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Patiently Bear With Others


“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love…” Paul (Ephesians 4:2) Love and Lordship in Focus...Look at the traits necessary to bear with others…Humility, gentleness and patience…all fruit of The Holy Spirit! We can’t consistently practice patience without Him! It just makes sense that how we treat "one another," lovingly or unlovingly, reveals how we are walking with Christ as His disciples and His Church. So it follows that all the "one anothers" of Christian living and relationships come from...
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Love and Serve Without Prejudice


“But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.” James  (James 2:9) Love and Lordship in Focus...Godly love requires us to see and serve all people equally without discrimination. This does not mean accepting the sin or sinful lifestyles of others but sharing and serving them even as we speak Truth in Love. Building on last week’s message, our next "one another" as we continue in Paul's first letter to the church at Corinth in 1 Corinthians...
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Wait For and Serve One Another


“So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.” Paul  (1 Corinthians 11:33) Love and Lordship in Focus...Waiting for, or showing deference to, others is a sign of love and humility. No wonder The Holy Spirit directed us to wait for one another even as we gather together as believers to eat…but it’s about much more than just eating. Today’s "one another" is somewhat interesting in that it is very simple to understand but evidently not always easy...
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Leaving and Cleaving


“Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.” Paul (Ephesians 5:33) Love and Lordship in Focus...God’s covenant design for male and female as the only two genders is ultimately for marriage (although not everyone will or must be married). Only as we learn to love Him first and with all our being will we truly learn to honor marriage and love our spouse as the one...
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How to Love Your Spouse


“Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband.” Paul (Ephesians 5:33) Love and Lordship in Focus...God’s Word is very straightforward as to how husbands and wives are to love each other. The problem is when we try to play God and force our spouse to hold up their end of the deal while avoiding our own obedience of His Word to us. I hear and see...
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