We can love because He loved us first

“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the [...]

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Love Is…Enduring

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. -1 Corinthians 13:7-8 (ESV) Love bears all things.- Love bears each others burdens and troubles. Love believes all things- [...]

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Love Is…Encouraging

it [love]  does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. -1 Corinthians 13:6 (ESV) I think it’s kind of neat that I get to this one today. In our family we have a weekly memory verse. This weeks is 1 Thessalonians 5:11 (ESV), Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just [...]

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Love is…Not Irritable or Resentful

it [love] is not irritable or resentful; -1 Corinthians 13:5b (ESV) One may think these two ideas, love is not irritable and love is not resentful, should be covered in two separate posts. However, these two ideas are so closely linked that it is necessary to combine them. If we are irritable, we tend to [...]

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Love Is…Not Selfish

It [love] does not insist on its own way; -1 Corinthians 13:5a Okay, so you may have noticed by now that um, I have changing the wording a little bit for the titles. This is so that I could stick with the “Love Is…” format. And so that the titles wouldn’t get to long. In [...]

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Love Is…Not Rude

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. -1 Corinthinas 13:4-5a I have a question. How often a day are you rude to someone? How about at least once a day. Does that sound reasonable? Whether we talk back to an adult, shove past someone without [...]

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Love Is…Not Arrogant

Love…is not arrogant. -1 Corinthians 13:4c Arrogance, or pride, is perhaps one of the biggest thing that we struggle with as human beings. God frowns heavily on pride. There is no way around that. As human beings I think I can rightly say that we all have pride issues. I know I have them. I [...]

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Love Is…Not Boastful

Love does not…boast. -1 Corinthians 13:4 Boasting, more commonly known today as bragging, boasting is extraordinarily common among siblings. It’s always, “I got to go such and such place with so and so, and YOU didn’t.” or “I have money and YOU don’t.” or, my favorite, “I got this or Christmas and YOU only got [...]

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Love Is…Not Jealous

Love does not envy -1 Corinthians 13:4b (ESV) Envy. How easy it is to envy someone. And how dangerous. A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.-Proverbs 14:3 (ESV) I don’t know about you but I would rather have a tranqil heart with life than to have rotting bones. [...]

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Love is…Kind

Love is….kind. -1 Corinthians 13:4a (ESV) To be kind. What does that mean? The Message Bible words this part of 1 Corinthians 13 this way, Love cares more for others than ones self. I think this is a really good way to word it. God calls us to care. He calls us to care for [...]

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