This document discusses unconditional love and what it means to live in God through love. It states that unconditional love means loving others at all times, even when they are unlovable, and having the power to speak kindly and show gentleness. Unconditional love avoids quick reactions and controls anger. It chooses to forgive wrongs and leaves revenge to God. This kind of love prevents gossip and seeks the truth. The document provides examples of unequal relationships and enabling behavior that unconditional love is not. It emphasizes that when all else fails, the solution is to choose love.

4. If we live in God,
we must live in LOVE.
We are to show friendship love
through our attitudes and actions,
even to those we have not personally
chosen as our friends.

5. - means loving “at all times”.
“All times” includes during your set-
aside private time, in the middle of the
night, or when you’re tired or feeling
very needy yourself, as well as when the
other person being lovable, even when
she or he is grumpy or has been taking
advantage of you.

7. Unconditional love
gives you the power
to speak gentle
words that heal.
Kindness is
something you can
give to someone
who is discouraged.

8. Unconditional love helps you avoid
quick, defensive reactions.
It gives you the power to control
your hot temper.
It does not say that love is never angered,
just that it is not easily angered.

9. Unconditional love
does a lot of “erase
disk” procedures,
continually choosing
to remove from the
memory bank those
wrongs done.

10. It takes away our drive for revenge
and leaves the revenge for God to
handle.
He tells us that revenge is his and
he will repay (Romans 12:19)
They are God’s responsibility, and he
is far better at handling them than we
are!

11. This kind of love
keeps you from spreading
gossip.
It eliminates the
malicious talk that is so
easy to participate in,
especially when it is a
common occurrence
where you work.
This love will make
you seek the truth
instead of believing
everything you hear.

12. • where a person gives and contributes to
the relationship while other simply takes.
Read Luke 6:32-34

13. • Your co-worker asks favors of you but
is never willing to do anything for you.
• Your boss expects you to be available
on short notice for overtime, extra
work, and weekend work, but when you
occasionally ask for some time off for
needed personal business, he acts as
though you are being unreasonable.

14. • Your friend bends your ear with every
detail of her struggles at work but
never has any interest in your job or
struggles.
• Your co-worker lets you pick up the
tab for coffee, doughnuts, lunch, etc.,
but has never once offered to pay for
yours.

15. Unconditional love is not enabling love
An enabler is one who allows a
person to take advantage of him/her,
refuses to confront appropriately, and
thereby allows that person to prolong
his/her poor behavior and reinforces
his/her bad habits.

16. Remember:

17. When you don’t know what else to do,
love.
When everything else failed, love.
When a person looks like a hopeless case,
love.
Choose to love in spite of your feelings.
Choose to love regardless of whether it is
received well or not.
Choose to love even if your love is never
reciprocated.
LOVE never FAILS.