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Loving Man - Love yourself
In rounding up our discussion on love, it is important to remind you that you need to love yourself. 'You' are important.
Care for 'you', be kind to 'you' , pray for 'you', make allowance for 'you' to grow, 'you' deserve the best.
In rounding up our discussion on love, it is important to remind you that you need to love yourself. 'You' are important.
Care for 'you', be kind to 'you' , pray for 'you', make allowance for 'you' to grow, 'you' deserve the best.
While your life cannot and should not be all about you, never forget that you matter and you can only love others to the degree that you love yourself.
And perhaps the most important way to love you is to forgive yourself. We have all made mistakes to different degrees but allowing those mistakes to dictate your future is a disservice to God.
Loving Man - Forgiveness
We cannot talk about loving man without talking about forgiveness. Having done your best to walk in love with people, you will still be hurt by them one way or the other and you must forgive.
We cannot talk about loving man without talking about forgiveness. Having done your best to walk in love with people, you will still be hurt by them one way or the other and you must forgive.
We forgive primarily because we are also recipients of God's forgiveness and he commands us to forgive others. It is worth noting also that you will have need to forgive those closest to you the more. Forgive and let it go.
But when you are praying, first forgive anyone you are holding a grudge against, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your sins, too.
Loving Man - Giving
Just as God's love was shown by giving even so will your love be shown by giving. Give to the people around you because you love them.
Give your money and resources, give your time and skills, give opportunities for growth.
Just as God's love was shown by giving even so will your love be shown by giving. Give to the people around you because you love them.
Give your money and resources, give your time and skills, give opportunities for growth.
Give a smile and words of encouragement. The greatest gift you can give to your world is the gospel, preach Christ to your world, their eternity depends on it.
If someone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need but shows no compassion—how can God's love be in that person? Dear children, let's not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.
Loving Man - correct in love
Correction is a necessary part of love, never shy away from correcting a fellow Christian having previously instructed him/her. You are showing love by preventing a worse incident when you correct. Of course, it must be done in love.
Correction is a necessary part of love, never shy away from correcting a fellow Christian having previously instructed him/her. You are showing love by preventing a worse incident when you correct. Of course, it must be done in love.
The where and how of correction matters. Avoid public corrections except when the incident is capable of influencing others who heard or saw it. The goal is always a change of attitude not humiliation. Once you have made the correction, let it end there.
And if you are on the receiving end of a correction, receive it as a sign of love. Don't be so hung up on the way the correction came, see the lesson inherent. You can not always determine how and when you will be corrected, but you can choose to grow from the rebuke.
Loving Man - Be patient in love
It is patient love that keeps the gold smith going, because the end product is nothing compared with the raw material. Majority of the believers around you are not yet finished products and you need to recognize that and be the smith on their way
It is patient love that keeps the gold smith going, because the end product is nothing compared with the raw material. Majority of the believers around you are not yet finished products and you need to recognize that and be the smith on their way
to maturity.
Several of the things you are angry with about people now will not be there in a few years, yet your attitude to them will linger. So deal with people with patience knowing their gold cometh.
Several of the things you are angry with about people now will not be there in a few years, yet your attitude to them will linger. So deal with people with patience knowing their gold cometh.
Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up...
Loving Man - make allowance for faults
Can we quickly agree now that persons you trust most will offend you and do things that you least expect (a la Peter denying Christ), yes they will and that is what makes us humans.
Can we quickly agree now that persons you trust most will offend you and do things that you least expect (a la Peter denying Christ), yes they will and that is what makes us humans.
What you can do then is to make allowance for people's faults in advance, to make excuses for them in your heart, with the understanding that we are all being perfected. Love, as scriptures says, covers a multitude of sins.
Most of all, love each other as if your life depended on it. Love makes up for practically anything.
Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love.
Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love.
Loving Man - Be kind
In our dealings with people, kindness must always be visible. It is not sufficient to be right, we must also show kindness.
The final test before Isaac came was Abraham showing kindness to 3 strangers.
In our dealings with people, kindness must always be visible. It is not sufficient to be right, we must also show kindness.
The final test before Isaac came was Abraham showing kindness to 3 strangers.
David helped a dying Egyptian and got his family and properties back (you really have no excuse to be wicked). You will often find that kindness opens more doors than your skills ever could.
They found an Egyptian in a field and brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat— part of a cake of pressed figs and two cakes of raisins. He ate and was revived, for he had not eaten any food or drunk any water for three days and three nights.
Loving Man - love the brethren
This perhaps seems the simplest feature of love yet is so hard to find. We set the standard for the brethren so high (and rightly so) that very few ever meet it and you sort of hate those that fall short.
This perhaps seems the simplest feature of love yet is so hard to find. We set the standard for the brethren so high (and rightly so) that very few ever meet it and you sort of hate those that fall short.
There is also the inherent dislike we seem to have for those of other denominations. Beloved, every believer in Christ Jesus is your brother and worthy of your love.
So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God.
Loving Man - praying for others
One of the greatest ways of expressing love to others is by praying for them. When we commit others to God's hands, we not only give them our best, we also engage the divine in their affairs.
One of the greatest ways of expressing love to others is by praying for them. When we commit others to God's hands, we not only give them our best, we also engage the divine in their affairs.
We should pray for our friends as well as our enemies, those above us and those below us, in short, we are required to pray for all men.
I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-- for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior,
Loving Man - Loving the poor
When we think about loving the poor, our first (and perhaps only) thoughts are to give to them. While it is good to give, the most important part of loving the poor is standing up for them. Ensuring that they have justice.
When we think about loving the poor, our first (and perhaps only) thoughts are to give to them. While it is good to give, the most important part of loving the poor is standing up for them. Ensuring that they have justice.
God wants you to 'speak up' for the voiceless and help the helpless. The privileges you enjoy are yours for the purpose of helping others.
What sorrow awaits the unjust judges and those who issue unfair laws. They deprive the poor of justice and deny the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and take advantage of orphans.
This is what the LORD Almighty said: Administer true justice; show mercy..
This is what the LORD Almighty said: Administer true justice; show mercy..
Loving Man - Erotic love
Christian marriages are built on Agape and strengthened by Eros. Be satisfied always with the love of your spouse.
Do you know that scriptures says denying your spouse his/her marital rights is fraud before God?(1 Cor 7:4 Amp). Love your spouse.
Christian marriages are built on Agape and strengthened by Eros. Be satisfied always with the love of your spouse.
Do you know that scriptures says denying your spouse his/her marital rights is fraud before God?(1 Cor 7:4 Amp). Love your spouse.
Drink water from your own well— share your love only with your wife. Why spill the water of your springs in the streets, having sex with just anyone? You should reserve it for yourselves. Never share it with strangers. Let your wife be a fountain of blessing for you...
..Rejoice in the wife of your youth... May you always be captivated by her love.
The husband should fulfill his wife's sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband's needs. The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his..
The husband should fulfill his wife's sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband's needs. The wife gives authority over her body to her husband, and the husband gives authority over his..
Loving Man - Eros
This is romantic love designed by God for couples in marriage (union of a man and a woman). it involves both physical attraction and sexual desires. It is not wrong in itself but when expressed outside marriage, it contravenes God's will.
This is romantic love designed by God for couples in marriage (union of a man and a woman). it involves both physical attraction and sexual desires. It is not wrong in itself but when expressed outside marriage, it contravenes God's will.
Thus an unmarried Christian should stay away from erotic love, and if of marriageable age, should go and get married rather than burn with lust. The single should treat members of the opposite sex as siblings with all purity.
Never speak harshly to an older man, but appeal to him respectfully as though he were your own father. Talk to the younger men as you would to your own brothers. Treat the older women as you would your mother, and treat the younger women with all purity as your own sisters.
Loving Man -Family
There are four types of Love in scriptures and one of them is family love (Storge). it is the affectionate bond that develops naturally between parents and children, brothers and sisters. Examples include Mary and Martha's love for Lazarus etc.
There are four types of Love in scriptures and one of them is family love (Storge). it is the affectionate bond that develops naturally between parents and children, brothers and sisters. Examples include Mary and Martha's love for Lazarus etc.
Thus as a christian, you have to love your family members regardless of their disposition to you. You are instructed to love and obey your parents. And not ignore your family
When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, "Woman, he is your son."
And he said to this disciple, "She is your mother." And from then on this disciple took her into his home.
And he said to this disciple, "She is your mother." And from then on this disciple took her into his home.
Loving Man
The 2nd and final commandment under the new covenant is to love our neighbour. Now, when Jesus was asked to define who ones neighbour is, he gave a very interesting analogy, the good Samaritan.
The 2nd and final commandment under the new covenant is to love our neighbour. Now, when Jesus was asked to define who ones neighbour is, he gave a very interesting analogy, the good Samaritan.
It was not lost on his audience that the man he picked as their neighbour was from a despised foreign country(John 4:9). So yes, you are to love everybody regardless of creed, ethnic or class.
A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments."
