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- Apr 18, 2019Love is the Greatest
- Apr 14, 2019Love is Fulfilling PromisesApr 14, 2019Love is Fulfilling PromisesSeries: Love IsJesus knows He will soon die when He rides into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Yet, He goes to Jerusalem anyway. Matthew says He does so, in part, to fulfill a prophecy from Zechariah. Jesus keeps this promise in the prophecy out of His love for us.
- Apr 10, 2019Love is All ThingsApr 10, 2019Love is All ThingsSeries: Love Is
Forgiveness and love are intimately connected. You will never be able to love someone well if you are not able to forgive them for the times they do not love you well. We should seek, on the one hand, never to lead someone we love into sin while, on the other hand, forgiving others when they tempt us into sin, or sin against us.
- Apr 7, 2019Love is TruthfulApr 7, 2019Love is TruthfulSeries: Love IsAchan’s lie hurts not only Achan, but the whole Israelite community. To love someone is to tell the truth, even when the truth embarrasses us, or is tough for them to hear!
- Apr 3, 2019Love is ForgivingApr 3, 2019Love is ForgivingSeries: Love IsForgiveness and love are intimately connected. You will never be able to love someone well if you are not able to forgive them for the times they do not love you well. We should seek, on the one hand, never to lead someone we love into sin while, on the other hand, forgiving others when they tempt us into sin, or sin against us.
- Mar 31, 2019Love is Not IrritableMar 31, 2019Love is Not IrritableSeries: Love IsIn Jesus’ parable, a judge gives a woman what she wants because she won’t stop bothering her and it irritates him! Jesus promises that, no matter how many times we “bother” God, He will never become irritated with our pleas!
- Mar 27, 2019Love is Not Self SeekingMar 27, 2019Love is Not Self SeekingSeries: Love IsIn a culture that is selfish, we are called to be selfless. Being selfless helps us connect with others better because it focuses us on them and their needs.
- Mar 24, 2019Love is Not RudeMar 24, 2019Love is Not RudeSeries: Love IsIt is easy to be rude when someone angers you. But rudeness only ruins relationships! When we are tempted to be rude, we should instead forgive someone for whatever it is that is tempting us toward rudeness.
- Mar 20, 2019Love is Not ArrogantMar 20, 2019Love is Not ArrogantSeries: Love IsThe ancient Israelites relied on themselves and their own spiritual desires rather than on God and His revealed spiritual order. Solomon reminds us, “An arrogant spirit comes before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18). How can we humble ourselves under God?
- Mar 17, 2019Love is Not EnviousMar 17, 2019Love is Not EnviousSeries: Love IsIt was envy that got Jesus killed. The religious leaders were jealous that Jesus was smarter than them and had a more devoted following than them. Their envy led to death. Envy always kills – it kills joy, it kills fulfilment, and, many times, it kills achievement, because it’s so busy complaining about what it doesn’t have that it forgets to grow into what it could have.
- Mar 10, 2019Love is…PatientMar 10, 2019Love is…PatientSeries: Love IsSaul was not patient in waiting for Samuel to make a burnt offering and give him a word from the Lord. Because of Saul’s lack of patience, Israel’s kingship was lost to his family. Impatience results in loss. This is why God is so patient with us – because He wants to keep us (cf. 2 Peter 3:9)!