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Read Luke 7:40-47.
And then 1 John 4:19.


I am reading through a book called, "A Love Worth Giving" by Max Lucado. It is absolutely amazing. This chapter really got me, and of course it's just the first one...


"Long to be more loving? Begin by accepting your place as a dearly loved child. "Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us" -Eph 5:1-2.
Want to learn to forgive? Then consider how you've been forgiven. "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you" -Eph 4:32.
Finding it hard to put others first? Think of the way Christ put you first. "Though He was God, He did not demand and cling to His rights as God" -Phil 2:6.
Need more patience? Drink from the patience of God- 2 Peter 3:9.
Is generosity an elusive virtue? Then consider how generous God has been with you- Romans 5:8.
Having trouble putting up with ungrateful and cranky people? God puts up with you when you act the same. "He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked" -Luke 6:35.


Can't we love like this?
NOT WITHOUT GOD'S HELP WE CAN'T....Hearts have insufficient love. 
THE SECRET TO LOVING IS LIVING LOVED. 
God is alone the power source where which we find our love.


Jesus is patient. Jesus is kind. Jesus does not envy, He does not boast, He is not proud. Jesus is not rude, He is not self-seeking, He is not easily angered, He keeps no record of wrongs. Jesus does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Jesus always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Jesus never fails. 


Rather than let this scripture remind us of a love we cannot produce, let it remind us of a love we cannot resist."

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