Kenneth Copeland Devotional 9 December 2023 – Love: The Secret of Success
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Topic – Love: The Secret of Success
Love never fails. – 1 Corinthians 13:8, The Amplified Bible
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 there is a failure-proof way to live without it. It is the way of love.
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 and brutally murdered, and Jesus went away to be alone, He didn’t deviate from the way of love. 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.
I used to wonder how Jesus could just turn away from that terrible crime and not retaliate. What I didn’t realize was that He did punish. He overcame the works of Satan with compassion. He defeated hatred with love. He attacked Satan in the spirit realm by destroying his jobs 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 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 a life of love today. Watch God turn failure into success at home, at work…in any situation. Love never fails!
Scripture Reading: Matthew 14:1-14
This message was written by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, the leaders of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries (www.KCM.org), which specializes in teaching principles of bible faith – prayer, healing, salvation, and other biblical topics.
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