God, the Creator of all the Universe, is the All-Wise, All-Knowing Father. He is love, the Bible tells us in 1 John 4:8: “for God is love. [He is the originator (or source) of love, and it is (the) enduring attribute of His nature.]” God designed us with a deep hunger for the perfect love that flows from Him. He designed us to relate to Him and to feed on or be dependent on Him as our source of love. No human relationship, not marriage or close friendship or the parent-child bond, can fill the heart of man at its core as God’s agape love can. Humans need intimate fellowship with their Maker. 

What is God’s love like? It is totally giving and unselfish, unlike the largely self-seeking hearts of people. A pastor in Fort Mill, Dennis Clark, uses the term “God emotions” to describe the fruit or issue of the life that comes from the Holy Spirit. [My definitions of the fruit below bear the Clarks’ influence.] God’s desire for us is that we be filled with Himself through the new birth explained in John Chapter 3. [God is three-in-one: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.] 

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