About the Author
Joyce Meyer has been teaching the Word of God since 1976 and in full-time ministry since 1980. She is the bestselling author of more than seventy inspirational books, including Approval Addiction, Prepare to Prosper, In Pursuit of Peace, How to Hear from God, and Battlefield of the Mind. She has also released thousands of audio teachings as well as a complete video library. Joyce’s Enjoying Everyday Life® radio and television programs are broadcast around the world, and she travels extensively conducting conferences. Joyce and her husband, Dave, are the parents of four grown children and make their home in St. Louis, Missouri. Overview
This is one in a series of visually beautiful little books that highlight and summarize the teachings of Joyce Meyer. Her devoted readers will recognize the lessons and appreciate these condensed versions that serve as reminders of Biblical applications to daily life. Any of the books in this series will make a great gift, each with a meaningful focus, and none will require a lot of reading. Each mini-lesson can be used as a devotional, a reference for spiritual growth, or a gauge of progress in one's walk with the Lord.
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Loving God
To love God is to first know how much He loves you!
1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we loved God but He loved us and sent us His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Two Kinds of Love
When our Lord Jesus Christ walked the earth, he introduced a new kind of love – Agape or Agapao Love ,when the world knew only Phileo love.
It is interesting that a check to Strong's Concordance reveals the word as having an uncertain origin. But we know the origin – Jesus!
Check Strong's Concordance:
Strong's 25 (Agapao) – verb form (action)
Strong's 26 (Agape) - noun form (person, place or thing)
I might say it like this. It is that kind of Agapao (Love in Action) that kept Jesus (The Agape – Love Personified) on the Cross and the same kind of love mentioned in John 3:16 – For God so loved (Agapao) the world that He gave His only begotten Son (The Agape) that whosoever believeth in Him (The Agape) should not perish but have evelasting life.
In 1 John 4:8 – God is Love. (Strong's 26 – Agape; Noun)
So, when we put 1 John 4:8 and John 3:16 side by side, we realise this:
The Person of Love (Agape), loved (Agapao) sinners that much to send us heaven's best, Jesus Christ!
This is substantiated by 1 John 4:10 – In this is love (Agape – the Person), not that we loved (Agapao) God but He loved (Agapao) us and sent us His Son (The Agape) to be the propitiation for our sins.
And this very act of love is the Grace (unearned, unmerited and undeserved favor) bestowed on us. Why so? Because while we were still His enemies , God shows and clearly proves His Own love for us by sending His Son to die for us (Romans 5:8-10). And this is what makes Grace so amazing!
Any one really serious about getting to know the Person of Grace cannot help but feast on these gourmet spread:
Jesus asked Peter three times if he (Peter) loves Him. Each was talking on a different frequency of love. (John 21:15-17). Phileo is Strong's 5368. Using Strong's numbering to illustrate the interesting dialogue:
| 1st Time: | 2nd Time | 3rd Time |
Jesus: Peter, do you “25” me?
| Jesus: Peter, do you “25” me?
| Jesus: Peter, do you “5368” me?
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Peter: Yes, Lord. I “5368” you. | Peter: Yes Lord. You know I “5368” you. | Peter: Lord, you know all things that I “5368” you. |
Can you see how “off radar” Peter was? Like chicken talking to duck!
In “The New Kind of Love”, Dr E W Kenyon (1867 – 1948) expounds further on this new kind of love. He explains why Jesus asked Peter the love question three time and used “5368” the third time He asked the question.
Sense the Father's love for you when reading the book. You will be blessed!
Who Is Dr E W Kenyon
Dr E W Kenyon was known as the “Father” of Faith in his generation. I feasted on 19 of his books consecutively. I walked away persuaded and convinced to simply STAND on God's Word (Ephesians 6:13 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.) . God gave me His Word! Not some Tom, Dick or Hary but the Creator of the entire Universe! And since we are on the topic of faith, you might want to have yours pumped up by brother Kenyon's “Two Kinds of Faith”.