Intentional Love

The intentionality of love’s goal is purposeful. This purpose is meaningful. Ponder love. God’s whole heart is love and to love. His Word is designed that we know this. We willfully seek after love. Our hearts contemplate His love until we follow hard after Him in becoming like Him. We plan to love others. God is devising this love! It is loves ultimate intention. 

Doubting hinders love. Philippians 4:6 (Amplified) says, “Do not fret or have anxiety about anything.” Anxiety is the instigator of fear. There is purposed intention in the Word of God that ‘laughter is good medicine’. It is the remover of anxiety and restraints. Be free from the resentments of the mind. Have no divisions and certainly no divisiveness. Be free from anger and the controversies of heart. Do not poison minds, by embittering others with unbelief. Ephesians 2:13 says, “You have been brought near by the blood of Christ.” Therefore Galatians says in 5:10, “He who troubles you shall bear his judgment,” God hates unbelief and the stirring of it. It is as witchcraft. Doubting is to have misgivings, hesitations, wavering between hope and fear. Then the enemy tries to use it to say by a religious spirit that the blessing was missed. This is as much the accuser of the brethren. He is the liar of all liars and the father of it. Have a posture rather of the generosity of worshipful hearts, with raised hands and without wrath or doubting. There are times when it looks like God doesn’t hear but there is a blessing about to be poured out. He is the protector and giver of life. You are filled giving what you have in your hand to give. If this is worship, He will fill you to understanding what or how to give in greater measure. His hand will be upon you to give back in good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over! 

To you: Oh One who does not believe you have enough to give, as the scriptures say in 2 Corinthians 7:15-16, “His affections are greater for you as he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him. Therefore I rejoice that I have confidence in you in everything. And...2 Corinthians 8:2-3 says, "In your deep trials of affliction, the abundance of your joy and deep poverty abounded in riches of liberality, bearing witness that you are freely willing.” You must have confidence as it is your reward. Don’t be caught off guard by the promptings of the generosity of the Holy Spirit. Go with what He tells you. He will give to you lavishly with a ‘want to’ of your heart. Be not despaired at heart. "He who has a generous eye will be blessed." (Proverbs 22:9) This is this ones great generosity. He knows you long to give greater and he wants you to. Ask Him for what you want to give and be expectant. His mercies are everlasting and His gifts are abundant. 1 Peter 3:11 says… “…seek peace and pursue it.” Align your emotions to His will. Do this as you give. It will become abundantly clear what to give. 2 Corinthians 9:7 (Amplified) says, “Let each one (give) as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) cheerful (joyous, “prompt to do it) giver whose heart is in His giving.” This cheerfulness is as the anointing of joy that breaks anxiety. The enemy flees in an atmosphere or a worshipful spirit.

Hosea 6:3 says, “Let us know. Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord”….and goes on to say, “He will come to us like the rain. Like the latter and the former rain to the earth.” Ask God to restore you, to revive and to heal and give you prevalent gifts…and then believe He is the giver of these. There is more to healing than living in a state of health. Healing often is His filling you up and being encouraged to overflow onto others in a purposeful healed place. Proverbs 11:25 says, “The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself.” The anointing breaks the yoke. John 7:38, “He who believes in Me, as the Scriptures has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” John 4:14 says, “but whoever drink of the water that I shall given him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into the everlasting life.”

Consider Psalm 31:19 in giving Him praise and being encouraged. It says, “Oh, how great is Your goodness which you have laid up for those who fear You which You have prepared for those who trust in you in the presence of the sons of men!”

The Message says in Acts 10:35, “It makes no difference who you are or where you are from, if you want God and are ready to do as he says, the door is open.” These are the keys of love. Hallelujah! His love is never over! They went to the tomb and it was empty. The harvest is white. Go after God and be full of His intentional love.