Love Is a Choice.

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

...CONTINUE FROM YESTERDAY

TOPIC: Love Is a Choice.

1cor 13:4-7 again. They describe 14 actions that you CHOOSE to do or not do.

There’s a myth going around that says love is uncontrollable. "I just fell in love" - like it was a ditch or something. You don’t fall in love anymore than you fall out of love. Love is a choice. You choose to love. You choose not to love.

Somebody says, "But preacher, those feelings just aren’t there." So what? You can still choose to love someone, even if the feelings aren’t there.

In fact, loving someone when you don’t feel like it is a greater expression of love than loving someone when you do feel like it. Love is getting up in the middle of the night and helping a sick child when that’s the last thing you want to do. Love is being patient with your spouse when they’re irritable. Love is when you do the loving thing even when you don’t feel like it.

When you love in spite of your feelings, that’s what I call loving by faith. And don’t forget, it’s easier to act your way into a feeling than feel your way into an action. If you act in a loving way, eventually the feelings will come back.

What about you? Have you been deceived by the myth that love is uncontrollable? Have you stopped loving someone because "the feelings just aren’t there anymore"? Maybe it’s a former friend, a neighbor, a co-worker, a relative, or your own spouse. Remember, love is a choice. And maybe you need to make that choice right now.

I want you to think about the most important people in your life, pray the following prayer, and work with God as He answers it:

LET US PRAY
"Dear Lord, Help me to love . . . (you can supply the name) with the type of love described in I Corinthians 13:4-7."

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