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Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.--- 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 NLT Our society confuses love and lust. Unlike lust, God’s kind of love is directed outward toward others, not inward toward ourselves. It is utterly unselfish. This kind of love goes against our natural inclinations. It is impossible to have this love unless God helps us set aside our own natural desires so that we can love and not expect anything in return. Thus, the more we become like Christ, the more love we will show to others.--- Life Application Study Bible notes PRAYERDear Lord,Thank you that Your perfect love does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth.I pray to ask for the freshness of Your Spirit to bring Your Word alive within my heart.Be with me and help me to walk in wisdom and freedom.I ask that my life would be filled and overflowing with the power of Your love so that I may be a channel of Your love for others.In Jesus’ name,Amen