GBC Community Update: Be filled with love

​Good morning. I hope you’re making this a great week.  Today’s thought deals with love versus fear. I suspect it will make sense but its harder said than done.  Walk in the love of the Lord and let your light shine!
 
 
Join us on Sunday in-person or on livestream as we Worship the Lord
This Sunday we welcome guest preacher Warren Henderson, conference speaker at the Guelph Bible Conference Center. Warren serves the Lord in Ottawa, KS (not ON!), as an itinerant Bible teacher, and is involved in writing, evangelism, and church planting. He'll be speaking to us from 2 Kings 5-6. We look forward to what the Lord has for us from His Word.
If you can’t make it, you can connect through our website:   
www.guelphbiblechapel.ca  our YouTube channel as well as Facebook LIVE
As we return to the book of Joel the following week, pastor Dan invites us to prepare by watching this 4m background video:
https://bibleproject.com/explore/video/yhwh-lord/
 
 
Summer thoughts to keep you on the journey: Be filled with love
Tuesday I talked a bit about fear.  Here’s another way of looking at this issue.  God is love and those who follow God must also be filled with love.  If we want to get rid of fear, we must replace it with something. If we keep our minds empty, fear can easily return.  That’s why we read in 1 John 4:18: “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.”  Now, here’s one of the most important keys to getting rid of fear: We must be filled with love.  We can cast out fear with love.
But how?
Love is an affection and emotion that does NOT produce any fear. In fact, if we truly love God, we should not fear anything.  We don’t need to fear death because after death, if we are secure with God, we can be confident that we will meet our Creator during our next waking moment.  As long as we have love in our hearts and lives, we can expect fear to never bother us. The moment that our love wavers, that’s the same moment that fear starts to creep in again.
When love prevails, fear stops from existing.
When love overcomes, fear is suppressed.
And when love reigns, fear is banished.
Sounds pretty good, huh? Let’s be filled with love!
 
In His grip,
Pastor Chris