Demonstrating Love
Walk in love.
Ephesians 5:2
What is love? How do you demonstrate it? To be able to practice love, you need to know what it is biblically. Throughout Scripture, love is characterized as an action.
First of all, love teaches the truth to others (Eph 4:15) and ministers to their needs (Heb 6:10). It sets an example by serving others and stimulating them to grow (Gal 5:13). It covers other people’s faults (1 Pet 4:8) and forgives (Eph 4:32). Love also endures the problems and idiosyncrasies of others (1 Cor 13:7) and sacrifices on their behalf (John 15:13-14).
Self–sacrificial love gives spiritual truth, help, and concern to those in need. We owe everyone that kind of love and should not owe anything else. That’s the heart of Christian living; it’s the magnet that attracts the world.
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 287). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
Lessons Learned: What is biblical love? It is not just an emotion. Love is a willful act. It is ministering to needs, teaching the truth, serving others. Love stimulates spiritual growth, it forgives, it sacrifices for others. This is the kind of love that we owe to others and that we should demonstrate in our lives. Christ was the perfect example of someone who demonstrated love to everyone. His example is the one we must follow.
Applications: Love everyone. Demonstrate love in everything you do. Live a life of sacrificial love. Truly walk in love. Christ loved us and gave himself up for us all. He made the ultimate sacrifice and paid our penalty. If we are to call ourselves Christ's disciples, we must follow His example and demonstrate sacrificial love to everyone. We must be willing to forfeit everything to serve others and to minster to their needs. "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms" (1 Pet 4:10).
Prayer Subjects: Pray for a willingness to surrender all for love. Pray that I would not be passive about love, but that I would take action and express love to everyone around me. Pray that I would demonstrate a self-sacrificial love that minsters to those in need, teaches spiritual truth, and serves others.
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Ephesians 5:2
What is love? How do you demonstrate it? To be able to practice love, you need to know what it is biblically. Throughout Scripture, love is characterized as an action.
First of all, love teaches the truth to others (Eph 4:15) and ministers to their needs (Heb 6:10). It sets an example by serving others and stimulating them to grow (Gal 5:13). It covers other people’s faults (1 Pet 4:8) and forgives (Eph 4:32). Love also endures the problems and idiosyncrasies of others (1 Cor 13:7) and sacrifices on their behalf (John 15:13-14).
Self–sacrificial love gives spiritual truth, help, and concern to those in need. We owe everyone that kind of love and should not owe anything else. That’s the heart of Christian living; it’s the magnet that attracts the world.
MacArthur, J. (2001). Truth for today : A daily touch of God's grace (Page 287). Nashville, Tenn.: J. Countryman.
Lessons Learned: What is biblical love? It is not just an emotion. Love is a willful act. It is ministering to needs, teaching the truth, serving others. Love stimulates spiritual growth, it forgives, it sacrifices for others. This is the kind of love that we owe to others and that we should demonstrate in our lives. Christ was the perfect example of someone who demonstrated love to everyone. His example is the one we must follow.
Applications: Love everyone. Demonstrate love in everything you do. Live a life of sacrificial love. Truly walk in love. Christ loved us and gave himself up for us all. He made the ultimate sacrifice and paid our penalty. If we are to call ourselves Christ's disciples, we must follow His example and demonstrate sacrificial love to everyone. We must be willing to forfeit everything to serve others and to minster to their needs. "Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms" (1 Pet 4:10).
Prayer Subjects: Pray for a willingness to surrender all for love. Pray that I would not be passive about love, but that I would take action and express love to everyone around me. Pray that I would demonstrate a self-sacrificial love that minsters to those in need, teaches spiritual truth, and serves others.
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