Friday, April 6, 2012

Love #5......

Agape, Godly love....

1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
"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, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever!"

Fifth, love does not behave itself in an unbecoming fashion.  Believers are to avoid even the appearance of evil (1 Thess. 5:22).
Let's take a look at this. When we act unbecoming, we are acting , forgive me here, ugly. That's the only way I can put it. Just plain ugly. I don't know about you, but I don't want others to think of me as an ugly person. Any thoughts we might have toward others that isn't a loving thought, in any way is putting on that appearance of evil. Which makes us ugly.  In 1 Peter 3:4 we are to clothe ourselves with inward beauty and that a gentle and quiet spirit is unfading and precious to God. This will make us truly beautiful.
God love challenge #5.....
Take the ugly out and replace it with beauty. Sounds simple, I know. I do know however that God can change EVERYONE. I have personally witnessed this and am thankful that He does. Pray you can be changed from the inside out. God loves you no matter what. Show His love to others.
Stay tuned for God love challenge #6.......

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