I will DO for YOU what Jesus has DONE for ME.
John 13:34-35 (NIV)
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
It’s TAKES work to MAKE it work.
EROS
PHILEO
STORGE
AGAPE
I Corinthians 13:1 (NIV)
If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.
I Corinthians 13:2 (NIV)
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
I Corinthians 13:3 (NIV)
If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
I Corinthians 13:4-5 (NIV)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Kindness is LOANING someone your STRENGTH rather than REMINDING them of their WEAKNESS.
HONOR is at the HEART of every HEALTHY relationship.
Love LISTENS and REFLECTS before it REACTS.
You OWE me eliminates I LOVE you.
I Corinthians 13:6-7 (NIV)
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love chooses to see the best, hope for the best, believes the best and chooses to overlook the rest.
We can ASSUME the WORST or BELIEVE the BEST.
1 Corinthians 13:11 (NIV)
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me
I Corinthians 13:8a (NIV)
Love never fails.