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Encouraging Bible Verses on Forgiving Others Forgiving someone can be difficult. Why do we need to forgive others? How can we forgive a person? The Bible can provide us with answers, inspiration and direction. Actually, forgiveness is not only about others, but also about our own spiritual growth. Love and forgiveness cannot be separated. If we choose to live out the love of God as the purpose of our life, then forgiving is an option that cannot be avoided. #1 Because we are sinners we should forgive others Matthew 6:14-15 NIV For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. Colossians 3:13 NIV Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Ephesians 4:31-32 NIV Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind ...

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES The idea of loving and forgiving our enemies sounds completely ridiculous at times. It is our human nature to want to defend ourselves and fight back. However, if we are called to be like Jesus, we are called to forgive those who hurt us. Loving your enemy is less about reconciling a relationship and more about the condition of your heart! “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. ~ Luke 6:27-31 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to t...

 GOD’S LOVE God is love! If we want the perfect example of love, it is in our creator God. Often, God’s love is referred to as agape love which is the highest form of love that is selfless and sacrificial. It is steadfast, unchanging, and unconditional. Below are a few Scripture examples of God’s great love for you! Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. ~ 1 John 4:7-8 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. ~ 1 John 4:9-12 And so we know and rely on the love God has...

LOVE IN RELATIONSHIPS AND TOWARD OTHERS As Christians and followers of Jesus Christ, the Bible tells us that the world will know us by our love. The greatest testimony that we can be is to love those around us - whether family, friends or stranger. God puts no limits on love. If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing. ~ 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always tru...

              Bible Quotes on Love:  If you’re looking for Scriptures to reflect your thoughts and feelings toward someone, our collection here will provide a wide variety of Bible verses on loving others, love within marriage, loving enemies, and agape love. The Bible says that God is love, which makes it the perfect source to learn how to love others, even those who are difficult for us to. Our world has skewed the meaning of true love but God’s Word remains a steadfast, true source of knowledge on how to love. Read the below scripture from the Holy Bible and begin seeing the change in your heart and mind that comes from pursuing self-less love! MARRIAGE BIBLE VERSES God created and instituted marriage. The Bible only true source for the definition of marriage and roles of husband and wife. Whether you are looking for Scripture to include in your wedding vows during the ceremony or looking to renew the love in your marriage, this col...

How to Love a Wife God’s Way to Maximize Marriage The Subject Is Valuable for All • Unmarried men present can learn to start out right. • Those late in marriage can still improve as husbands. • Any widowers present can think of guiding others. • God cares about our relationships –  God Considers Marriage Important “And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand” (Mal 2:13). “Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered” (I Peter 3:7).especially wives. • Let me remind you of Malachi 2:13 and I Peter 3:7. You Should Consider It Important “And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” Gene...

1. Submit to your husband a. Support your husband in his decision making. b. Don’t question your husband when he makes the final decision. c. If your husband makes the wrong decision, don’t rub it in his face. d. Follow your husband with a sincere attitude. (When a crisis arises, your husband needs to be safe in the knowledge that you’re going to support him.) e. Don’t withhold your love from your husband when he asks it from you. 2. Consider your husband’s design a. When you need encouragement and counsel go to your godly husband. Your husband needs to feel that he is needed, and you can trust his God-Given counsel. b. God created the man to be the head of the home; you must not hinder his leadership, but rather let him play the man and give him the support he needs. c. Don’t be independent and make decisions without your husband. Don’t have your own agenda (Marriages today are failing because of the fifty-fifty business. A marriage is a 100% business; working as a team...