Love People // Values We LIVE By [Part 3 Of 4]

“As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”John 13:34

Six Ways to Love People 

1. Accept their uniqueness. 

“Accept one another just as Christ accepted you.” Romans 15:7

“Love does not demand its own way.”1 Corinthians 13:5 (TLB)

2. Trust them with responsibility.

“Our goal must be to empower others to do what is right and good for them.” Romans 15:2 (TPT)

“You can put confidence in someone who is trustworthy.” Proverbs 11:13 (GNT)

“As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” John 20:21

3. Expect the best.

“If you love someone…you will always believe in him, and always expect the best of him.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 (TLB)

4. Affirm their value.

“…Love looks for a way of being constructive.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 (Phillips)

“Encourage one another and build each other up.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11

How do you affirm other people?

• Attention

“Jesus fixed his gaze upon the man, with tender love…” Mark 10:21 (TPT)

• Affection

“An open rebuke is better than hidden love.” Proverbs 27:5

• Appreciation 

“I thank God every time I remember you.” Philippians 1:3

“Encourage one another daily.” Hebrews 3:13

5. Correct without being condemning.

“Speak the truth in love” Ephesians 4:15

“Don’t use harmful words…use only helpful words, the kind that build up.” Ephesians 4:29 (GNT)

6. Never give up on them.

“Love knows no limit to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast anything.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 (Phillips)

“He who began a good work in you will continue it until the day of Christ.” Philippians 1:6

All scripture from the New International Version unless otherwise noted