Reason #12: Stimulated to Love Others

Perhaps the most compelling reason to preach the gospel daily to myself is how it effects the love I am to have for all people (Mark 12:31). We all know there are some people who are very difficult to love.  Love, as the world sees it, is based on the lovableness of the one to be loved.  The gospel however, reminds me that God loves me despite my own un-lovableness.

"When my mind is fixed on the gospel, I have ample stimulation to shoe God's love for other people. For I am always willing to show love to others when I am freshly mindful of the love that God has shown me (Titus 3:1-8). Also, the gospel gives me the wherewithal to give forgiving grace to those who have wronged me, for it reminds me daily of the forgiving grace that God has shown me (Ephesians 4:32). 

Doing good and showing love to those who have wronged me is always the opposite of what my sinful flesh wants me to do. Nonetheless, when I remind myself of my sin against God and of His forgiving and generous grace toward me, I give the gospel an opportunity to reshape my perspective and to put me in a frame of mind wherein I actually desire to give this same grace to those who have wronged me." -Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer for Christians, p.24

We love, because He first loved us. -1 John 4:19