Colossians 1:8. "Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit."
YOUR LOVE. This kind of love is not just an emotion. We don't work it up or take a "love potion," To try and have good feelings about God and others. This is a perfect love from the Holy Spirit that covers A multitude of sins and lets us see others as God sees them; And that love that God puts in us values others even when There have been times we didn't like them very much, But that love is still there because of the Spirit's touch.
We experience that love in many different ways. Perhaps we sensed it there on salvation's first day. There is implanted in us a love for the brethren, Where previously if we came near, we would try to avoid them. Also, when we look around at the people who are near, We think about their destiny and want them to hear The way of salvation so they too sin's punishment escape, When the Lord Jesus as their Savior they personally take.
There is also a love for the things of God; Communion in prayer and in reading His Word, Becomes a part of our life for these meet a need That can only be found when God's will we heed. There is evidence of love because we want to gather With God's people in fellowship and worship together. The words of the Gospel are a delight to our hearts, And being taught by other Christians gives our love a good start.
"I think Father, that the first evidence of love in me when You saved me, was I had a love for the preachers whom I feared before. Also, I loved to hear the Gospel rather than avoid it. I thank Thee for putting that love in my heart. May I never let it grow cold. May I truly find and keep "first love." In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen."