(Matthew 22:35-39 NIV) One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself." Love (1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NIV) Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails (Matthew 5:23-24 NIV) Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift. The God Kind of Love Storge: affection Phileo: friendship Eros: attraction Agape: love Agape: An and expression that to do something caring or helpful of the to oneself. Love is giving a person what the , not what they . (John 13:34-35 NIV) “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (1 John 4:7-8 NIV) Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. (Ephesians 3:16-19 NIV) I pray … that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. WHAT DOES: “I have to do what is best for you regardless of my emotions or circumstances. I have to passionately love you, and it’s not based on how I about you or how you are . I will always endeavor to love you and others with God’s love and respond to your failures or that of others in a Christ-like and manner.” WHAT DOES: “I have made the decision to what’s best for you. I have chosen to love you of how I feel about you or how you are performing. I will love you and to your failures with love, grace and redemption. This will never change.”