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Psalms 62:1-2

"Truly my soul silently waits for God. From Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved."

Beth Moore, Loving Well

I. I can love because I'm already loved, not so that I will be loved. I can say, "I love ____ because God first loved me."

II. I can love with God's love.
Anything I manipulate to get, I rarely keep. If love doesn't work, we settle for attachment.
"I can love anyone through anything because I am loved." Romans 5:5

III. I can learn to love with insight. We never have a Biblical mandate to love blindly. Why would I expect a handicapped person to jump up and hug me? If I do not allow God to deal with my "stuff," I become Testy/For.

IV. God going to call me to see hard love as an offering on His altar. Ephesians 5:1-2; Phil 1:9