How's Your Love Life? - Part 2
- Nancy Leigh DeMoss
- Published Feb 13, 2003
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As you reflect on these qualities of love from 1 Corinthians 13, ask the Lord to show you how your love measures up to His.
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up (1 Corinthians 13:4).
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Are you patient when people inconvenience or bother you?
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Are you kind with your tongue, using well-chosen words to encourage others?
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Are you genuinely glad when someone else is promoted, gets a raise, or is recognized-and you are overlooked?
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Are you content with the basic necessities of life and a right relationship with God?
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Do you boast about your abilities, gifts, accomplishments, or possessions?
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Are you content to do good works without recognition or praise?
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Do you harbor a spirit of pride-an inflated view of yourself?
Love does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil (v. 5).
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Do you have good manners?
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Do you use sarcasm or put-downs that show disrespect?
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Do you consciously look out for the welfare of others above your own?
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Do you fly off the handle or blow up when "crossed?"
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Are you often touchy or thin-skinned?
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Do you keep track of others' offenses or hold a grudge?
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Do you focus on people's quirks and weaknesses instead of their strengths?
LOVE does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in truth (v. 6).
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Do you love righteousness? Do you hate evil?
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Are you grieved when you or another believer sins?
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Do you welcome others sharing the truth with you about your life and needs?
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Do you rejoice when truth triumphs? When people turn to God and change?
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things (v. 7).
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Are you willing to endure hardships for the sake of others without complaining?
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Have you learned to patiently trust God through the darkest circumstances of life?
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Do you assume positively on people, giving them the benefit of the doubt?
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Have you given up on God's ability to change certain people?
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Does your love remain strong through testing, even when faced with humanly insurmountable obstacles?
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Do you keep loving, even when your efforts are rejected or seem unsuccessful?
Let the love of Christ be the measure of your love!
Read Part One by clicking here.