What if you took all the qualities of love found in
1 Corinthians 13 and turned them into action statements? That's what Jerry Bridges did some time ago and came up with this helpful list:
- I am patient with you because I love you and want to forgive you.
- I am kind to you because I love you and want to help you.
- I do not envy your possessions or your gifts because I love you and want you to have the best.
- I do not boast about my attainments because I love you and want to hear about yours.
- I am not proud because I love you and want to esteem you before myself.
- I am not rude because I love you and care about your feelings.
- I am not self-seeking because I love you and want to meet your needs.
- I am not easily angered by you because I love you and want to overlook your offenses.
- I do not keep a record of your wrongs because I love you, and "love covers a multitude of sins.
Jerry Bridges, The Discipline of Grace, Navpress. 38-39
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