WHAT MATTERS IS THE LOVE 1 CO 13:1-3, JN 13:35

When we live, we love. God is love and He wants us to learn how to love.
Why does He insist that we give others love and attention to others?
Why do they have to be prioritized?
God wants His family be known for the love. Jn 13:35
 
I. The best use you can give to life is love

• Main priority
• Primary goal
• Greater ambition
• Love is not the good part of life, its the most important. Why?

 

1. Life without love has no value

        Ocupations - the enemy of relationships
        We all have moments when we dont feel loved, and this bring grief, discomposure, emotional distress and other feelings to our heart.
 
 
2. The feeling of not being love bring:

• Insecurity: a child who is not loved is insecure. The fact she is not hugged, kissed or even have a word of love brings insecurity to this child. You and I need to know that in times of difficulty someone will help us.
• Fear: of being alone, of not being able to succed, of not being able to have a relationship with anyone. ( maybe it happened cause once, when u needed help, someone told u to "get yourself done" and do it alone)

3. Love is forever

• The way we treat others is our legacy
• It's the most durable influence you can leave  on earth
• When your earthly life is ending, you dont round yourself with objects, but with loving peple you have some kind of relationship.

 
4. We will be evaluete by our love

• God measure our maturity by the quality of our relationships
• In heaven we will be accountable for:    

            - How we treat the ones in need 
            - How we treat people
 
II- TIME IS THE BEST EXPRESSION OF LOVE

• The more you dedicate your time to something or someone, the more you demonstrate how important and how valued it is for you.
• When you dedicate your time to someone, you are dedicating a portion of your life that you will never get back again
• Your time is your life
• The essence of love is not what we do, think or give to others, but it's what we give from ourselves to others.
• The best gift you can give to someone is your time.

 
III- THE BEST MOMENT TO LOVE IS NOW
- Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, 

when it is in your power to act.

- Do not say to your neighbor,
“Come back later; I’ll give it tomorrow”—
when you now have it with you. (Pr 3:27-28)

• The circunstances change, people die and kids grow.
• Tomorrow has no garantees

ONE DAY WE WILL BE BEFORE GOD AND WE WILL HAVE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

• How can i explain that one day, projects and things were more important than people?
• With whom did you need to spend more time?
• What did you need to eliminate from your schedule?
• What sacrifices did you need to do?

For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Gal 5:14
 
CONCLUSION: TRY TO REMEMBER I Jn 4: 11, 12, 18

• God loves us; v. 11: "Beloved, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another".
• We need to love one another
• God is in us v.12: " No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. "
• And His love brought us victory v.18: " There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. "

                                                                                                             Heliene Lobato and Nivea Colón

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