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Loving The Way
Contributed by Wendell Blackburn on Mar 14, 2005 (message contributor)
Summary: Loving Your Brother’s and Sister’s
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Loving “THE WAY”
The Apostle Paul ended Chapter 12 of 1st
Corinthians sayin: But covet earnestly the best
Gifts: and yet show I unto you a more
Excellent way!!
Many folks today feel that Paul is showing us how
To administer the Gifts properly and that is
IN LOVE!!!! AMEN.
The Bible says without love we have nothing!!
We have to understand that no matter how
Gifted we are – and no matter how successful
Our Ministry is – And no matter how close to
God we are – there is one guide that we will
have to follow – otherwise we will probably
just be wasting our time !
And that of course IS LOVE!!!
You see we are just a little biddy spoke in the
Great big wheel of salvation – In order to do
The work of God we just need to let the
Holy Spirit lead us and guide us!!
Gods Holy Spirit will use us in whatever way
Or will have us being used with what ever gifts
He chooses best for us at the time!
And there ain’t no superstar’s involved.
EXCEPT FOR THE ALMIGHTY GOD!!!
AND THAT’S THE MAIN INGREDIENT!
Each spiritual gift is just as good or just as
Important as the next one even if its not
standing out from All the others!!!
Chapter 13 of 1st Corinthians is a pretty famous
Book of the Holy Bible, Its often read at
Weddings!
People what our world needs today is Love!!!
And I mean TRUE LOVE!!!!
LETS ALL STAND FOR THE READING
OF GOD’S WORD!!!
1ST CORINTHIANS 13:1-13
listen to me tonight folks
No matter what I can do with God
And No matter what you can do with God,
Healing, Miracles or anything else you can do or
think of without love it is meaningless!
And further no matter how much knowledge I
Have and no matter how much knowledge you
Have. And no matter how much wisdom we
Speak with it doesn’t mean anything at all
Unless we do it with LOVE!!
You see its not just good enough to hear it Preached
and its just not good enough to Hear it in the songs!
And its just not good enough to hear it taught in
Sunday School!!!!!
It’s a Life style folks listen its simply called LOVE!!
We have to just live it out
And we can’t just celebrate it in Church
We have to put it into motion
We have to demonstrate it
We have to share it with others
We have to share it at home with our families
We have to share it at work with our work families
We have to share it at church with our church families!!!
Kids have to share it while they’re playing!!!!!!
We have to carry it with us where-ever we go!!
Folks we have to eat it
And we have to drink it
And we have to breathe it
We just plainly HAVE TO LIVE IT!!!!!!
TONIGHT PEOPLE IT’S CALLED
LOVING “THE WAY”
PROVERBS 10:12 SAYS:
Hatred stirreth up strife’s: but love covereth all sins!!
We can have natural Love!!!
Like the love between parents and children
Like for Example:
If my daughter is having a bad day because
Her friend which She loves has abandoned her
And she’s very unhappy!!!
She’d probably say something like
NOBODY LOVES ME!!!!
And I would say but honey I love You
She’d probably say something like
WELL YOU HAVE TO LOVE ME!!!!
Well why do I have to love you?
She’d say cause you’re my dad!!!
Between family – Love is already
Automatically there!!!
But no matter how much you give of yourself
You can be the Humblest most giving person
In the world, BUT
If you’re not flowing with God’s Love
Then your efforts are worthless!!!
1st John 4:8 says
he that loveth not, knoweth not God
FOR GOD IS LOVE!!!!
Its surely a waste if its outside the realm
of God’s love
turn with me to 2nd Timothy Chap 3 :1-5
this know also, that in the last days perilous
times shall come!
For Men shall be lovers of their own selves,
Covetous, Boasters, Proud, Blasphemers,
Disobedient to Parents – Unthankful – Unholy
Without natural affection, Trucebreakers
False Accusers, Incontinent, Fierce, Despisers
Of Those that are Good!
Traitors, Heady High-minded, Lovers of Pleasures
More than Lovers of God!
Having a form of Godliness but Denying
The Power Thereof: from such turn away
Everything we strive for today!!!
Who we want to be
WHAT WE WANT TO DO
HOW WE WANT PEOPLE TO THINK OF US
WE SHOULD BE ASKING THIS QUESTION –
WITH EVERY MOVE –
AM I DOING THIS WITH LOVE???
Only a person who truly has Jesus and His
Holy Spirit living in His heart can express
This Kind of LOVE!!