Operating in Love : Operating in Love Checkpoint #3
Love is not a feeling, but it sure produces many feelings! : Love is not a feeling, but it sure produces many feelings!
How do we expect love to feel? : How do we expect love to feel?
What is the response we expect when we have loved someone? : What is the response we expect when we have loved someone?
What is LOVE? : What is LOVE? Patient
Kind
Does not envy or boast
Is not proud or rude
Is not self-seeking or easily angered
Keeps no record of wrongs
Does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth
Always protects, trusts and perseveres
Never fails
What does this feel like? : What does this feel like? Patience
Kindness
Not being envious or boastful
Not being proud or rude
Not being self-seeking or easily angered
Keeping no record of wrongs
To not delight in evil but rejoice with the truth
Always protect, trust and persevere
Never failing
Impossible, vulnerable, foolish : Impossible, vulnerable, foolish
He FIRST loved us : He FIRST loved us
Broken spirits are not made over in 30 minutes by a great personality with the right tools : Broken spirits are not made over in 30 minutes by a great personality with the right tools
I don’t feel God’s Love : I don’t feel God’s Love God’s love is felt by some through how much he gives them, not by how much he has forgiven them
Love is measured by forgiveness : Love is measured by forgiveness
You EARNED this spot : You EARNED this spot
What do I need to operate in love? : What do I need to operate in love? Humility—knowing that you actually needed forgiveness and you were more offensive to God than anyone could be to you
Endurance
Thick skin
Forgiving heart, mind and attitude
Grace
What is the alternative? : What is the alternative? Living life relying on your emotions and impulses
Releasing merciless anger on those you feel are deserving
Being accountable to God
To be a contagious church that gains and wins souls by operating in love : To be a contagious church that gains and wins souls by operating in love By operating in emotions?
In what feels good?
In what is convenient?
In what works for me?
In my flesh?
Who’s ULTIMATE responsibility is this? : Who’s ULTIMATE responsibility is this? We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. ~1John 3:14
If anyone had material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? ~1 John 3:17