Ten Ways to Love

Often the simplest lessons are the best lessons.

Ten ways to love 1. Listen without interrupting. (Proverbs 18)
“He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.”

2. Controlling our temper (James 1:19)
“Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.”

3. Give without sparing. (Proverbs 21:26)
“He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.”
4. Pray without ceasing. (1 Thessalonians 5:17)
“Pray without ceasing.”
5. Answer without arguing. (Proverbs 17:1)
“Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.”

6. Share without pretending. (Ephesians 4:15)
“But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:”
7. Enjoy without complaint. (Philippians 2:14)
“Do all things without murmurings and disputings”
8. Trust without wavering. (Corinthians 13:7)
“Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”

9. Forgive one another. (Colossians 3:13)
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.”

10. The importance of keeping our promise (James 5:12_
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation."