First Love Awakens Inner Love

1 John 4:19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read 1 John 4 in context

Scripture Focus

19We love him, because he first loved us.
1 John 4:19

Biblical Context

Verse 4:19 states that our love for God arises because He first loved us. The core idea is that divine initiative awakens our natural capacity to love in response.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that love does not begin in a separate moment with God, but in the recognition that the I AM, your very awareness, has always been caressed by divine affection. The 'first love' is not history to be proven but a present fact you awaken to. When you affirm that you are loved by the All that you call God, you release your love as the natural movement of your own consciousness. Love is not something you conjure from lack; it is the memory of your true state, a revision of your inner weather to match the kindness that is always here. By imagining yourself as already beloved, you align with the current of life that sustains all things. Your love then flows outward, not as a demand but as a response to an intimate inner invitation. The moment you feel that affection within, your heart rises to God in return, and the world you touch reflects that inner endowment.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and repeat, 'I am loved by God.' Feel that love rising in your chest and dwell there for a minute, letting it color how you see and respond to others.

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