The core of our purpose at Agape house is to help everyone come to love God first, love others, and love themselves. How appropriate that we reiterate this on Valentine’s Day!
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.” Mark 12:30
Prayer Requests:
~ Pray for the girls to understand what love is, and why it is important to love God first, then others, and then ourselves.
~ Pray that the girls continue to press in to dealing with their issues, and developing their coping skills.
~Pray that the girls come to understand that God intended us for love and relationships, and to understand the how God intended this to work in our lives to enjoy love and relationships to the fullest.
Praise Reports:
~ Praise God for the work the girls did at the homeless shelter last Friday. They cleaned the community kitchen, including the ovens and refrigerators. The appliances looked like new. The girls showed what a fabulous work ethic they have, as well as their beautiful servant hearts.
“A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another . . . ” John 13:34
The girls were asked this week to write about what they think love is. This is one of the responses we received.
“I am not quite sure yet what my thoughts and feelings about love would be. I don’t yet think that I am mature enough to truly know what love is. What I have felt in the past that I thought was love was a wonderful thing. It felt like the whole world could see me glowing when I saw his face or heard his voice. Like they could feel what I felt when I looked into his eyes. The fluttering butterflies in my stomach every time I held his hand made me think I was in love . . . but I wasn’t.
The fact that someone wanted to be with me at the time, made me feel like I was in love. It was the fact that every other freshman in school didn’t have what I had that made me think I was in love.
God’s love for us is incomparable, unconditional, and indescribable. We could try to compare His love with the love that a mother has for her child, but it doesn’t come close. All of the greatest loves in the earth combined into one cannot even compete with God’s love for us.
Even though He is the awesome, omniscient God that He is, knowing every single one of our flaws, lusts, thoughts and false knowings, He still loves us unconditionally and provides for all of our needs.”
“ . . . Love him as yourself. . . ” Leviticus 19:34
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.” Mark 12:30
Prayer Requests:
~ Pray for the girls to understand what love is, and why it is important to love God first, then others, and then ourselves.
~ Pray that the girls continue to press in to dealing with their issues, and developing their coping skills.
~Pray that the girls come to understand that God intended us for love and relationships, and to understand the how God intended this to work in our lives to enjoy love and relationships to the fullest.
Praise Reports:
~ Praise God for the work the girls did at the homeless shelter last Friday. They cleaned the community kitchen, including the ovens and refrigerators. The appliances looked like new. The girls showed what a fabulous work ethic they have, as well as their beautiful servant hearts.
“A new commandment I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another . . . ” John 13:34
The girls were asked this week to write about what they think love is. This is one of the responses we received.
“I am not quite sure yet what my thoughts and feelings about love would be. I don’t yet think that I am mature enough to truly know what love is. What I have felt in the past that I thought was love was a wonderful thing. It felt like the whole world could see me glowing when I saw his face or heard his voice. Like they could feel what I felt when I looked into his eyes. The fluttering butterflies in my stomach every time I held his hand made me think I was in love . . . but I wasn’t.
The fact that someone wanted to be with me at the time, made me feel like I was in love. It was the fact that every other freshman in school didn’t have what I had that made me think I was in love.
God’s love for us is incomparable, unconditional, and indescribable. We could try to compare His love with the love that a mother has for her child, but it doesn’t come close. All of the greatest loves in the earth combined into one cannot even compete with God’s love for us.
Even though He is the awesome, omniscient God that He is, knowing every single one of our flaws, lusts, thoughts and false knowings, He still loves us unconditionally and provides for all of our needs.”
“ . . . Love him as yourself. . . ” Leviticus 19:34
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