Do you long to be loved for just being you - apart from your looks, money, or status? You can have that, but you need to be aware of some pitfalls along the way. Chip inspires us to stop looking for love in all the wrong places.
In a fallen world, our failures are often an attempt to obtain “good things” in a bad way.
- Seeking belonging leads to division.
- Seeking connection results in destructive relationships.
- Seeking security fuels greed.Seeking holiness can cause disunity.
- Seeking pleasure can harm others' faith.
- Summary: So many times our gravest failures are our attempts to “look for love in all the wrong places.
”Learning to love in “Real Time”
- Responding to Hurts:Truth: Love is patient and kind (1 Corinthians 13:4a).Practice: When hurt, love absorbs the blow and responds with kindness.
- Responding to Differences:Truth: Love does not envy or boast... (1 Corinthians 13:4b-5).Practice: Celebrate differences and refuse to compare (1 Corinthians 12:12-31).
- Responding to Failure:Truth: Love doesn't delight in evil but rejoices with truth. (1 Corinthians 13:6-8a).Practice: Love responds to failure with truth and grace by: Bearing all things, Believing all things: Hoping all things & Enduring all things
The Result: “LOVE never fails!”
The Application: Serving in Love: Romans 12:9-13
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