THE POWER OF AGAPE......

A selfless, sacrificial, unconditional love.. the highest of the four types of love in the Bible...
It is a Godly Moved deep compassionate Love..

Just as God Made it Manifest to us  in the scroll of Saint John

In John 3:16 it says it this way;
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life

Here we see Our Creator Elohim Loved the World so much,to the Extent he substituted his own only blood in the Redemption Bargain to buy off the Human soul...A sacrificial and unconditional high Compassion was manifested by God to the Human Race which is His Wonderful  Creation..

BY DEFINITION
Agape is a Greek term for "LOVE" in the Bible...

Child of God You Mighty Be going through a pit hole,Rough Edge,A Storm of some sort,Financial Struggle,Misunderstanding,Hatred..And at the End of the Day these devastating Experiences have been or Are Trigged by Someone Close to you,Probably A friend,A Neighbor,Work Colleague,A boss,A family Member,Anybody you Name it... BUT Remember this One Big Statement  "Your-love with God and The Demonstration of that Character/Personality in the Physical Reality Or Practicality should not Wither-Out"...

Remember the Scrolls of the Corinthians says it this Way;

Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things(1Corinthians13:4-7)....


Jesus Christ of Nazareth(Jesus answered and sayed to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner)...

Few References of Agape Demonstrated by our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
See in MATTHEW 9:36
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

See in MATTHEW 14:14
When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick.

See in Mark 1:40-41.
40 Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
41 Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”

See LUKE 7:13
Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her. 13When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep." 14And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise!"…

WE CLEARLY NOTE AND SEE IN ALL INSTANCES JESUS APPLIED THE GRAND DIVINE PRINCIPLE OF LOVE IN ALL HIS DEEDS WHILE ON EARTH FOR MINISTRY EVERY AREA HE WAS INVOLVED IN "DEEP LOVE TRIGGED HIS PERSONALTY & APPROACH"...THAT WAS HIS COMMON BANNER .WE OUGHT TO FOLLOW UNDER THE SAME GRACE AND FOOTPRINTS..

THIS AGAPE CAN BE SHOWCASED THROUGH DIFFERENT WAYS..
1.It Could be Through Your Devoted Heart to God(DeepLove)..
2.It could be Through Your Giving..
3.It Could be through Prayer Burdens and Intercession..
4.It Could be Through Leading a Unbeliever to the Light of God's Truth..etc

THE POWERFUL FRUITS OF AGAPE IN OUR CHRISTIAN WALK..

1.AGAPE LOVE  THROUGH CHEERFUL & HEARTFELT GIVING BREAKS THE LAW OF LIMITATION...EVERYTHING AROUND YOU BECOMES UNLIMITED..

Remember the Story of Abraham the Father of Faith..
He Gave His Only Issac of Old Age to God..And God see his giving heart  Decreed Tremendous Increase & Multiplication in his Generation..
Genesis 22:1-18..
Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied.

2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”

3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and loaded his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, “Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you.”

6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, “Father?”

“Yes, my son?” Abraham replied.

“The fire and wood are here,” Isaac said, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

8 Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.

9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied.

12 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram[a] caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The Lord Will Provide. And to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the Lord it will be provided.”

15 The angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, “I swear by myself, declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring[b] all nations on earth will be blessed,[c] because you have obeyed me.”

2.AGAPE SPIRIT THROUGH A DEVOTED HEART TO GOD BRINGS DOWN THE UNMEASURED HONOUR AND FAVOUR FROM HEAVEN...
REMEMBER THE STORY OF JOB,DANIEL,JOSEPH..

3.AGAPE LOVE TOWARDS GOD THROUGH LIFESTYLE OF PRAYER AND INTERCESSION BROUGHT FORTH TANGIBLE INSTANT VICTORIES  & RESULTS IN MANY INSTANCES..

REMEMBER PROPHET ELIJAH WHEN HE CEASED THE CLOUDS FROM RAINING IN THE LAND OF SAMARIA..
1Kings 17:1-7..
17 Now Elijah the Tishbite was a prophet from the settlers in Gilead. “I serve the Lord, the God of Israel,” Elijah said to Ahab. “As surely as the Lord lives, no rain or dew will fall during the next few years unless I command it.”

2 Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah: 3 “Leave this place and go east and hide near Kerith Ravine east of the Jordan River. 4 You may drink from the stream, and I have commanded ravens to bring you food there.” 5 So Elijah did what the Lord said; he went to Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and lived there. 6 The birds brought Elijah bread and meat every morning and evening, and he drank water from the stream.

7 After a while the stream dried up because there was no rain. 8 Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah, 9 “Go to Zarephath in Sidon and live there. I have commanded a widow there to take care of you.”


REMEMBER PROPHET ELIJAH WHEN HE CONQUERED THE 400 PROPHETS OF BAAL. AT ONCE..
1Kings 18:14-24,36-39
14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
15 And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
17 And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
18 And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
19 Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under:
24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.


36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.


REMEMBER PROPHET ELISHA BLINDING THE ARMY SENT BY KING OF SYRIA..
2kings 6:12-19
12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
13 And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
19 And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.


I  DECREE AND DECLARE A FRESH SHARP AGAPE TO BE IMPREGNATED ONTO YOUR HEARTS..
THAT YOU MAY LOVE THE LORD EVEN THE MORE...
THAT YOU MAY LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS EVEN THE MORE...
THAT YOU MAY BE YOUR BROTHERS KEEP AS JESUS SAID..
THAT THROUGH AGAPE YOUR MIGHTY WIN A LOST SOUL BACK TO THE KINGDOM IN JESUS NAME...
   
BY PROPHET ERIC
FLIM INTL MINISTRIES