Love in a Tweet
By Rian Malan
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Devouring the 727,969 words of scripture in 3 months was like eating through the entire menu of the finest restaurant in the world. I tasted and saw that the Lord is good, and I couldn t keep that goodness to myself.
So, I asked God what He wanted me to do with what He d taught me. That s when Blessing In A Tweet came to me. The mission of Blessing In A Tweet was to compile a tweet of precisely 140 characters that would serve as a daily reminder of how God calls me to live my life.
Love, trust and obey God and His Way.
Do to others as you want others to do to you.
Pray and hope through Jesus with faith and thanksgiving.
- Blessing In A Tweet
The first word of the Blessing In A Tweet is love. Its placement is intentional. The Bible includes a lot of teachings on love. In fact, love is listed 551 times in the Bible (NIV).
So, Love In A Tweet is a natural progression from Blessing In A Tweet. Whereas my first book condensed the whole Bible into a tweet, this book distills the Bible s teachings on love into 140 characters.
When I started writing this book, I was consumed with praying and reading about love. Every day I would ask the Holy Spirit for insights about love. Love In A Tweet is the fruit of that labor.
As I studied the Bible s teachings on love, one question kept plaguing me: Am I living a life of love? Perhaps this question haunts you, too. I ll share God s answer in the following pages.
Living a life of love is rewarding. A life of love is filled with riches, honor, enduring wealth, and prosperity. Are you living a life of love?
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Love in a Tweet - Rian Malan
Love in a Tweet
Rian Malan
Copyright © 2022 Rian Malan All rights reserved
The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmit- ted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.
Cover design by: Bianca Vosloo
EISBN: 978-0-6397262-2-9
Contents
Epigraph
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
It’s all about God
God
God’s Love
Our Response to God’s Love
Action Items:
The Tweet
The Greatest Commandments
What is love?
Love’s great importance
Defining love
The immortality of love
How do I love God?
How do I love others?
Action Items:
Love God
Love God
How are we called to love God?
What’s the bottom line?
Love God above everything!
Show it with unwavering obedience.
Main Laws of the Old Testament
New Covenant in the New Testament
Life in the Spirit
Action Items:
Love Others
Your neighbor
How you live reveals your nature
How can you become holy?
How can I be righteous if I’m a sinner?
Show it by living a holy and righteous life
Action Items:
Living a Life of Love
Scour Proverbs for Wisdom
Bear the Fruit of the Spirit
Have the mindset of Christ Jesus
Encouragement
Action Items:
Transformation and Renewal
Wisdom Prayer
The Checklist for Change
Checklist for Change
Force-Field Analysis
How to do a Force-Field Analysis:
RISE with God
What if we could elongate that second step? Then we could properly evaluate our intended reaction and see if it is holy or not. With a longer second step, we could choose not to act on our initial, sinful impulse. We could make a holier choice.
Love and Love
Annexures
Annexure A: God is…
Annexure B: The Commandments
Annexure C: The greatest is love
Annexure D: Checklist for Change[1]
Annexure E: Answers to wisdom seek-and-find in Chapter 5
Annexure F: References
Annexure A
Annexure D
Epigraph
I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. With me are riches and honour, enduring wealth and prosperity.
- Proverbs 8:17-18
Love!
Love God above everything! Show it with unwavering obedience.
Love!
Love others as yourself! Show it by living a holy and righteous life.
- Love In A Tweet
Acknowledgements
Soli Deo Gloria.
Everything comes from God.
Thank you, Lord, for the guidance and the strength to persevere. If this work can make a humble contribution to help even only one person to grasp Your love, it would have served its purpose.
To the greatest worldly gifts God gave me, my wife of noble character and my kids and grandkids, I express my sincere love for the love you have shown in words and in works over more than 50 years. May God love you and bless you for that.
Rudolf Markgraaff, God compels me to once again thank you for listening to Him and inviting me to that divine intervention at Wedderville in 2021. Both Blessing In A Tweet
and now Love In A Tweet
emerged as a result of the moment the three of us had that day.
Alyson Rockhold, your invaluable craftsmanship in helping with the writing of the Tweets not only showcased the great gifts God bestowed on you but also threw the spotlight on your deep love for God. Never stop using your gifts to glorify God. Thank you.
Without BibleGateway, the asking, seeking, and knocking for insight into the love and will of God would have been quite an arduous task.
Preface
I’ve believed in God my whole life. But as everything fell apart in 2021, I leaned on Him in a whole new way. When Covid took my job and my stability, I turned to the Bible for comfort and help.
Devouring the 727,969 words of scripture in 3 months was like eating through the entire menu of the finest restaurant in the world. I tasted and saw that the Lord is good, and I couldn’t keep that goodness to myself.
So, I asked God what He wanted me to do with what He’d taught me. That’s when Blessing In A Tweet came to me. The mission of Blessing In A Tweet was to compile a tweet of precisely 140 characters that would serve as a daily reminder of how God calls me to live my life.
Love, trust and obey God and His Way.
Do to others as you want others to do to you.
Pray and hope through