Love People // The Right Direction [Part 2 Of 4]

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

Six ways to love people:

1. Accept their .  

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

I am accepting when I don’t insist others be LIKE ME.  

“Love does not demand it’s own way.”  1 Corinthians 13:5 (LB)   

2. Trust them with .  

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

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

3. Do life .

“All the believers devoted themselves to…fellowship.” Acts 2:42 (NLT)

4. Affirm their .  

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

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

Three practical ways I can affirm others:  

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“Jesus looked straight at him with love…” Mark 10:21 (GN)   

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

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

I need to affirm others every 24 HOURS.  

“Encourage one another daily.” Hebrews 3:13  

5. Correct without being .                

“…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 (GN)  

6. Never .  

“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 (Ph)   

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

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