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Day 2. God is love
Verse (King James Version)
God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
1 John 4:16 (KJV, excerpt)
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Plenty of people grow up thinking God is mainly about rules, or about being disappointed in them. This verse starts somewhere else. Whatever you believe or doubt, it says that love is the centre of who God is, and that living in love is a way of living close to God. That is a place to start, not a test to pass.
Talk about it
Is it easier or harder for you to think of God as love? Why?
Try this
Tell one person today something you appreciate about them.
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