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April 6 & 7, 2024 // Mike Berry

1. THERE IS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO LIVING A MORE ABUNDANT LIFE, THAN LEARNING HOW TO

BETTER!

“And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:13, AMP

Three questions that will change your life:
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do you need to love better?
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do you need to love better?
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do you need to love better?

“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.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22:37–40, NIV

2. AS FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST, WE SHOULD GROW IN HOW WE LOVE

, HOW WE LOVE OUR

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, HOW WE LOVE THE

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, AND HOW WE LOVE THE

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!

“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.”
John 13:34–35, NIV

“Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
1 Timothy 5:8, NIV

3. PEOPLE RECEIVE

IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AND IF WE DON’T LEARN HOW TO LOVE PEOPLE THE WAY THEY WERE CREATED, THEY WILL NEVER

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THE LOVE!

“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.”
1 Corinthians 16:13–14, NIV

4. GOD TEACHES US

AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO

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!

“If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.”
1 Corinthians 13:1–3, NIV

Four actions to practice to love better:
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for how you want to grow and change and ask God for His help.
   2. Learn how to get

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before any difficult situation.
   3. Learn to

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and not go to

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.
   4. Learn to always be

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and

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5. THERE ARE 5 PRIMARY LOVE LANGUAGES!

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We are all responsible to do 3 things:
   1. Know your

, and the

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of the people you love the most!
   2. Tell people how to

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and hear from people how you can

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!
   3. Work very hard at filling people’s

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!

“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.”
Colossians 3.12–14 NIV

Action Steps: What is your love language and the love languages of the people you’re closest to in your family? Where do you know you need to do a better job of loving your family? What specific steps do you know you need to take to fill your family’s love tank? As an ambassador for Christ is there someone you know you need to share this teaching with?