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Thursday, January 26, 2012

01-29-12 Love is Learned -9- Even When It Hurts = 1 Corinthians 13:5b

Love is Learned - Even When It Hurts
1 Corinthians 13:5

...it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. - 1 Corinthians 13:5b

Life is not always about Fairness.


Stones We Pick Up
Anger
Ephesians 4:26-27
Colossians 3:8

Resentment
Ephesians 4:31
2 Corinthians 2:8-11

Choose To Love Through the Hurt.
Romans 12:18


Remember how much God hurt to love others.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

01-22-12 Love is Learned -8- It Is Courteous = 1 Corinthians 13:5

Love is Learned - It is Courteous
1 Corinthians 13:5a

It is not rude, it is not self-seeking - 1 Corinthians 13:5a

Courtesy refuses to live rudely in a grace-impaired world.
1 Peter 2:17
1 Corinthians 11

Courtesy chooses to be...
... tactful as well as truthful.
Proverbs 10:32
Ephesians 4:29

... gentle instead of judgmental.
Romans 14:13, 22
Colossians 3:12
Philippians 4:5

... understanding to the demanding.
1 Thessalonians 5:14

... a replenisher not a diminisher.
Colossians 4:8
Romans 12:16

Courtesy infuses a grace-impaired world with a glimpse of God.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

01-15-12 Love is Learned -7- Not Full of Self = 1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is Learned - Not Full of Self
1 Corinthians 13:4

To be full of love you must be empty of self.
John 13

What does this kind of love look like?
Love will … 
… Rejoice over others having more blessings.
James 3:16
Matthew 27:18
1 Corinthians 4:7
1 Peter 2:1, 3

... Reject all opportunities of self-promotion.
Romans 12:3
Philippians 2:3-4

... Refuse to determine worth by applause.
John 13:3

For the call is to surrender your agenda to God's.
James 4:6

Sunday, January 08, 2012

01-08-12 Love is Learned -6- Patient and Kind = 1 Corinthians 13:4

Love is Learned - Patient and Kind

Patient & kind. What does that mean?
A. It demands a willingness to practice risky love.
B. You can't love people without taking a risk.

Love will find ...
...and greet people even when they are in the ditch.
Acts 3-4


...and meet people mercy rather than judgment.
Matthew 12:7
Ephesians 4:2,32

...and treat people like they are worth the investment.
1 Thessalonians 5:14

Keep in mind how patient and kind God has been to you.
Titus 3:4-8
2 Peter 3:9
Luke 6:35-36
Matthew 18:33