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What If They Don’t Love Me Back?

6For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. 7For rarely will someone die for a just person — though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. 8But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.Romans 5:6-8……

Who Profits Through Sacrifice?

4Love is patient, love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant,  5is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable, and does not keep a record of wrongs. 6Love finds no joy in unrighteousness but rejoices in the truth.  7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.1 Corinthians 13:4-7 45For even the Son……

Why Sacrifice?

7Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into……

How Do You Achieve Greatness?

37They answered him, “Allow us to sit at your right and at your left in your glory.” … 41When the ten disciples heard this, they began to be indignant with James and John. 42Jesus called them over and said to them, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it……

What Is Love?

16For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only  Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.John 3:16 All we want each other to do is love each other. Sounds great. But I’ve never heard anyone answer the question… What is Love? Generally, when we look around, the……

How Do You Know You Have a Loving Culture?

16God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 17In this, love is made complete with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because as he is, so also are we in this world. 18There is no fear in love; instead,……

What About Rules?

13For you were called to be free, brothers and sisters; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love. 14For the whole law is fulfilled in one statement: Love your neighbor as yourself.  15But if you bite and devour one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.Galatians 5:13-15 If everyone……

To What Extent Do You Love?

29But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”30Jesus took up the question and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into the hands of robbers. They stripped him, beat him up, and fled, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to be going down that……

How Do You Show Who You Love?

34 “I give you a new command: Love one another. Just as I have loved you, you are also to love one another. 35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”John 13:34-35 How you show up with Presence shows who you actually Love. At the Last Supper, Jesus……