Praise God, He’s always here for me,
He never let me fall!
He is always there to carry me when
On His Precious name I call!

Knowing He’s beside me
and provides me all that I need,
He Keeps my spirits bolstered
and I am free, free indeed!

All my worries and distress,
Are sent to Him above!
When I get down He lifts me up on
His Eagles Wings Of Love

- – - By Connie Ciccone © October 2006

Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. But we don’t need to write to you about the importance of loving each other, for God himself has taught you to love one another. – (1 Thessalonians 4:8-9)

God keeps on giving us the vitally empowering presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

One of the great blessings about this presence is that God pours love into our hearts through the Spirit (Rom. 5:5). Along with the great example of God’s love in sending Jesus (John 3:16-17), the Father uses the Spirit to teach us to know how to love each other.

This is part of the Spirit’s fruit (Gal. 5:22) as well as the work of the Spirit to bring us into fellowship (2 Cor. 13:14), that holds us together in the bond of peace (Eph. 4:3-4), and fills us as we submit to one another (Eph. 5:17-21). Loving each other is not only a command, it is also part of God’s continuing work in us through the Holy Spirit.

Prayer : Dear God, I confess that I do not always love others as I should. I ask you to make me more like Jesus in my love for others. I am thankful for the presence of the Holy Spirit to help me see those whom I need to show your love and to empower me to love them when it is difficult. In Jesus’ name I pray for this grace. Amen.

What colour is God,
Asked the child with skin so fair
Is he white like me,
Does he have light hair?

Is God dark like me,
Asked the child with skin of golden hue,
Has he hair that’s dark and curly,
Are his eyes black or blue?

I think God is red like me,
The Indian boy is heard to say –
He wears a crown of feathers,
And turns our nights to day

Each one of us knows that God is there
In ALL the colours above
But be sure of this, the one colour he is,
Is the beautiful colour of love

So when your soul goes to Heaven,
When your life comes to its end –
He will be waiting, and his hand to you
Will he extend.

There will be no colours in Heaven,
Everyone will be the same.
You will only be judged by your earthly deeds,
Not your colour or your name

So when your time comes,
And you see God in his Heaven above,
Then you will see the only colour that counts,
The beautiful colour of LOVE.