I Corinthians 13:13, "Faith, Hope, and Love; but the greatest of these is love."
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Love comes very hard for many people. Yet Christ said to Love GOD with all your heart, soul, body, and mind; and the second was to love you neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:39, Mark 12:31, Luke 10:27, Romans 13:9, James 2:8, Galatians 5:14)
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Neighbor doesn't mean just those who live next door to you, but anyone you come into contact with... even your enemies! (Matthew 5:44, Luke 6:27) How we love others (not just people we know) shows how much we love ourselves. That self love is not selfish, but a healthy love.
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II Timothy 1:7, "For GOD did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-control." Love for ourselves is self discipline, and self control. (I Thessalonians 5:8, II Timothy 3:3, Titus 2:2) This can't be done in the physical unless it has been done in the spiritual aspect of our lives first, by the very Nature of GOD giving us the power to love. His Love is a boundless love!
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Love comes very hard for many people. Yet Christ said to Love GOD with all your heart, soul, body, and mind; and the second was to love you neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:39, Mark 12:31, Luke 10:27, Romans 13:9, James 2:8, Galatians 5:14)
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Neighbor doesn't mean just those who live next door to you, but anyone you come into contact with... even your enemies! (Matthew 5:44, Luke 6:27) How we love others (not just people we know) shows how much we love ourselves. That self love is not selfish, but a healthy love.
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II Timothy 1:7, "For GOD did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-control." Love for ourselves is self discipline, and self control. (I Thessalonians 5:8, II Timothy 3:3, Titus 2:2) This can't be done in the physical unless it has been done in the spiritual aspect of our lives first, by the very Nature of GOD giving us the power to love. His Love is a boundless love!
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