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\n\u201cSearch me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.\u201d\u00a0<\/i>\u2013 Psalms 139:23-24<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Bearing fruit \u00bb fruit of the Spirit \u00bb Love (compassion, care, caring, regard, solicitude, concern, warmth, friendliness, friendship, kindness, charity, goodwill, sympathy, kindliness, unselfishness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, self-denial; consideration, compassion, kindness, goodwill, decency, nobility, public-spiritedness; generosity)<\/p>\n
This virtue symbolizes Christ\u2019s endless love for humanity and represents a selfless affection that places others\u2019 needs above personal desires. It captures true altruism, motivating people to work for the well-being of others. It mirrors Christ\u2019s teachings and sacrifices. Charity promotes a deep connection with others, encouraging a world of kindness and\u00a0generosity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
In the Bible, love is an enduring commitment to be\u00a0with<\/i>\u00a0and to be\u00a0for<\/i>\u00a0another person. In other words, love always chooses to act in ways that support their greatest good. Love often involves feelings of tenderness or affection but is not solely governed or defined by emotion. Most essentially, love is action.<\/p>\n
In the New Testament, God\u2019s self-giving love is most fully displayed when the divine Logos, or Word, takes on human flesh as Jesus of Nazareth. To become human, God lowers himself from the heights of infinite-divine life into the suffering and corruption of our current earthly reality in order to heal humanity and all creation.<\/p>\n
It is important to note that love is not ignorant optimism that turns a blind eye to corruption and evil. Love relies on the power of gentleness, mercy, and honesty to confront evil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cSearch me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.\u201d\u00a0\u2013 Psalms 139:23-24 Bearing fruit \u00bb fruit of the Spirit \u00bb Love (compassion, care, caring, regard, solicitude, concern, warmth, friendliness, friendship, kindness, charity, goodwill, sympathy, … Continue reading “62.v. Psalms 139:23-24”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195587"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195591,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195587\/revisions\/195591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}