Ten Ways to Love
1. Proverbs 18:13 – LISTEN without interrupting.
“He who answers a matter before he hears it, It is folly and shame to him.”
2. James 1:19 – SPEAK without accusing.
“So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;”
3. Proverbs 21:26 – GIVE without sparing.
“He covets greedily all day long, But the righteous gives and does not spare.”
4. Colossians 1:9 – PRAY Without ceasing.
“For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;”
5. Proverbs 15:1 – ANSWER without arguing.
“A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.”
6. Romans 12:9 – SHARE without pretending.
“Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.”
7. Philippians 2:14 – ENJOY without complaint.
“Do all things without complaining and disputing,”
8. Corinthians 13:7 – TRUST without wavering.
“[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
9. Colossians 3:13 – FORGIVE without punishing.
“Bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.”
10. Proverbs 13:12 – PROMISE without forgetting.
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.”