Without love everything is in vain

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SUMMARY: The speaker reflects on the concept of love and how it has been a prominent theme in their life this year, particularly as they celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary and become grandparents for the first time. They emphasize the importance of knowing God as a loving Father and not basing one's understanding of Him on negative experiences or beliefs. The speaker challenges listeners to grow in their capacity to love others, acknowledging their faults and seeking transformation in their hearts. They also encourage listeners to take opportunities each day to manifest genuine biblical love in their relationships and homes. The prayer at the end asks for God's help in these areas.

This year, more than ever God has led me to think and meditate upon the concept of love. You know, it’s possible that sometimes when you get to a certain age in your life you begin to evaluate your life and to think about it and you start to think particularly on certain aspects of your life. It’s also this year that we came to 25 years of marriage, celebrate our 25th anniversary. It was also the year that one of our daughters married. And the first time that we are experimenting the feeling, the great joy of being grandparents. And it always leads us to think about how did I get to that point, and also to think about the future as well.

And I have discovered that the greatest treasure that I have is the love of my heavenly Father. The awareness of his presence in my life, the fact that he is the pilot of my plain, so to speak, and that all of the aspects of my life are under his control, that there is nothing that escapes his vigilance, even what I don’t see God can definitely see. And I want to tell you tonight that the love of God is never changing. It has always been upon your life and it will continue to be upon your life. None of us came about as a mistake and none of us is away for a moment from the loving gaze of our God.