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Love
Posted on May 10, 2016 4:30 PM by Admin
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Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NKJV
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Why I should fall in love…Because…
- I was created to love
- I was created by, in, through and saved because of love
- I was created in the image and likeness of my God who IS love.
- No matter how I try to fight, ignore or deny it; love is in my DNA (Divine Nature Assigned) by God, through God and ultimately for God.
We are instructed and commanded to love.
- Matthew 22:37-39 NKJV Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
- Define
- Shall – Expressing an instruction or command; a strong assertion or intention; the future tense.
- Neighbor – According to the Good Samaritan in (Luke 10:30–36) Jesus teaches that a neighbor is anyone and everyone; perhaps particularly those who need our help.
- 1 Corinthians 13:13 NKJV And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
- Define
- Abide – The word "abide" basically means "to remain."; accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation).
- Synonyms: comply with, obey, observe, follow, keep to, hold to, conform to, adhere to, stick to, stand by, act in accordance with, uphold, heed, accept, go along with, acknowledge, respect
- 1 Peter 4:8 NKJV And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
- 1 John 4:7-8 NKJV Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
- Deuteronomy 10:12:13 NKJV “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes which I command you today for your good?
Here the Word of God explains how love should look, feel and behave.
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NKJV Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.
- Define
- Suffers – To tolerate, experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant) synonyms: tolerate, put up with, bear, stand, abide, endure
- Envy – The desire to have a quality, possession, or other desirable attribute belonging to someone else
- Iniquity – Gross injustice; unfairness; wickedness; sin
- Endures – To continue to exist in the same state or condition; to remain firm under suffering or misfortune without yielding though it is difficult
- Romans 13:10 NKJV Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore of love is the fulfillment the law.
Most of us have been in love at one time or another. Some desire to fall in love again.
- When I consider what it is we’re looking for or desire in a love relationship I want to refer to Christ and what He says and demonstrates regarding love.
- We learn in Proverbs 18:22 KJV 22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD.
Just a few thoughts about love to reflect upon.
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