THE PATH TO PERFECTION - part 1 love

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-ready to go on to perfection when..

   -repentence

   -faith become a lifestyle 

   -enjoy spirit baptism 

   -involving church life 

   -looking forward to Jesus' return, and we will stand before God

-perfect = complete, person of love like Jesus 

   -not sinless 

-perfection is a path we choose to take

-path to spiritual perfection is the way of love

   -God is who He is. Not just what He does

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-whoever does not love does not know God 

-God did not wait for us to better to love us. God loves us even when we do not know Him 

-we treating people like how Jesus treated the sinners 

-we can only live in God and God in us through love

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-love is the key to holy life 

-choose love instead of anger, forgiveness instead of resentment 

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-in the worst of Jesus' night, before going to the cross, He chose to love, and He had the inner peace 

   -Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, including Judas who will betray Him

-God's goal is not to make us impressive, but to make us loving 

-1 fruit of love, but expressed in different loving ways 

-love changes the heart, leads us to repentance, mountain moving faith 

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-holiness is produced by love, not pressure

non-anxious presence

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-this there someone who is calm and conpose.. make decisions not base on fear

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-a good leader is self differentiated

   -know boundaries between self and others

   -can connect with people without losing own beliefs

   -not affected by others

   -dont flip flop just to please others

   -able to handle conflicts, no need people to like us

thernometer

-merely reflecting people anxiety

-no capacity to influence people

thermostat

-give calm advice

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-no competition among brothers, rivalry among friends

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5 things Jesus practice

1. practice slow-down spirituality

-slow down, "wasting time" in God's loving presence

2. Sabbath rest

-we got to learn to enjoy God

-only when we have rest in our body, soul and mind only then we have easy yolk

3. silence and solitude

4. devotional love

-devotion = affection, loyal, surrender to God

-loving God for who He is. Not what He can give

   -not just prayer answers

-love is not measured by productivity, it's measured by presence

5. detachment

-to a point where the world doesn't matter

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1. The Holy Spirit as water

-our spiritual birth

-the life of the Spirit like living water

-only the Holy Spirit can satisfy us

-a fountain that never runs dry

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-geshem soften the soil

-norish the earth

-malkosh helps the ripen the crops and get them ready for harvest in summer

-the Holy Spirit norishes us and we are fruitful

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-the fruit of the Spirit is love

-only 1 fruit.. when there's love, there joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, self control

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-quietly, gentlely yet powerfully

-dew only forms when there's stillness

   -we need to learn to slow down and be still so that dew can fall on us

   -the Holy Spirit comes to those who not only wants but also waits

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-Holy Spirit brings hope and life

-wherever the river flows, there's life

-healthy, fruitful, purposeful

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