Love: Week 1
September 8, 2019

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22 But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! —Galatians 5:22-23

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STRAWBERRIES:
*BENEFITS OF STRAWBERRIES:*

Agape: affection, good will (I can celebrate your wins, even when I’m not winning), love, benevolence, brotherly love, & love feasts.
How would you define love?
Aspects of this love for us:

19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. —Ephesians 3:19

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LOVE FILTER:

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4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. —1 Corinthians 13:4-7

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How can I put this filter to work?
—> EVALUATE YOUR MOTIVES.
SPOILED STRAWBERRIES

12 Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold. —Matthew 24:12

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What does spoiled love look like?
APATHY
WHAT CAUSES APATHY?
LOVE is all about OTHERS.

OVERCOMING APATHY:
Apathy is a FEELING and a MINDSET.

Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. 32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted (love), forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. —Ephesians 4:31-32

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“Get rid” comes w/the word picture of ripping out!
Bitterness / rage / anger / harsh words / slander / evil behavior = a lack of love.

4 “But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! (You have lost your first love) 5 Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches. —Revelation 2:4

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What can LOVE do?
To a Person?
To a Community?
What can Love do to a culture?