A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                      HE KNEW HER BY NAME PART XVI

"I, Mary Magdalene, want any other believer to know that the Lord has a task for you as well.... But it is important that this task is done out of love for Him and for others.... That love is a special kind of love... You cannot produce that kind of love in your life.... Just as I, Mary Magdalene, could not...But you will be able to love the Lord and others through the Holy Spirit's work in your life.... Just as I was able to... And you will be more loving, kind and patient as you submit to the Holy Spirit's work in your life on a daily basis....Just as I did."....Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn the importance of godly love in your life in order to fulfil the task the Lord has for you....

                    ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                    HE KNEW HER BY NAME PART XVI

Please remember that whatever the Lord wants you to do, He wants it to be based on love as you can read in 1 Corinthians 13:1-2

And now I will show you the most excellent way. If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all all  mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

You can read about the love that God wants you to love others with in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

As a believer, you have the Holy Spirit living on the inside of you. He desires to display this kind of love as part of the character of God, or the fruit of the Spirit, through you as you can read                     in Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control

Mary Magdalene allowed God to use her circumstances in her life to develop Godly character in her so God could use her for what He had prepared for her to do. God was able to do this work in her and through her because Mary Magdalene had developed a very intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus. She knew, therefore, His Voice and was willing to be obedient to whatever He had for her to do. Likewise, God wants to develop Godly character in you, this fruit of the Spirit, through your circumstances so that God can use you to minister to others in whatever way He has designed for you. Please remember that this can only happen as you develop an intimate relationship with Jesus by reading God's Word and prayer and by being obedient to whatever God calls you to do.

P.S. We have come to the end of the story "He Knew Her By Name." We will start going through the Book of Acts in our next blog post.