Genuine love

1. Activity: JINGLE WHO?
Materials
• Paper cups and coins
How to play?
• Two of the cups are filled with coins and the
objectives of the game are, first, hold the cup
without noise (for the two students who has a
cup with coins) even when asked to walk, go
around, or jump; and second, to guess who
holds the cup with coins (for those who have
nothing in their cups).

2. Questions:
• How were you able to identify who had
the coins?
• Have you ever thought about what kind
of noise you’re making with your life?
• If you had to sum up the kind of noise
you’re making with your life right now in
one word, what would it be?
• What kind of noise do you think you
should be making with your life?

3. What are the TWO greatest commandments?
• Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all
thy mind.
• Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself.

4. Jesus could have
said anything, but
He said LOVE.

5. You may think that loving
one another is a quiet,
meek thing. But, loving one
another should speak
loudly, making a lot of
noise. Love one another
the LOUDEST way possible!

6. GENUINE LOVE
Seven Distinguishing Marks

7. 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NIV)
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not
envy, it does not boast, it is not
proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is
not self-seeking, it is not easily
angered, it keeps no record of
wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in
evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It
always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails.

8. 1. LOVE’S PATIENCE
• Love is patient.
• Love expands your capacity to put up with
difficult people and desperate situations.
How do you develop that capacity? How do you
live in a world like this, when people will
wrong you and disappoint you in so many
ways?
Answer: Love will give you the capacity to suffer
long. Growing in love will give you the
resilience you need to live in this fallen
world.

9. 2. LOVE’S GENEROSITY
• Love is kind. It does not envy.
• Love is kind. Love is generous. The
degree to which you are growing in
kindness is the degree to which you are
growing in love.
How are you going to handle the greater
success of other people?
• Grow in love, and you will be released
from envy. Cultivate a generous spirit,
and you will be blessed.

10. 3. LOVE’S HUMILITY
• Love does not boast. It is not proud. It is
not self-seeking.
• Proud - This is a person whose
conversation is mainly about himself or
herself.
• Boast – Love never shows off.
• The person who is self-seeking makes
much of his or her own difficulties and, as
a result, becomes insensitive to the needs
and pain of others.

11. 4. LOVE’S COURTESY
• Love is not rude.
• Practice courtesy in the way that you speak.
• Practice courtesy in the way that you listen.
• Practice courtesy in the words you
withhold.
• If you truly love someone, you will want
others to think the best of them. Don’t
bring out the worst in the person you love.

12. 5. LOVE’S RESTRAINT
• Love is not easily angered. It keeps no record
of wrongs.
• Love is not easily provoked, not irritable, not
touchy, and not easily upset or offended.
• Bad temper is a sure sign of a poisoned soul.
• Love will choose to remember the good
about a person, rather than to dwell on the
wrongs they may have done.

13. 6. LOVE’S JOY
• Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices
with the truth.
• Love finds no pleasure in other people’s
failures.
• Love always thinks the best. It never
presumes the worst.
Have you ever found yourself jumping to
conclusions, only to discover that you had
completely misjudged a situation/person?
You need to be renewed in love.

14. 7. LOVE’S CONSISTENCY
• Love always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
• Notice the word “always.” Love is
consistent. And it never gives up.
• Love is not an occasional gesture
but an obvious aspect of character.

15. EXAMINE YOUR LOVE
Look at your life at school and at home.
Ask yourself these questions honestly:
• With whom do I most need to be patient
at this time?
• Where do I need to be more generous?
• Which of my friends do I most likely
envy?
• Who do I need to listen to better at this
time?

16. EXAMINE YOUR LOVE
• How can I become more courteous?
• Where am I showing bad temper or
a sour spirit or self-pity?
• Is there somebody whose difficulties
have caused me pleasure?
• What good thing in another person’s
life has brought me joy this week?