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b'We are living in a world where unconditional love is hard to find. This is\\nthe kind of love that has no conditions, where one person will always love\\nthe other person, no matter what they do. Unfortunately, many relationships\\nare based on conditional love, on what one person can get from the other,\\nwhat favors they can offer each other or what happiness they can give each\\nother. In school, I wanted to be friends with the students who commanded\\nrespect from others, those who had a voice that could be heard in our\\ncircles. My motive for getting in such relationships was that I wanted to\\ngain their favor, not that I really loved them or valued those\\nrelationships. And so, my love was conditional because, if they were to\\nlose their social positions, I would no longer value them as friends. Back\\nthen, I did not understand what true love is. But today, I want to love\\npeople\\u2014not because of what I can get from them but with genuine love\\u2014the\\nkind of love God has shown us. Because God loved us, He gave His Son, Jesus\\n(John 3:16). He did not love us for what He could get from us. Instead, God\\nshowed His love by giving Himself up for us (Ephesians 5:25). God\\u2019s love is\\nunconditional. What does this look like? Jesus showed us. On the night\\nbefore He went to the cross, He took the position of a servant and washed\\nHis disciples\\u2019 feet, knowing that they would soon desert Him. And then He\\ncommanded them to love each other as He had loved them (John 13:14-15;\\n15:12). Jesus showed us the full extent of God\\u2019s love when He died on the\\ncross and took our sins upon Himself, and then rose from the dead,\\ndefeating sin and death forever. If we\\u2019ve put our trust in Jesus, we can\\nknow that we are held securely in His love. And when we rest in God\\u2019s\\nunconditional love for us, it becomes possible for us to love others.\\nPhilippians 2 says, \\u201cIn your relationships with one another, have the same\\nmindset as Christ Jesus\\u201d (verse 5). This means not doing anything out of\\nselfish ambition, not looking out only for our own interests but also for\\nthe interests of others (verses 3-4). Because God loves us, we can love one\\nanother (1 John 4:19). \\u2022 Enid Adah Nyinomujuni \\u2022 How might knowing that God\\nloves you unconditionally help you love others unselfishly? \\u2022 If someone\\nhas hurt you deeply, you don\\u2019t need to be in relationship with them.\\nInstead, love might look like setting up healthy boundaries. Who is a\\ntrusted adult you could talk to about this? For God so loved the world that\\nhe gave his one and only Son [Jesus], that whoever believes in him shall\\nnot perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nJohn.13.14-John.13.15|John.15.12|Phil.2.1-Phil.2.11|John.3.16'