Category: Scripture Plan and Journal
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Love is Not Self Seeking
Those who are selfish will tear down others in order to elevate themselves or to get what they want. Selfishness is a very ugly quality for an individual to have and can do great damage to others.
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Love is not Rude.
God created everyone with a purpose and each person is significant. Cutting others down, belittling, and rude sarcasm should never hold a place in the life of a Christian character.
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No “I” statements in Love.
Those who boast about themselves are discontent grumblers who live according to their own selfish desires. They use their words to flatter people and impress people for their own advantage.
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Love does not Envy.
So Paul listed that love is patient and kind, then he hits the first characteristic love is not: envious. What is envy? Desiring what is not yours. Fear of loosing something. Painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another joined with desire to posses the same. The Greek…
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Love is Kind.
Our modern day definition of kindness is to show one’s self mild. Kindness is a lifestyle, daily practice, and a choice. Being kind should be faithful service, a default mode, a habit of goodwill, and a heart that continually serves others each day. Kindness requires intentionality. Kind acts are often on…
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Love is Patience.
We have spent the last week looking at the source of love. Love is God and God is love. We can not love others without first loving Him. He chose to love us first, before we ever loved Him. If we want to love others, we have to first understand the source of Love…
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Are you a Liar?
John is a straight shooter here. He does not hold back or sugar coat the love of God. A person who hates and says they love God, is a liar. The Greek word for hate in this scripture is miseō and means to hate, pursue with hatred, detest. I have always…
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God comes to us first.
One of the most beautiful love stories comes from the book of Ruth. The layers and depth of that book is amazing! On the surface we read Boaz was Ruth first. Then he pursued her. Its a deeper picture of God’s love for us. We must first recognize that ALL our love is in…
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A Completed Love that brings Confidence.
For many Christians, the love of God is spoken in past tense. They saw the love of God in the cross, became born-again, but live tip-toing around God. John tells us we can have confidence around God. When the topic of the day of judgement is brought up many become uneasy. As…
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Come to Know and Believe.
John called himself a fascinating title: 23 One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was reclining close beside Jesus. John 13:23 2 So she went running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They’ve taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know…
It Starts Small 