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If we are to have godly love then our love must prioritize God over wealth or earthly success. It is so easy to get caught up in the rat race of this world. Constantly working for more money, accolades, perks, promotions, etc. All those things give us more attention and more money. We bask inContinue reading “Godly love Prioritizes!”

Loving those that love us is much easier than love strangers and exponentially easier than loving an enemy. But, as followers of Christ we are commanded to love those that do us harm and hate us. Jesus commands us to pray for those that abuse us. Why? Because that is how God loves us. “…butContinue reading “Godly love loves its enemies!”

So, many times when we hear lessons or even when people talk about what the Bible says about marriage Ephesians 5 becomes one of the focal points. We often get too narrow focused on verse 22 “wives submit to your husbands.” We spend so much time defining and discussing it and by the time weContinue reading “Godly love…loves its spouses!”

Genuine means to ACTUALLY have the reputed qualities or character. It is sincere and honest. It is real and actual and true. It is free from hypocrisy or pretense. Our love should be genuine. It should demonstrate the qualities we say we have and claim to live by. It is honest and sincere with others.Continue reading “Godly Love is…Genuine!”

The phrase speaking truth to power is all the rage right now. But it’s actually an ancient phrase – originating all the way back with the Greeks. Their word for the idea was “parrhesia” which meant you not only need to speak the truth and speak it freely but also you were obligated to speakContinue reading “Godly Love…Speaks Truth!”

Earnest isn’t a word we use much anymore. But it is a great word. So what does it mean to be earnest? Earnest is characterized by an intense and serious state of mind. It is grave and important. It means to have a considerable or impressive amount or degree. So, Peter tells us we shouldContinue reading “Godly Love is…Earnest!”

We are all friends to someone and most of us have siblings (for those who don’t you may be close to a cousin or incredibly close to a friend). We all have friends we consider siblings – we love them like a brother or sister. Our love for those individuals needs to be consistent throughContinue reading “Godly love is…consistent!”

Godly love loves kindness. Our love must be rooted in kindness! It must show kindness to others even when we don’t want to or when it is unreciprocated. Micah tells us one of the things God requires of us is to “love kindness.” What does that mean? To love kindness? Kindness is the state ofContinue reading “Godly love…is kind!”

Godly love is patient with others. Like God is patient with us we must be patient with others! How do we do this? We approach each person with humility, gentleness, and kindness. These traits help us bear with others when they test our limits. It is important for us to remember that God is longContinue reading “Godly Love is Patient!”

So, we are learning to love like God. We’ve explored God’s love and how His love traits should influence ours. We’ve examined how His love should motivate us to love and obey Him. And, learned that God’s love should motivate us to love others – to pay God’s love forward. So, who is my neighborContinue reading “Godly Love…Does No Wrong!”