Jephthah: Unmerited Mercy love your enemies

Luke 6:27b | Love your enemies…

1st Corinthians 13:4-7 | Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

• How well are you loving your enemies?

• In which areas of 1st Corinthians 13 (listed below) are you doing well? In which areas are you struggling (with your enemies)?

  • Patience

  • Kindness

  • Not being Jealous

  • Not bragging

  • Not acting like you’re better than them

  • Not acting sinfully

  • Not being selfish

  • Not getting angry

  • Not remembering wrongs (forgiving)

  • Not celebrating when an enemy gets in trouble

  • Celebrating when your enemy gets something good

  • Being truthful

  • Seeing them as God sees them

  • Hoping and praying for their salvation

Pick one or two of the areas where you struggle and work on them this week!