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LOVE IS... (2 OF 3)

by Ryan Heller

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:5-7
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Love Is... (2 of 3)
Series: Love Culture
Ryan Heller
1 Corinthians 13:5-8


Welcome to week two of Love Culture. Last week we kicked off this brand-new message series from the book of 1 Corinthians Chapter 13, the love chapter. We are talking about the love culture because God wants love to be the foundation of all that we do. Love is complicated, and I am so grateful that God has given us a whole chapter of the Bible about love. Say it with me, ''Love is complicated.'' If the Bible would've just given us a sentence or a few words, we would have been in lack. There would have been so many questions about what love is. But God has given us a whole chapter about love to explore. The chapter is 1 Corinthians 13. ??

This is where we're going today: every life has a culture; every relationship has a culture; every business has a culture; every family has a culture. Culture is not necessarily things written down. They're not things that are always discussed directly, but it's the way we interact. Think about the culture of marriage or the culture of friendships; It's how we resolve conflict, how we communicate, how we work with others. This culture we mention is the same culture God says must be love. However, the culture of our life is determined by so many other things. Sometimes the culture of our life is defined by the way we have always done it. Sometimes it's determined by how our parents taught us. Sometimes it's just whatever we made up by ourselves! And many of these things can get us into trouble. If we are going to define culture in our lives, why not let God explain what it is? When God begins to describe the culture of our lives, we will have love and so many abundant blessings. ??

Last week we talked about love is patient, love is kind. We then talked about some things that love is not. Love is not envious; love is not self- centered; love is not self-focused. There are some things that love is, there are some things that love is not. Many times ...

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