September 29th, 2024 - Just Love - Patient and Kind

Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 13:4a

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Just Love
Learning to Love
Patient and Kind
4 Love is patient, love is kind.

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Pew-mates papers and platform

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When do you need to be patient?
When does someone need to be patient with you?

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When was someone kind to you?
What did that feel like?

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Listening to God
Romans 8 (The Message-ish)

Quieting ourselves
breath
body
open to "what stands out?"

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26-28 Meanwhile, the moment we get tired of waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.

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He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our eager and restless condition, and keeps us present before God. That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

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Patient endurance
Understanding vs Growing
(one foot challenge)

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How Grow?
God's love, know loved, share love

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Growing more patient and kind:
1. Know God's patient kindness
2. reflect honestly about yourself
3. begin to understand others
(be patient and kind)