Motivated by Love

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Love for God and people is supposed to be the underlying motivation for everything we do. What we do is important but how and why we do things also matters. If we think about this...God is love, so to be motivated by love is to be motivated by God. Love was God's motivation for sending Jesus. 

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 says... 

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

This reminds me of something I once read in the book "The Greatest Salesman in the World," by Og Mandino. He said that one of the most important keys to selling successfully was saying..." I love you, I love you," in your heart while you are talking with clients and customers. This can be applied to anything we do. Try this today... In all of your conversations, every email you write, every text message you send, and everything you do today think about your love for God and for the people you are interacting with while you are talking, writing, texting, and taking action. 

I am praying for you. 

Daniel