Love Is Everything: How to Become Love

If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing. -1 Corinthians 13:1-3

God is Love and without Love, God says we are nothing, we gain nothing, and we are just noise in the earth.

Love is. . .

Patient: able to remain calm and not become annoyed
Kind: having or showing a gentle nature. “Helps”

Love does not . . .

Envy: painful awareness of another’s advantages and desires to have them
Boast: to praise oneself with excessive pride
Delight in evil but rejoices with the truth: not finding pleasure in what God says is evil and sinful but finds pleasure in what the truth of God’s Word says.

Love is not. . .

Rude: not showing concern; but polite
Self seeking: concern only for one’s needs, seeking to further one’s own interests
Easily angered: strong feelings of being upset because of something bad

Love keeps no record of being wronged: Not making present decisions based on past hurts

Love Always. . .

Protects: covers
Trusts: have faith in God; believe
Hopes: a desire with expectations
Perseveres: ensures through every circumstance; lasts