This document discusses the topic of love from both a biblical and philosophical perspective. It provides several definitions of love from sources like the Bible and Wikipedia. Key passages define love as patient, kind, protective and trusting. The document emphasizes that God showed his love for humanity by sending Jesus, who saved believers and allows them to have eternal life. It concludes by advising being there for each other's needs for love to blossom in relationships.

1. Looking inward
December 2012

2. 1. LOVE

3. Wikipedia definition
Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal
attachment.
Love is also said to be a virtue representing all of human
kindness, compassion and affection – ‘the unselfish loyal
benevolent concern for the good of another’

4. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
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

5. Why Love?

6. Exodus 20:1-6
And aGod spoke all these words, saying,
2 b“Iam the LORD your God, who brought you out
of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
3 c“You shall have no other gods before1 me.
4 d“You shall not make for yourself a carved
image, or any likeness of anything that is in
heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth. 5 eYou shall
not bow down to them or serve them, for I
the LORD your God am a jealous God, gvisiting the
iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third
and the fourth generation of those who hate
me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands2 of
those who love me and keep my
commandments.

7. Mark 12:28-31
Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the
Lord is one. Love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind and with
all your strength.' The second is this:
'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
There is no commandment greater
than these

8. Even then?

10. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,
that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 5:8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were
still sinners, Christ died for us.
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I
who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the
flesh I live by faith in the Son of God. who loved me and gave
himself for me.
Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the
great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our
trespasses, made us alive together with Christ— by grace you have
been saved—
1 John 4:9-11 In this the love of God was made manifest among
us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live
through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he
loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

11. Love does not save us, Jesus
saves us and that is love. Love is the
result of being saved.
So as Christians we are to loves
others. While that is very difficult at
times, it's very possible with the help
of the Holy Spirit and through the
process of sanctification.It is
through this process that we
become more like Christ!

12. Be together, share your joy and sorrow, understand each
other, provide space to each other, but always be there for
each others need. And surely love will blossom to strengthen
your relationship with your matter of affection.