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Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Monday, January 10, 2022

LOVE: THE SECRET OF SUCCESS

Fear of failure. It's haunted all of us at some time in our lives. Popular psychology tells us to adjust to it. But the Word of God tells us that there is a failure-proof way to live without it. It is the way of love. If you want to know real success, you must learn to be moved and motivated by love. That's how Jesus was when He was on the earth.

Even when John the Baptist was senselessly, brutally murdered and Jesus went away to be alone, He didn't deviate from the way of love. For Matthew 14:6-14 says that even then in that emotionally taxing time when the people followed Him and would give Him no solitude, He was moved with compassion and healed their sick. Have you ever wonder how Jesus could just turn away from that terrible crime and not retaliate? What I didn't realize was that He did retaliate. He overcame the works of Satan with compassion. He defeated hatred with love. He attacked Satan in the spirit realm by destroying his works of sickness and disease.

Compassion doesn't strike at the surface of things. It goes to the root of the problem. That's why it always succeeds. "But wait!" you may say. "I can't operate like that. I'm not Jesus." Yes you can, because the Word of God says that His love has been shed abroad in your heart! (Rom. 5:5). And 1 John 2:5 says His love is perfected in you as you keep His Word. Commit to living the life of love today. Watch God turn failure into success at home, at work...in any situation. Love never fails!

Prayer              

This year, I receive the ability to love effortlessly in Jesus name. Amen.

Further Reading

1 Corinthians 16:14 “Let all that you do be done in love.”

Romans 12:9 “Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.”

Read through the Bible in 1 year: Gen 23:1-24:51 Matt 8:1-17 Psalm 9:13-20 Proverbs 3:1-6

Read through the Bible in 2 years: Gen 17 Psalm 10