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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. - 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 There are three types of love: (1) Egoistic love (Erotic love), which seeks to get but not to give. Erotic love, by this definition is self-centered, focusing on care for the self. Its only purpose is to satisfy itself. (2) Mutualistic love (Philic love), which is involved in a give and get relationship. Philic love is found in friendship. It gives with the expectation that it will receive. (3) Altruistic love (Agapic love), which gives with no demand to get anything in return. Agapic love desires to satisfy others. It is unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others. It is not what one can get but what he can give that is the characteristic of divine love, it is sacrificial. God loves even when there is no love in return. God’s love is in fact unconditional. God’s love is a giving love even if no one receives it. This is Christian Love. Christian love is great in depth and range. In depth or vertical, it is divine as coming from God, who takes the initiative in loving man and inviting man to share with Him. In range or horizon, it is universal, excluding no one but reaching out to love all people regardless. This is the only way for us to ‘Worship God by Loving Others’. Selected – “The Christian Ethic of Love” by Norman L. Geisler and “Christian Love” by Paul E. Johnson. This Week @ Detonate: Hello Church! Brother Andrew Yeo will be speaking in service this Saturday at 4.45pm! Let us pray for God's anointing to be upon him as he shares with us about God's word. Let's us continue to invite our friends to church as well. See You there! Prayers and Fasting from the Body: This day, 12 Oct 2009 at 00:00 am, as we deny ourselves and fast till the end, a 3:16 movement, we gonna get down to our knees to pray for the people that we will be inviting for the 3:16 event on 12 Dec 2009 at 06:30 pm. We gonna trust and believe God to open the hearts of those in our generation to recognise God in their lives! Let us encourage each other along the way. Amen!  |
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