Peacemaker Wisdom is a series of blog posts that takes a 360-degree look at keys to interacting with others from a biblical perspective. This 360-degree look will help each of us handle conflict or tension in life with actions that glorifyGod. Subscribe to this blog today. Let’s look at our second one.
John 15:13 (NASB95)
13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends."
Peacemaker Wisdom #2 of 360:
No Greater Love Than This
John 15:13 (NASB95)
13“Greater lovehas no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.”
Prayer:Heavenly Father,help me have a great love for my friends, for my enemies, and for all. I want to have your love flowing through me. In Jesus’ nameAmen.
Measure:
Biblical Definition of Love:
1 Corinthians 13:4–7 (NASB95)
4“Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
- Love is patience
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What areas do you need to increase patience in?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to increase patience?
- Love is kindness
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What areas do you need to increase kindness?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to increase kindness in those areas?
- Love does not brag
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What are you bragging about?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to reduce bragging?
- Love is not arrogant
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: Inwhat areas are you demonstrating arrogance?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to reduce arrogance?
- Love does not act unbecomingly (dishonor)
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: How are you dishonoring others?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to honor others?
- Love does not seek its own
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: In what waysare you seeking your own?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to reduce selfishness?
- Love is not provoked (anger)
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What are you angry about?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to reduce your anger?
- Love does not take into account a wrong suffered
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What records are you keeping?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to forgiveness?
- Love does not rejoice in unrighteousness
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What is unrighteous that you may be rejoicing in?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to reduce this?
- Love rejoices in the truth
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What do you need to rejoice about?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to increase joyfulness?
- Love bears all things
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What thingsare you bearing?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to continue bearing these things?
- Love believes all things
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What areas are you not believing in that you should be?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to believe the best about the other person?
- Love hopes in all things
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: Inwhat areas have you lost hope?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to increase hope?
- Love endures all things
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What are you enduring?
- Peacemaker's Relational Wisdom Question: What practical steps can you take to increase endurance?
Application: Write down some practical actions, behaviors, and words that you can useto demonstrate a great love and a greater love towards those with whom you have tension or conflict with in your life.
Peacemaker’s Relational Wisdom #2 of 360:
Lay down your life for a friend.
John 15:13 (NASB95)
13“Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his lifefor his friends.”
Prayer:Heavenly Father at times I desire to pick up my rights, my name, and my views but insteadhelp me to lay down my life for others. In Jesus’ name Amen.
Measure:
Application: Write down practical actions, behaviors, and words that you can use todemonstrate to show a greaterlove towards those with whom you may have tension or conflict.
Thank youfor taking the time to measure and build wisdom into each of your relationships. Tell usyour story of how God is changing your life and bringing peace into your relationships. Email your story to mystory@peacemaker.training
Now go out in peace, live in peace, and make peace.
P. Brian Noble