The Greatest Of These Is 2016 Monthly Theme January: By This All Will Know February: Love Is Patient March: Love Is Kind April: Love Does Not Envy May: Love Is Not Arrogant June: Love Is Not Rude July: Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way August: Love Is Not Irritable September: Love Is Not Resentful October: Love Rejoices With The Truth November: Love Bears & Endures December: Love Believes & Hopes LOVE 1 Corinthians 13

Keys To Loving Each Other:

Keys To Loving Each Other: Understanding & pursuing God’s love

Romans 5:8 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

John 13:34-35 34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Ephesians 5:1-2 1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; 2 and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma.

1 John 3:16-17 16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?

1 John 4:10-11 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

1 John 4:19,21 19 We love, because He first loved us. 21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

Keys To Loving Each Other: Understanding & pursuing God’s love Romans 5:8; John 13:34-35; Ephesians 5:1-2; 1 John 3:16-17; 4:10-11,19,21

Keys To Loving Each Other: Understanding & pursuing God’s love Romans 5:8; John 13:34-35; Ephesians 5:1-2; 1 John 3:16-17; 4:10-11,19,21 Understanding that we’re part of a body

Keys To Loving Each Other: Understanding & pursuing God’s love Romans 5:8; John 13:34-35; Ephesians 5:1-2; 1 John 3:16-17; 4:10-11,19,21 Understanding that we’re part of a body 1 Corinthians 12 & 14: using God’s gifts for the body’s benefit

Keys To Loving Each Other: Understanding & pursuing God’s love Romans 5:8; John 13:34-35; Ephesians 5:1-2; 1 John 3:16-17; 4:10-11,19,21 Understanding that we’re part of a body 1 Corinthians 12 & 14: using God’s gifts for the body’s benefit Ephesians 5:28-30

Ephesians 5:28-30 28 So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; 29 for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, 30 because we are members of His body.

Keys To Loving Each Other: Understanding & pursuing God’s love Romans 5:8; John 13:34-35; Ephesians 5:1-2; 1 John 3:16-17; 4:10-11,19,21 Understanding that we’re part of a body 1 Corinthians 12 & 14: using God’s gifts for the body’s benefit Ephesians 5:28-30

The Greatest Of These Is 2016 Monthly Theme January: By This All Will Know February: Love Is Patient March: Love Is Kind April: Love Does Not Envy May: Love Is Not Arrogant June: Love Is Not Rude July: Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way August: Love Is Not Irritable September: Love Is Not Resentful October: Love Rejoices With The Truth November: Love Bears & Endures December: Love Believes & Hopes LOVE 1 Corinthians 13

The Greatest Of These Is 2016 Monthly Theme January: By This All Will Know February: Love Is Patient March: Love Is Kind April: Love Does Not Envy May: Love Is Not Arrogant June: Love Is Not Rude July: Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way August: Love Is Not Irritable September: Love Is Not Resentful October: Love Rejoices With The Truth November: Love Bears & Endures December: Love Believes & Hopes LOVE 1 Corinthians 13

The Greatest Of These Is 2016 Monthly Theme January: By This All Will Know February: Love Is Patient March: Love Is Kind April: Love Does Not Envy May: Love Is Not Arrogant June: Love Is Not Rude July: Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way August: Love Is Not Irritable September: Love Is Not Resentful October: Love Rejoices With The Truth November: Love Bears & Endures December: Love Believes & Hopes LOVE 1 Corinthians 13

The Greatest Of These Is 2016 Monthly Theme January: By This All Will Know February: Love Is Patient March: Love Is Kind April: Love Does Not Envy May: Love Is Not Arrogant June: Love Is Not Rude July: Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way August: Love Is Not Irritable September: Love Is Not Resentful October: Love Rejoices With The Truth November: Love Bears & Endures December: Love Believes & Hopes LOVE 1 Corinthians 13

Love Does Not Envy

Love Does Not Envy Envy (Gr. zeloo): meaning can be positive or negative

Love Does Not Envy Envy (Gr. zeloo): meaning can be positive or negative Negative: Rachel (Gen. 30:1) Joseph’s brothers (Gen. 37:11) Chief priests & rulers (Mk. 15:10) High priest & Sadducees (Acts 5:17) Jews in Antioch & Thessalonica (Acts 13:45; 17:5)

Love Does Not Envy Envy (Gr. zeloo): meaning can be positive or negative Positive: God (Ex. 34:14; Jam. 4:5) Husbands (Num. 5) Phinehas (Num. 25) Paul (1 Cor. 11:2)

Love Does Not Envy Envy (Gr. zeloo): meaning can be positive or negative 1 Cor. 12:31, “But earnestly desire the greater gifts.” 1 Cor. 13:4, “Love…is not jealous…” 1 Cor. 14:1, “Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts…” 1 Cor. 14:12, “So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts…”

Love Does Not Envy Envy (Gr. zeloo): meaning can be positive or negative Zeloo – a strong desire to imitate, pursue, or obtain something (the object of the pursuit is what makes the desire positive or negative)

Love Does Not Envy Envy (Gr. zeloo): meaning can be positive or negative Zeloo – a strong desire to imitate, pursue, or obtain something (the object of the pursuit is what makes the desire positive or negative) Rather than desiring what we don’t have, God wants us to desire Him and the things He has given us

Overcoming Envy

Overcoming Envy Contentment/Gratitude

Overcoming Envy Contentment/Gratitude Ecclesiastes 6:9

Ecclesiastes 6:9 (NASB) 9 What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 (ESV) 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the appetite: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 (NET) 9 It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one’s heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile – like chasing the wind.

Overcoming Envy Contentment/Gratitude Ecclesiastes 6:9 Philippians 4:10-13, 4-7

Overcoming Envy Contentment/Gratitude Ecclesiastes 6:9 Philippians 4:10-13, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:6-8

1 Timothy 6:6-8 6 But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. 7 For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. 8 If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content.

Overcoming Envy Contentment/Gratitude Ecclesiastes 6:9 Philippians 4:10-13, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:6-8 Faith

Overcoming Envy Contentment/Gratitude Ecclesiastes 6:9 Philippians 4:10-13, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:6-8 Faith Matthew 6:8, 25-34

Overcoming Envy Contentment/Gratitude Ecclesiastes 6:9 Philippians 4:10-13, 4-7 1 Timothy 6:6-8 Faith Matthew 6:8, 25-34 Matthew 7:7-11