Confessions on Love and Loving

I am to be an example to the believers in love. 1Tim 4.12

Since I have purified my soul in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, I must love the other believers fervently with a pure heart. 1Pet 1.22

All that I do is to be done with love. 1Cor 16.14

All that I do with my wife is to be done with love. All that I do with my co-workers must be done in love.

I pursue love. I pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts. 1Cor 14.1

As a man elect of God, holy and beloved, I put on tender mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering. I bear with the others, and forgive the others; if I ever have a complaint against any one of them I must forgive them, just as Christ forgave me. Above all things I put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. Col 3.12 - 3.14

I am to be rooted and grounded in love. Eph 3.16

God has poured out his love into my heart by the Holy Spirit whom He has given to me. Rom 5.5

I walk in love. Eph 5.2

I am merciful, even as my Father in heaven is merciful. Lk 6.36

I am to suffer long. I am to be patient. I can wait, even when it hurts.

I am to be kind. I am to be gentle to others. I treat others with respect.

I am not to be jealous. I am not to envy others who are blessed with something which I lack. I am not to envy successful ministers, those who have more than me or anyone at all.

I am not to brag. I am not to show off. I am not desirous of being the centre of men's attention. I do not try to impress people by parading MYSELF and what I can do or have done. I do not strut about arrogantly.

I am not to be arrogant. I refuse to be arrogant. I do not boastfully and arrogantly judge others. I am not to criticise and complain about others. I am not puffed up. I am down to earth. I associate with the humble.

I am not to behave unbecomingly. I am not to behave rudely. I must seek to fit in, being sensitive to the emotional needs of others. Where I can, I observe the cultural customs of men provided it is innocent.

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