1 John 4:10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Do you think of love as a chicken and egg situation where you cannot love someone else without them loving you as well?

Love has to start somewhere and if you are serious about it, it must start with you!

God started the ball rolling by sending His Son to pay for our debt so we can be forgiven; all we need do is to love Him back with the same love He has already shown us.

With that love in us we can then share love with other people and encourage them to see what God has done.

1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Which side do you choose to live on? The side where you follow the world and everything the world can teach you, or the side where you follow God and all He can teach you?

You may be complaining now and saying it is not a fair choice because we already live in this world – but we do have a choice to make.

God is love. If we seek after God, we seek after love. If we seek after the world we seek after personal possessions which turns to greed, lust, envy and jealousy.

Allow God to guide you.

Psalm 14:5 But there they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is present in the company of the righteous.

For those who do have a knowledge of God and a semblance of good and evil, fear and dread fills their lives every day.

They know they have done wrong and they fear the consequences.

But God sent His Son Jesus Christ to come and take on the ultimate payment for our actions – not all consequences are covered by Christ because we still have to answer to local laws…

But God has set us free so we can spend our eternity with Him in Heaven!