Advent of Love
November 24, 2024
Advent of Love
Advent Conspiracy – Part 3
“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. This is how God showed his love among us: HE SENT his one and only Son INTO THE WORLD that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and SENT his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” 1 John. 4:7-10 (NIV)
“But those who won’t care for their relatives, especially those in their own household, have denied the true faith…” 1 Timothy 5:8 (NLT)
Loving my Family for Christmas
1) Dial back my expectations.
“Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you…” Colossians 3:13 (NLT)
2) Focus on the little things.
“…your GODLY LIVES will speak to them without any words…” 1 Peter 3:1 (NLT)
“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.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 (NIV)
3) Don’t give up so quickly.
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, ENDURES all things.” 1 Corinthians 13:7 (ESV)
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 (NIV)
4) Let God love you.
“We love because he first loved us.” 1 John 4:19 (NIV)
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.” Psalm 73:26 (NIV)
“Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.” Ephesians 5:2 (NLT)
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