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Saturday, October 3, 2009

hey guys, today is my turn to do the sharing, please bear with all the grammar mistakes ya.

There are two challenges for us today:
1) love makes the choice to accept
Romans 15:7 say that "accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God." All relationships is base on acceptance and NOT similarity. Perhaps the strongest relationship often occur with those who are most different. And without having this people around you, you'll never truly grow.
For making this successfully, we have to learn the difference between acceptance and forgiveness.When someone has a viewpoint on an issue that is different from the one I have or have a different personality, I need to accept him, not forgive him.
So, to love as Jesus loved is to make the choice to accept out different.

2) love makes the choice to sacrifice.
Sacrifice is the fourth mark of loving that we learn so far. As 1 John 3:16 tell us that " This is how we know what love is: Christ gave his life for us. We too, then, ought to give our lives for others!"
True love sacrifices. The greatest sacrifices may not be the once-in-a-lifetime sacrifices, they may well be the daily sacrifices. You give up your way and seek another person's good. No one else may even know you did it, but you'll know you acted in response to Jesus' love for you.

There are 5 practical ways you can take each day to revolutionise the way you love those around you:
A) Be patient: 'Love is patient"
B) Be kind: "Love is Kind"
C) Don't be proud:" Love Does not Envy, It does not Boast, It is not Proud"
D) Don't be selfish: Love Is Not rude, It is Not Self-Seeking, It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs"
E) Don't give up: "Love Always Protects, Always trusts, Always Hopes, Always Perseveres"

posted by Papa God's kid ♥ @ 12:00 PM