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i Life part two i Love Seeing ‘I’ to ‘I’
Mark 12: 29 -31 (KJV) And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark 12: 29 -31 (NLT) Jesus replied, "The most important commandment is this: `Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. ' The second is equally important: `Love your neighbor as yourself. ' No other commandment is greater than these. "
i Life part two i Love Seeing ‘I’ to ‘I’
When Expectations Collide I I Quit Conquer Compromise
Any time a relationship degenerates into DEBT – DEBTOR status, intimacy evaporates because there is no room for UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
How do I know if I’ve moved from desire to expectation? 1. Expressions of GRATITUDE 2. Acts of SERVICE
How do I know what is in my expectation box? Ask this … What does my … … spouse … friend … church … owe me?
Ephesians 5: 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
SUBMISSION means to PRIORITIZE another’s desires over yours … not in reverence to THEM, but to GOD.
Ephesians 5: 22, 25 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord … Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Following God’s principles is an invitation for God to GET INVOLVED
Romans 13: 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
1 Peter 5: 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
GRACE is … ENABLING POWER FOR THE MOMENT
1 Peter 5: 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
1 Peter 5: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
God says … It matters to Me because YOU matter to Me!
Galatians 6: 9 -10 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
What God did for me in DUE TIME was so great that I wouldn’t trade it !
i Life part two i Love Seeing ‘I’ to ‘I’