LOVE IN YOUR HOME, Pt 3, No. 499
LOVE IN YOUR HOME
Part 3
Isn’t it amazing how many adjectives it takes to describe God’s love? One word is not adequate. I have found 35 different words to adequately describe it.
- COMFORTING AND CONSOLING Love (Philippians 2;1, 2).
Oh, the bliss of comforting love.
8. CONQUERING Love (Romans 8:37-39).
Agape love can conquer all situations.
- DISCIPLINARY Love (1 Peter 1:22).
This Scripture in the Knox translation says: “Purify our souls with the discipline of love.”
It’s important to understand that love takes discipline. To live in an undisciplined life is selfish. It’s not thinking of others but only one’s self. To sleep late, let the household chores pile up, and allow the home to become disorderly because you are undisciplined is not love. Disciplinary love makes sure meals are ready on time. Ii delights to make them delicious and nutritious. It makes sure the home runs smoothly so everyone can relax and enjoy life. To manage a home that’s filled with peace and love takes discipline.
- EDIFYING Love (1 Corinthians 8:1 and Ephesians 4:16).
Love edifies. It builds up rather than pulls down. When we truly love, we build up those we live amongst. We build up our husband each day with loving, positive, affirming, and encouraging words. We do the same with our children.
Encourage each child in your family to only say words that will build up their siblings. No negative words allowed!
- ENDURING Love (Romans 8:37-39 and 1 Corinthians 13:7).
Love endures all things, no matter how difficult. The AMPC translation says: “Love . . . endures everything without weakening.”
- FERVENT Love (1 Peter 1:22 and 1 Peter 4:8).
“Love one another fervently with a pure heart.” Other translations use the words “earnestly, deeply, heartily, intensely, passionately, unselfishly, and wholeheartedly.” What a challenge! Each word helps us to understand further how we are to love one another. Teach your children what this kind of love means.
- FORBEARING Love (1 Corinthians 13:4 and Ephesians 4:2).
“Forbearing one another in love.” Forbearing means to endure and put up with those who are difficult to put up with. It means to bear patiently with idiosyncrasies that annoy us. Agape love bears lovingly with the weaknesses of those in our homes. I love the Way’s translation of 1 Corinthians 13:4: “Love is long-forbearing.” That simply means to put up with for a long time.
- FORGIVING Love (Ephesians 4:32 and Luke 23:34).
“Be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:32). Love is not love if it does not forgive. Even when Jesus faced the greatest abuse that any human could endure, He said: “Father forgive them, they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34).
- GENUINE AND SINCERE Love (2 Corinthians 6:6 and 1 Peter 1:22).
Romans 12:9 (NASB): “Let love be without hypocrisy.”
The NLT states it plainly: “Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them.”
2 Corinthians 8:8: “Prove the sincerity of your love.”
- HOPEFUL Love (1 Corinthians 13:7).
“Love . . . hopes all things (remaining steadfast during difficult times)” (AMP). Hopeful love hangs on while it looks expectantly to God to do good things.
- HUMBLE Love (1 Corinthians 13:4-5 and Philippians 2:7-8).
“Love does not brag, it is not puffed up (NET).”
PRAYER:
“Dear Father, how can I show this kind of love to others? It is so foreign to me. Please come and flood me with Your Holy Spirit and pour out Your love through me. Amen.”
AFFIRMATION:
Love is the atmosphere of our home.
P.S. Are you sharing these love adjectives with your children?
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