What Does Love Really Cost?

Question: What have you given as a sacrifice to show someone you love them?

Sacrificial Offering
We offer Mercy
Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 9:13

We offer Kindness
But, If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink. For in so doing you will be heaping fiery coals on his head. Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good. Romans 12:20–21

We offer Love
Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 4:7
Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. 1 John 4:10

We offer our lives.
Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. Romans 12:1–2

Reflection

How will I offer Mercy, Kindness, and Love in my life to honor Jesus and demonstrate Real Love to others?