DEFINING LOVE

1 Corinthians 13:4-8


LOVE IS

Patient
Kind
Rejoices in Truth
Always Protects
Always Trusts
Always Hopes
Always Perserveres


LOVE ISN'T/DOESN'T

Does Not Envy
Does Not Boast
Is Not Proud (God resists the proud)
Is Not Rude
Is Not self-seeking
Not Easily Angered
Keeps No Record of Wrongs (forgiven forgives)
Does Not Delight In Evil

THE TRUTH

LOVE NEVER FAILS!!!!

Note: When I made the Live Video on Facebook, I was verbally processing, and messed it all up. So, Daddy God is helping me clear it up now. Just as Erickson has stages of development, Love does too. There is a task in each stage that has to be completed before moving to the next. I hope you see it as I just did.

Patient vs. Impatience....develops Unity/Purity
Kind vs. Unkind....develops attitude toward Difference/Choice
The list of ISN'T/DOESN'T comes in the position of #3 because it is where we learn to WAR/BATTLE against Entitlement/Self-Preservation

Position 4 is so beautiful...I can't do it justice. Four is Direction (Jesus is always our true North)/Order and our lives come into line with Him. This is why #4 is our HEART ATTITUDE!!!
We learn to Rejoice in TRUTH. This task is pivotal, a paradigm shift. You will either come into line w/Jesus or He will break you, and reset you. You simply can NOT move without LOVE.

Protects vs Self-Preserves...develops the courage to move into Ministry/Work
Trust vs. Mistrust...we learn interdependence...He tells us WHO we are in HIM...Marriage/Family
Hope vs Despair....we learn to Rest in Worship :)
Perseverance vs. Surrender....we learn to move IN PAIN to bring forth New Beginning/Circumcision
And, if we do NOT surrender...LOVE NEVER FAILS...we enter into Vision/Birth