Love and knowledge are equally important, you cannot have one without the other. Our love for one another and for God depends on our knowledge of Him, love without knowledge is powerless, but knowledge of Him that does not produce affection, desire, love for Him, is useless.
Paul prays that the church would grow in discerning love for the purpose of living sincere and blameless lives for the day we stand before Christ. This is all for the glory and praise of God.
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Paul is Pastor of Trinity Church in Spokane Valley, planted by Faith Bible Church in 2022. He studied at Shepherd's Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Christie, have eight children: six girls, and two boys!
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