Mark 12:30-31 – “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

1 Corinthians 16:14 – Do everything in love.

1 Corinthians 13:4 – Love is patient.

1. Recognize that everyone is in ______________.
   
   Ephesians 4:2 – Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
   
   Patience: allowing someone to be __________________.
   
   Proverbs 29:11 – A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.
   
   
2. Listen more _____________ & speak more ___________.
   
   James 1:19 – Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.
   
   Proverbs 15:1 – A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
   
   Psalm 103:8 – The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
   
   
3. Keep ____________ patience until it becomes a _______.
   
   Matthew 12:34 – For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
   
   Luke 6:32 – “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ love those who love them.”
   
   1 John 3:18 – Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.
   
   1 John 4:7,10 – Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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