LEAD BY EXAMPLE, AND OPERATE IN LOVE FIRST

We will be discussing the importance of being able to operate in love even when no one else is doing it. It is not popular to operate in love, unfortunately, but it is necessary. Many people today have no clue of all the things they do, that have nothing to do with the love they easily profess to others. So many are hurt by their own expectations of how others should exhibit love, and yet in their own limited experiences, do not exhibit unconditional love and/or cannot themselves operate in love consistently. We must first unlearn some behaviors that are not conducive with the love God ordains, in order to learn the new behavior of operating in love.

John 13:34-35 

“Let me give you a new command: Love one another. In the same way I loved you, you love one another. This is how everyone will recognize that you are my disciples—when they see the love you have for each other.”