Word for the Week: Phil 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Hi, this is Dorette Schaal with your dayilyeword. We have been talking about how we can love more like Jesus, and have been going over the seven main characteristics of a loving person. I hope you are beginning to exhibit these seven: Kindness
Patience
Forgiveness
Courtesy
Humility
Generosity
And Honesty
So as a review and follow up, we are going to spend this week being encouraged and motivated to walk in love and demonstrate love as a way of life through honesty. Be encouraged today! We can make a lifelong impact on our world by authentically loving others.
As we are winding down this series, I hope there have been some positive changes in you as you are putting these foundational aspects of love into your life. Looking back over the previous weeks, we have discovered that love really can become a way of life, I hope you have begun developing the 7 characteristics of a loving person. In review, they are kindness, patience, forgiveness, courtesy, humility, generosity, and honesty. As we authentically love people, these habits will become a part of who we are. As we talked about earlier, even if you are not naturally bent to operate in them, you can develop the habits and characteristics of a loving person. The main advantage we have going for us is that the love of God has been shed abroad in our hearts, and we can show that to others. We aren’t powerless. We have the power of God on the inside of us. How wonderful and amazing is that. If you want to do further study, I encourage you to purchase Gary Chapman’s books on love. He has several, including the one we have used for our Love Project, called Love as a way of Life. The 7 keys to transformation are really characteristics that we can begin to develop. As we take off selfishness, and lay it at the feet of Jesus, we can truly make love a way of life. It can become so natural to us, that the selfish way we used to act is just a dim and distant memory. These characteristics will not just be something that we have to do to be more loving, they will be a part of who we are. Others around you might even begin to comment on what a patient person you are, or how kind or generous your actions are. In that process, we are not patting ourselves on the back, but we are glorifying God. He gets the praise and the glory for the amazing things He is doing in us. Why not today, just take a moment and thank God for what He is doing in you. His works really are magnificent! Bless Him today.
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