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.
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.
If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters
Don't just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.
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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.
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.
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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 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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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
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.
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...
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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.
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.
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