"As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love." These 2 verses are from John 15:9-10 in the King James Version of the Bible.

Jesus is telling us to abide or continue in his love; but how? Well he gives us a clue by telling us to obey his commandments. A cardinal command is to love: “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love they neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these”.

I believe we also need to meditate on the scriptures that tell us about God’s great love for us - and there are many of them. Here is one I am sure we are all familiar with, but it speaks volumes: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). Wow, could you ever doubt his love for us?

We also need to learn to be quiet before God and just sense his love for us in our hearts; and experience it. If we get a revelation of God's great love for us then we will start to feel better about ourselves and then it will be easier to love others.

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