There are four types of Love in scriptures and one of them is family love (Storge). it is the affectionate bond that develops naturally between parents and children, brothers and sisters. Examples include Mary and Martha's love for Lazarus etc.
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