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Love: The Ground From Which Spiritual Fruit Springs

When God's Spirit is at work in a person, amazing things happen. The person's whole life blossoms and bears beautiful fruit. And the most wonderful fruit of all is the giving and receiving of true love.

by Don Hooser

People long to love and be loved. Consider the countless love stories, songs and poems that have been written! Romanticists sing the praises of love, as in the song "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing!" It seems the world is in love
with love.

The word love can mean many things, as can be seen from the numerous dictionary definitions. We also find many kinds of love in the Bible.

Love usually refers to strong feelings, and feelings are important. God wants us to really feel love for Him and for other people. But we will see that God also wants us to experience a greater love that transcends human emotions.

Many people go through life receiving very little human love. However, God's plan is for every person to eventually experience His love flowing to him and through him-so fully that each can honestly say, "My cup runneth over with love."

Read the full article at www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn76/fruitspirit76.htm

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Sidebar: The Bible's "Love Chapter"
Table of Contents that includes "Love: The Ground From Which Spiritual Fruit Springs"
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