Open to Love for Healing and Personal

Today's conversation is about letting love in to heal, restore, and transform from the inside out. God's Love! 

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Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome back to our curl let's pray ministries. I'm so glad and grateful once again that you all decide to tune back in. I am going to continue to talk about love today, amen. Yesterday we talked about self-love, but today I want to talk about open to love, amen. I want to be able to look at love in all different aspects because that love topic is like really with me right now, amen. And today's conversation is going to be real simple, it's not easy like anything else, but it's talking about opening to love, not just romantic love, but that kind of love that heals, restores, and transforms from the inside out, right? And before we begin, as always, let's center ourselves with a moment of prayer. Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus. Honey Father, we thank you for this morning. We thank you for this morning. We thank you for this early morning rising, oh God. We thank you, oh God, that we heard the birds chirping this morning. We thank you, oh God, that we seen the sun rise this morning. We thank you, oh God, that we seen the trees swim back and forth. Honey Father. We thank you for the chance to help us to slow down in this very moment, to listen and to be present in the Name, Honey Father. God, I pray that we go through this day steadfast and obedient to your will and your way, oh God. Open up our hearts today, oh God. Soften the places that have grown guarded, Henry Father. Heal the places that have not been healed as of yet, oh God. That has been hurt through any kind of pain, oh God, throughout our whole life, our childhood, our teenage years, our adult years, Henry Father. Teach us how to let go and let you have your way to heal us, oh God. Show us what the true meaning is to receive and to give love, oh God. Let your truth meet us right now. In this moment, we pray. Amen. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. I thank the Lord this morning that you all tune back in. I'm so grateful to be here this morning. I'm so grateful to be in his presence. I'm so grateful to feel his touch right now. And amen. And I'm gonna start off with a question. My past, I always start Bible study with a question. But let me ask you all this. Are you open to love? Not just in theory, not just the ideal of it, but actually open to love. Because the truth is a lot of us say we want love, we desire love, but we're quietly built in walls around ourselves to protect ourselves from it. And we don't even realize we're building these big jericho walls up, right? Where nothing can get in, nothing can go out. And maybe it's because of the disappointment, or maybe it's because of betrayal, or maybe because of opening up feels risky, and maybe it's because we just don't know what life is gonna give us. Because in the dating world today, don't even worry about it. That's a whole nother topic. But sometimes we've been hurt so much we don't even know how to let love in to heal us, and this is what we're gonna talk about today. And I know sometimes it's risky to trust when you don't know what's gonna happen, when you humble yourself to let people in, when you humble yourself to take in healing, when you humble yourself to let God have his way in your situations and your circumstances, in your pain and in your brokenness, right? Love requires vulnerability, it asks us to be seen, fully seen, and that can feel uncomfortable, right? But let's go to scripture, as always, to support what we're gonna talk about. 1 Peter 4 and 8 states, above all, love each other deeply because love covers over a multitude of sins. Amen. I'm realizing some of these scriptures I've I've been saying a lot, but I think they take heed to what's in our hearts, right? We have to learn how to love as God has called us to love, and we have to love deeply, right? And sometimes you're gonna hear a lot of these scriptures gonna be on repeat because we have to learn how to love because love does cover a multitude of our sins. Love does cover us with grace, mercy, and favor, right? So we have to learn how to love each other deeply. That word deeply stands out. This is in surface level kindness, it's not politeness, it's not convenience, it's intentional. Intentional, intentional, intentional. It's sacrificial, it's real. And here's the part we don't always talk about. You can love deeply if you're not if you're not open. You can't love deeply if you're not open to true love and to true healing, right? You can't experience the fullness of love if your heart is shut off to the world. Even if you have good reasons for closing it, we have to be real. We all have reasons why we want to shut up. Some of us have trust issues because people let us down. Some of us has been given love and we didn't receive it back. Some of us was taught um how to love, but didn't know how to receive love, right? And it's easier for me to keep to myself because it's much safer to stay in my own sallow, right? And then we adapt to it. We adapt to the, okay, I give love out. I can give love to everybody, but I ain't taking no chance for nobody coming over here. So we adapt to our thoughts, we adapt to our situations, we adapt to being alone, we adapt to the pain on the inside that's been buried for years. We adapt when God's not calling us to adapt. We become more guarded, we get so um selective of who we talk to, we get more cautious. And once again, I know that's human. I know that's human, but that creates tension, right? The same walls that protect us from pain also blocks that love from getting in. And sometimes we need to let the walls down to trust that God is not gonna let pain come in and hurt come in when he's trying to heal us, right? Being open to love doesn't mean ignoring wisdom, it doesn't mean accepting unhealthy relationships, it doesn't mean abandoning our boundaries, right? It means your heart is still willing, willing to trust again with discernment, willing to hurt again, even if it's uncomfortable, willing to believe that love is still good, even if your past experience weren't. Amen. Right wave got this song. I I I you know I wear my heart on my sleeve. And when I first heard my son play that, I was like, oh my god. I was like, I played that song on repeat. I'm like, I can't love let love in. I done been through some things. I I wear my heart on my sleeve, I love more than what I'm giving back. And you know, but then I can say you can't keep listening to this song because you're trying to block it out, you're trying to keep fear in the way so you