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Sincere Love - Romans 12: ⁹Be sincere in your love for others. Hate everything that is evil and hold tight to everything that is good. ¹⁰Love each other as brothers and sisters and honor others more than you do yourself. (CEV)
1. As a child, who do you remember as a troublemaker, .... a peacemaker?

Loving Jesus - Matthew 25: ³⁸When did we welcome you as a stranger or give you clothes to wear ³⁹or visit you while you were sick or in jail?" ⁴⁰The king will answer, "Whenever you did it for any of my people, no matter how unimportant they seemed, you did it for me." (CEV)
2. When you give to the benevolent fund or Red Cross, or visit the sick, how do you feel?

Serving - Romans 12: ¹¹Never give up. Eagerly follow the Holy Spirit and serve the Lord. ¹²Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying. ¹³Take care of God's needy people and welcome strangers into your home. (CEV)
3. How can you know when to invite a stranger into your home, or into a small group?

Caring - Romans 12: ¹⁴Ask God to bless everyone who mistreats you. Ask him to bless them and not to curse them. ¹⁵When others are happy, be happy with them, and when they are sad, be sad. ¹⁶Be friendly with everyone. Don't be proud and feel that you are smarter than others. Make friends with ordinary people. ¹⁷Don't mistreat someone who has mistreated you. But try to earn the respect of others, ¹⁸and do your best to live at peace with everyone. (CEV)
4. Which or these commands are easiest to keep, .... hardest to keep?

Forgiving - Romans 12: ¹⁹Dear friends, don't try to get even. Let God take revenge. In the Scriptures the Lord says, "I am the one to take revenge and pay them back." ²⁰The Scriptures also say, "If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat. And if they are thirsty, give them something to drink. This will be the same as piling burning coals on their heads." ²¹Don't let evil defeat you, but defeat evil with good. (CEV)
5. How is it possible to leave getting even to God and not take revenge ourselves?

Bearing Fruit - Colossians 3: ¹²God loves you and has chosen you as his own special people. So be gentle, kind, humble, meek, and patient. ¹³Put up with each other, and forgive anyone who does you wrong, just as Christ has forgiven you. ¹⁴Love is more important than anything else. It is what ties everything completely together. (CEV)
6. How can we learn to put up with change where God wants us to?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
Observations                                                         Applications
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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