THE LOVE OF JESUS - PATIENCE AND KINDNESS

-picture of God's nurturing love for us
-El Shaddai shows the famine side of God (caring and nurturing)

-Jesus loves them till the very end even though He knew that they will betray Him
-the love to serve and benefit others

-ppl serve God, but without love!

1. Love is patience

-patience takes a long time to anger
-patience is being able to tolerate delays, problems, or sufferings without being annoyed / angry

-a lot of times, our home is the place God use to teach us patience

-being patience means accepting them
-be patience with ppl, treat them with respect

-God is slow in anger cos God is love!
   -be slow to anger!

patience = forbearance
   -forbearance = to bear with, put up with the weakness and personality of ppl

-forbearance requires forgiveness
-walk constantly in an atmosphere of forgiveness

to have boundless love, we need unlimited patience!

patience = forbearance + forgiveness

proverbs 16:32
-a man who has control over his anger is better than...…………(see pic)

2. love is kind
-kind is the action part

4 elements of kindness
1. merciful
2. gracious

-mercy = helping the weak and needy
-grace = from God

3. tenderhearted
   -tenderhearted = compassion
      -compassion = sharing other's suffering
4. gentleness
   -when we have a gentleness of heart, we will have peace in our heart

kindness = mercy + gracious + compassion + gentleness

-consider others before oneself
   -show genuine interest in other's interest / things they are excited abt
-always be encouraging

-our action and attitudes
-being patience, kind is so known to all, but its the most difficult to act on

this is the kind of resume of Jesus

we must aim to be able to pen our name in it