don't have to accept love. And I'm telling you, that's not of God. 1 John and 4, 18 state, there is no fear and love, but perfect love drives out fear. Amen. Fear and love, they can't lead at the same time. We always gonna be fearful if the healing's gonna be coming. We always gonna be fearful of what if this person hurt me, hurt me. What if I give them my heart and then they clear out my bank account and then I'm homeless. You know what I'm saying? It's always gonna be those what ifs, but we have to learn how to not let fear control us anymore. We have to let love overtake everything. If fear is in control, love gets limited limited. But if love is in control, fear begins to loosen its grip. We have to understand that we have to live in love. We have to say, love, remove this fear, because I want to walk in love. And the biggest question is today, are you leading in love today? Are you leading with your heart? Are you leading by the word of God? How are you leading your life today? It should be in love, it not fear, and I'm not asking in no form or shape or fashion for you to be cautious. What I'm saying is it's okay to be cautious, but you have to trust God with your healing, with your life, and what's going on in your life. Amen. We have to understand that if we worry and we let free lead, we would never be able to know what that love feels like when we humble ourselves and trust God to present that right healing, present the right doctors to heal us, to present the person that He has for us, right? We have to understand that it's gonna show up in different ways, fear that is, but we have to say, God, I trust you. I trust you. I'm not gonna be disappointed, I'm gonna trust you, or whatever the outcome may be, but I'm taking down my jerk hole walls so I can let love in and I can let love out. Here's something I want you to hear clearly. Listen, you were created to love. You were created to be loved, not a piece of the time, not with red flags up caution all the time, like don't come to me, don't hug me. I don't want you hugging me because I don't know what that's gonna do to me if I hug you back. But we are meant to be loved and to love fully, and guess that means coming with a risk. I remember a long time ago I got my heart broke, and I cried my first time. My heart really, really got broke. And my cousin, what makes you think you exempt from getting your heart broke? We all gotta get our heart broke from time to time. That's how you grow. But I ain't gonna grow with my heart being broke, but I understand in order to get where God wants us to be, it's gonna come with risk, it's gonna come with possibilities, it's gonna come with um connections, it's gonna come with it's gonna come with possible healing, possibilities of something new. But this is where we have to trust in God. Life is risky anyway. Life is risky when we get in the car, life is risky when we get in the shower, life is risky when we lay down and go to sleep. But this is where we trust God in every area of our life, right? Take a moment, take this moment, and ask yourself this. Where in my life have I closed off to love? Have you closed off to people? Have you closed off to yourself? Have you closed off to God? You don't have to brush that answer, but think about that. Where in your life have you closed off to love? Sometimes being open to love starts with small steps. It might look like letting someone support you instead of saying I'm fine. Speaking honestly instead of holding everything in, choosing to forgive, not because it was okay, but because you don't want to carry it anymore. Or even learning to be kinder to yourself. Amen. Because self-love matters too. We just saw about that yesterday. You can't pour from a place you won't even visit. You got to learn how to love yourself and you got to learn how to accept love. And here's something wonderful and powerful. God doesn't ask you to open your heart without offering his love first. God love does before anybody. So you're not doing this alone. You're not accepting love on your own. You're not gonna step out on faith on your own. Because God's love is consistent, his love is patient. His love is not based on your performance. And sometimes being open to love simply starts with receiving that, that you are not alone. God is with you, his love is consistent, his love is patient, and his love is not based on your performance. Trust in God, believe in God, and let God open up a new form of love in your life. If you've been guarded, that's okay. I've been there. It matters big, but your story doesn't end there. You still can be open to love again, not all at once, it's not perfectly, not genuinely. Your heart can still open again, and it's going to take some time. Just trust in the Lord, trust in his timing, and ask the Lord to help you to be open to love in his timing and in the right way. Let us go to the Lord in prayer. Honey Father, want to thank you for reminding us that love is from you. God, we know it's not rushed, it's not forced, it's not angry love, but it's patient and it's real. Help us to release the fear that keeps our hearts closed, oh God. Give us wisdom, give us understanding and knowledge to set healthy boundaries, oh God. I pray. You know what I'm saying? God, I pray that you help us to be open and encouraging ourselves to remain open to love. Help, Father, I pray that you heal the places in us that have been hurt. Help, Father, restore our ability to trust, not blindly, but faithfully, Holy Father. Teach us how to love deeply. Show us how to receive love without resistance and help us, oh God, to move out of the way as you work in us around us and through us, oh God. I pray. God, I just pray that your love will be our foundation of everything that we do, oh God. God, we want to have your characteristics. God, we want to be able to show your love from the inside out, Henry Father. We want people to know that your love is powerful, your grace is powerful, your mercy is powerful, your healing is powerful, your miracles are still working today. God, help us to be that vessel that you are created to be from the beginning of time through love. It is in your name we pray, oh God. Amen. Amen. Amen. Thank you all for spending this time with me today. If this spoke to you, I pray that you sit with it for a moment, reflect on the word, read scripture about being open to love. You don't have to figure everything out today. There's no rush. One day at a time, one step at a time. Just start there. One day at a time, one step at a time, and just pray for God to open you up to love. His love, his healing, his favor, his direction, his clarity. See God on this morning. Amen. Until tomorrow, this is our career. Let's pray, ministries.