Chapters
00:00 Understanding Agape Love
03:23 The Challenge of Loving Kindness
08:32 Practicing Patience and Kindness
16:37 Heart Check Questions for Love
21:35 Walking in Love and Truth
Sometimes we say or do things “in love” to avoid confrontation or soften hard words, but do we really know what it means to do things “in love” according to what scripture says?
Exploring the depth of agape love in Christian life, this episode emphasizes loving like Jesus, especially in challenging situations. Hosts Christine and Steph share personal insights, scripture, and practical tips for embodying unconditional love in everyday life.
Talking Points
- What “in love” is not
- Doing things in way just to avoid conflict or discomfort
- Being nice at the expense of the truth
- Avoiding setting boundaries
- Avoiding giving correction/discipline
- What it means biblically (based on 1 Corinthians 13)
- Being patient (even when you’re tired)
- Being kind (even when you are right)
- Not self-seeking (even if it hurts)
- Willing to endure hardship for the sake of someone else’s good
- Heart check questions to ask: Before saying “I’m doing this in love,” ask:
- Am I more concerned with being right or being faithful?
- Is this about their good or my relief?
- Would Jesus recognize His love in this moment?
God's Love vs Worldly Love
God's love, as revealed in Scripture, is selfless, sacrificial, and eternal. It is epitomized in the life and work of Jesus Christ, who embodies the perfect expression of divine love.
Worldly love is characterized by desires and affections that are rooted in the temporal and material aspects of life. It often prioritizes self-interest, pleasure, and the pursuit of personal gain.
Key Scriptures
1 Corinthians 16:14 – “Do everything in love.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 – “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
1 John 3:18 – “Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”
2 John 1:6 – “And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments.”
Ephesians 5:2 – “and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
Continue the Conversation
What are some of your ‘love’ scriptures (the bible has so many!)?
Share your questions, experience, and concerns.
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