Tuesday, March 29, 2011

9 Ways To Love People.

1. Listen without interrupting.
(Proverbs 18)

2. Speak without accusing.
"So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;"
— James 1:19

3. Give without sparing.
"He covets greedily all day long,
But the righteous gives and does not spare."
— Proverbs 21:26

4. Pray without ceasing.
"For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;"
— Colossians 1:9

5. Answer without arguing.
"Better is a dry morsel with quietness,
Than a house full of feasting with strife."
— Proverbs 17:1

6. Share without pretending.
"but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—"
— Ephesians 4:15

7. Enjoy without complaint.
"Do all things without complaining and disputing,"
— Philippians 2:14

8. Forgive without punishing.
"bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do."
— Colossians 3:13

9. Promise without forgetting.
"Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life."
— Proverbs 13:12

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