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THE STRAITS OF GOD’S LOVE.

INTRODUCTION:

PAUL MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH OF CORINTH IN CHAPTER 13 EMPHASIZE MORE ON LOVE THAN WHAT GIFTS THEY PROCESS.

WE KNOW THAT EACH OF US PROCESS A GIFT, BUT IF LOVE DON’T GO BEFORE IT , IT ONLY BEING MOTIVATED BY OUR OWN SELFISH AMBITIONS.

PAUL HAD CONTINUED TO WRITE LETTERS TO THE CHURCH OF CORINTH TO ADDRESS THE DIVISION THAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN THE CHURCH OF CORINTH.

LOVE WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL, IF WE HAVE LOVE IN OUR HEARTS.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE STRAITS OF GOD’S LOVE.

LOVE IS PATIENCE.

LOVE ESTEEMS OTHER.

LOVE IS RESPECTFUL.

LOVE IS TRUSTWORTHY.

A. LOVE IS PATIENCE

PATIENT LOVE IS STEADFAST WILLING TO STAND BY IT’S COMMITMENT AND REMAIN FAITHFUL WHEN ALL ELSE SEEMS TO FAIL.

PATIENT LOVE ALLOWS YOU TO LOVE SOMEONE WHEN THEY ARE NOT LOVEABLE, EVEN WHEN SOMEONE HAS HURT YOU , IT WON’T ALLOW YOU TO THROW IN THE TOWEL BECAUSE YOU ARE TIRED OF THEM.

PATIENT LOVE GIVES YOU THE HEART TO FORGIVE OTHER’S , FOCUS ON WHAT THEY ARE CABLE OF BECOMING.

YOU SEE THE BEST IN THEM, NOT THE WORST. NOT SAYING THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK BEYOND A PERSON’S BEHAVIOR, BUT YOU WILL NOT ALLOW THEIR BEHAVIOR TO AFFECT THE PERSON WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST.

JAMES 1:4 “But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.”

B. LOVE ESTEEMS OTHERS.

LOVE THAT ESTEEM OTHER’S , DO NOT RUN PEOPLE DOWN , BUT IT BUILD OTHER’ S UP..

LOVE THAT ESTEEM OTHER’S DO NOT MAKE THEMSELVES THE CENTER OF ATTENTION, BUT CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF OTHER’S.

LOVE THAT ESTEEM OTHERS TREAT OTHER’S LIKE THEY WANT TO BE TREATED, WITH RESPECT.

PHILIPPIANS 2:3 “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”

C. LOVE IS RESPECTFUL

LOVE THAT IS RESPECTFUL DOES NOTHING TO BRING SHAME TO ONESELF. IT WILL NOT ACT OF CHARACTER.

LOVE THAT IS RESPECTFUL IS NOT EASILY TO BE PROVOKED. IT DOES NOT RESPOND TO EVERYTHING SOMEONE SAY OUT OF CHARACTER, BUT WHEN THEY DO RESPOND, THEY RESPOND WITH A KIND WORD.

LOVE THAT IS RESPECTFUL DO NOT HAVE TO DEFEND ITSELF, BECAUSE IT’S CHARACTER SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

ROMANS 12:10 “Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;”

4. LOVE IS TRUSTWORTHY

WHEN LOVE IS TRUSTWORTHY YOU BELIEVE THE ONE WHO YOU’RE IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HAS YOUR BEST INTEREST AT HEART AND YOU’RE ABLE TO COUNT ON THEM.

YOU ALSO FEEL SAFE WITH THEM, AND ABLE TO BE VULNERABLE, WITHOUT BEING HURT OR VIOLATED.

TODAY WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WE CANNOT TRUST NO ONE, BUT THEIR IS SOMEONE WHO WE CAN TRUST WITH OUR LIVES AND HIS NAME IS JESUS.

JOHN 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”