1 John 4:19  We love because he first loved us.

Before the farmer plants his crops he fertilizes the soil. The seeds must have nutrients to grow and mature and produce a harvest. Before a pet cat or dog can bring love and comfort to his owner he must receive lots of love and comfort as a kitten or puppy. Before a human can understand a little about what love is he must receive it from his parents. So how can you expect to Love Me and Love others unless your spirit has received the fullness of Our Love? You were not born with your own supply of Love. It must be worked into your spirit like a farmer mixes fertilizer into the soil or like a boy hugs love into his dog or a mother nurses and cuddles love into her baby. 1 John 4:19  We love because he first loved us. 1 John 7:9-10 let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.  8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.  10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Ephesians 1:4 For consider what he has done—before the foundation of the world he chose us to become, in Christ, his holy and blameless children living within his constant care. He planned, in his purpose of love, that we should be adopted as his own children through Jesus Christ—that we might learn to praise that glorious generosity of his which has made us welcome in the everlasting love he bears towards the Son. Jeremiahs 31:3  I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. Romans 5:8  But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.