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John MacArthur Study Bible, note on I Cor. 14:33

"The church at worship before God should reflect His character and nature because He is a God of peace and harmony, order and clarity...."

BROKENNESS...

Psalm 119:29-32, Amp.: "Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness [to You], and graciously impart Your law to me. I have chosen the way of truth and faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me. I cleave to Your testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame! I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing."

Beth Moore, Living Beyond Yourself, 60: "macrothunia....'a person who is able to avenge himself yet refrains from doing so.'" (definition of patient, I Cor. 13)

(61): agape is KIND: "to show oneself 'useful'"

(63): "Much of what angers us is a result of how we perceive we are personally affected by a situation."

(65): "Love does not expose the faults of others....It is a word picture of covering an individual with such a cloak of love that the fault cannot be seen."

(66): "Agape is the love of God expressed through [me] to others."

• [I] confront a situation in which God requires me to agape another.
• [I] admit to Him that I lack agape for this person.
• [I] consider how God would personally respond to the person.
• [I] act in obedience and respond as He would.