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The Guide for Love

Rather than faddish methods for friendship, the Bible gives basic, ageless instruction on how to live in community in a way that honors God.

There is no impatience, envy, rudeness or selfishness in love, but rather it is characterized by humility, forgiveness and trust.p>Friendship usually starts off so well -- you have common interests, you have fun together, you just click. Often we don't stop to think about the elements that make up a godly friendship. Yet most of us have experienced the breakdown of a friendship. Thus we need the truth from God's Word to teach us how to love.

Romans 12:9 -- 21 provides basic principles that can be applied to every relationship in our lives:

  • Be sincere
  • Reject what is evil
  • Cling to what is good
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  • Share
  • Be hospitable
  • Never return an unkind deed with an unkind deed
  • Be happy with those who are happy
  • Be sad with those who are sad
  • Get along
  • Don't be arrogant
  • Be a friend to someone regardless of his or her position or status
  • Don't take revenge, but trust God to look after you

As we put these principles into action, we will become friends who know how to love.

God, I want to be that kind of person. Teach me how to love like You love.

2ND PRAYER LETTER PITH

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How I Spent My Valentine’s Day

By Germaine Tay
Photos by Adrian Tan

On 14 February 2009, I celebrated my Valentine's Day in our church event called 'The Anti-Valentine'. Along with some of the YF members, we decided to call it The Anti-Valentine because we thought of doing something different besides our annual valentine event.

How I Spent My Valentine’s Day

By Germaine Tay
Photos by Adrian Tan

On 14 February 2009, I celebrated my Valentine's Day in our church event called 'The Anti-Valentine'. Along with some of the YF members, we decided to call it The Anti-Valentine because we thought of doing something different besides our annual valentine event.

Thought for the Week:

  • Mercy Compared to Forgiveness, Love, and Grace

    Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

    Matthew 5:7

     

    To understand the significance of mercy, let’s compare it to three amazing attributes of God. First, mercy has much in common with forgiveness, although it is distinct from it. God’s forgiveness of our sins flow from His mercy. But mercy is greater than forgiveness, because God is merciful to us even when we do not sin, just as we can be merciful to those who have never done anything against us. God’s mercy does not just forgive our transgressions but reaches to all weaknesses and needs.

    Just as forgiveness flows out of mercy, mercy flows out of love. “But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (Eph.2:4-5). Love is greater than mercy – it can manifest itself even when there is no wrong to forgive or need to meet.

    Finally, mercy is also related to grace, which flows out of love. Grace and mercy have the closest possible relationship, yet they are different. Mercy deals with the consequences of sin, while grace deals with sin itself. Mercy offers relief from punishment, grace offers pardon for the crime.

    Just look at what the Good Samaritian did. When he found a Jewish traveler who had been robbed and beaten, he held no animosity toward him. Love motivated him to show the man mercy when he bound up his wounds. And when he took him to an inn and cared for him, he showed grace. Such is the expression of mercy working with forgiveness, love and grace.

    Ask yourself: Is there someone to whom you need to show God’s mercy, expressed through your love, your grace, our forgiveness? Think of how you can turn your merciful intentions into practical action

    Taken from Grace for Today