The Value of Love

Keys to a Successful Life
The Value of Love

I. Introduction

A. Mark 12:29-31 (NLT) ²⁹Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. ³⁰And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ ³¹The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

B. I Corinthians 13:13 (NLT) There are three things that will endure—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

II. How Do You Build the Type of Love that Lasts?

A. what love is

1. Misconceptions about love:

a. Love is just a .

b. Love is .

2. God says love is a !

a. Colossians 3:14 (NAS) Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.

3. Love has behind it!

a. I John 3:18 (NAS) Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

b. “Agape” – – A commitment to toward another person!

B. like love acts

1. Be .

a. I Corinthians 13:4a (NAS) Love is patient.

b. Ephesians 4:2 (NLT) Be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s faults because of your love.

2. Love is .

a. I Corinthians 13:4a (NAS) Love is patient, love is kind.

3. Love isn’t “.”

a. I Corinthians 13:4 (NAS) Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant.

4. Love isn’t .

a. I Corinthians 13:5 (NAS) Does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered.

5. Love never .

a. I Corinthians 13:7 (NLT) Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

b. God no matter what!

c. The power to love is found in for you!

III. Conclusion