Loving People God's Way

So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. - 1 Corinthians 13:13

God is a giving God.

Love is an action word.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. - James 1:17

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.  - Psalm 62:2

God owns everything you own.

God has given to you so that you bless His name with much thanksgiving.

Trust and obey God for blessings.

Pray for everyone.

10  Listen without interrupting.

Don't give your side.

  9  Speak without accusing.

Be humble.

  8  Share without pretending.

Be really interested.

  7  Answer without arguing.

Be calm, keeping your voice in a low tone.

  6  Enjoy without complaining.

We all can complain but we can keep it to yourself

  5  Give without sparing.

for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. 

For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord, - 2 Corinthians 8:2-3

  4. Trust without doubting.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. - James 1:5-8

  3  Promise without forgetting.

Keep your word.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.  - Proverbs 13:12

4 When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow.

5 It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. - Ecclesiastes 5:4-5

   2  Forgive without remembering.

bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. - Colossians 3:13

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 

12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.  - Psalm 103:11-12

He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.  - Micah 7:19

   1  Pray without ceasing.

pray without ceasing, - 1 Thessalonians 5:17

Thanks Pastor Kevin!