Love is A-C-T-I-O-NLove is A-C-T-I-O-NI Corinthians 13:4-8 I Corinthians 13:4-8

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (ESV) 4 Love is Love is patient and kind; lovelove does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

Love Is……Love Is……I Corinthians 13:4-8 I Corinthians 13:4-8 1.The Starting Point: •Galatians 5:22 THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE……

Love Is……Love Is……I Corinthians 13:4-8I Corinthians 13:4-82.Sustaining Process:

•MacArthur states, “this is a key N.T. Word only known entirely and fully to a person who is a Christian.

Love Is……Love Is……I Corinthians 13:4-8I Corinthians 13:4-83.Stabilizing Force: •Love is under control in order to win the person and to help them to live, work, and serve as they should.

Love Is……Love Is……I Corinthians 13:4-8I Corinthians 13:4-84. Simple and Complex Together: •Love is to be found willing to suffer long until it is realized; until love changes someone, THEN they too realize the Love of God.

Love Is……Love Is……I Corinthians 13:4-8I Corinthians 13:4-8Love is the capacity to be wronged and not to choose retaliation•James 5:7,8 James 5:7,8 •Rom. 12:12 Rom. 12:12 •I Cor 13:7 I Cor 13:7 •2 Tim 2:10,122 Tim 2:10,12•Heb 12:2 and 2 Peter 3:9 Heb 12:2 and 2 Peter 3:9

Love Is…..Love Is…..I Corinthians 13:4-8 I Corinthians 13:4-8

Life StepsLife Steps The More Excellent Way…The More Excellent Way…Action: Action:

Love coming out of me or received by me is the Fruit Love coming out of me or received by me is the Fruit of the Holy Spirit in me. “Love is patient” of the Holy Spirit in me. “Love is patient”

Only God sustains me to love a world that does not Only God sustains me to love a world that does not love me love me

Love suffers long to see change from God: Love suffers long to see change from God: