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We are still dealing with the 20 Characteristics of God’s Love found in 1 Corinthians 13.
I have been teaching my way through this passage for months. I trust that you have been blessed by the Word. Today we will look at several characteristics of God’s love in one message. I will cover the fact that God’s love is not self-seeking, touchy, fretful, or resentful. I get this from 1 Cor 13:5. The Amplified Version of this verse reads:
Love is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
In this message you will learn how to deal with difficult people and you will also learn how NOT to be one yourself. God has called you to be a blessing and not a curse. I truly believe this message will bless you. Please take a few minutes to watch the video.
Finally,
Get inspired to walk in God’s Love.
Get inspired to NOT BE self seeking, touchy, fretful or resentful.
Get inspired to be an EXAMPLE of JESUS for all the world to see!
Until next week….
Stay Inspired!
Isabella
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In December Rick and I traveled to the Dominican Republic with our family. We were able to provide toys for all 150 of the children our ministry provides an education for. We are committed to these children and we were thankful to be able to meet many of their parents. They expressed their thanks for our ministry. Many of the parents cannot pay for an education. RIPMinistries provides them an education free-of-charge. We also provide hot meals every school day and lots of support throughout the year.
In January we were able to provide groceries for 80 families in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. This is an area where tourists from all over the world visit to vacation. However, many of the locals live in extreme poverty. We provided each of the 80 families a bag of groceries with 15 products, simply as a token of God’s love.
A special thanks to our financial partners and supporters for helping us to share God’s love around the world. If would like to make a tax-deductible donation (tax deducitble in the United States), you can do so by visiting: http://ripministries.org/donate.
Please watch the video. It’s only a few minutes long and I believe it will be a blessing to you.
Get Inspired to share God’s love with the world.
Get Inspired to believe God for a year of Supernatural Manifestation.
Get Inspired to believe God to make 2017 the best year of your life!
Until next week….
Stay Inspired!
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]]>We are still dealing with the 20 Characteristics of God’s Love found in 1 Corinthians 13.
We have learnt so far how the LOVE of God allows us to:
Endure Long
Be Patient
Be Kind
And NOT be envious
Today we will learn that Love Is NOT Boastful, Proud, or Arrogant.
Here are some of the things I cover in the message:
The Bible says, “Love endures with patience and serenity, love is kind and thoughtful, and is not jealous or envious; love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant.” (1 Cor 13:4)
To be boastful is to speak of one’s self with excessive pride; having an excessively high opinion of oneself.
To operate in pride is to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think; possessing a high or unreasonable conceit of one’s own excellence.
Pride is a weapon of our enemy. As a matter of fact, it is one of his three major weapons.
Satan’s “big three” weapons are (1 John 2:16):
1) The lust of the flesh,
2) the lust of the eyes, and
3) the pride of life.
To be arrogant means you have an attitude of superiority; you are “full of yourself”; this is an extreme form of pride.
A believer has no need to be…
*** When you love God and you rest in His love for you, your focus is on God, His ability, His power and His strength.
Get inspired to stop esteeming yourself above others because love does not brag and is not proud or arrogant.
Rest in God’s love and know that He will exalt you in due season.
Get inspired to LOVE even when you are not noticed or recognized by anyone else.
Rest in the fact that God sees you when no one else does and He will open doors for you that no man can close!
Remember, Love is PATIENT, Love is KIND, Love ENDURES LONG, Love is NOT ENVIOUS and love does not brag, is not proud, and is not arrogant.
Until next week….
Stay Inspired!
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Today we will cover the 4th: “Love Is NOT Envious”
According to the Webster’s dictionary…
Envy means: a painful awareness of another’s possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too.
Some Synonyms to the word ENVY are:
Some Antonyms — (opposite in meaning words) are:
You get the picture.
If I made two columns with these words
Column 1 — Synonyms to Envy
Column 2 — Antonyms to Envy
Then I asked you to stand under a column, where would you stand?
I pray we can all stand under the column with the antonym words to the word Envy.
But if you can’t, then hopefully by the end of this message, you will be INSPIRED to walk love, free of Envy.
Here are a few highlights from the message:
— Envy is rooted in fear and there is no fear in love (1 Jn 4:18)
— Where you find envy you will also find disorder and every evil practice (Jas 3:16)
— Envy rots the bones; eating away at you from the inside out (Prov 14:30)
— There is no need to compare yourself to anyone else (2 Cor 10:12)
— God made you unique, rest in your own divine identity!
*** Envy is like ignoring God’s grace on your life, while at the same time, resenting God’s grace on the life of someone else.
Get inspired to stop comparing yourself to anyone else.
Get inspired to sow seeds of LOVE and not ENVY.
Remember, Love is PATIENT, Love is KIND, Love ENDURES LONG and Love is definitely NOT ENVIOUS!
Until next week….
Stay Inspired!
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According to the Webster’s dictionary…
KIND means “the quality or state of being gentle and considerate”
Some Synonyms to the word Kind are:
— Attentive
— Thoughtful
— Brotherly
— Good, good-hearted
— Helpful, Polite
— Selfless, unselfish, charitable
— Generous
Some Antonyms — (opposite in meaning words) are:
— Inconsiderate
— Thoughtless
— Inattentive
— Uncaring
— Unkindly
— ill-mannered, impolite, rude, unhelpful mean, and spiteful
You get the picture.
If I made two columns with these words
Column 1 — Synonyms to Kind
Column 2 — Antonyms to Kind
Then I asked you to stand under a column, where would you stand?
I pray we can all stand under the column with the synonym words to the word king.
But if you can’t, then hopefully by the end of this message, you will be INSPIRED to walk in Godly Kindness.
In this message I talk about:
— How God’s two greatest commandments have to do with love.
— How God’s love released me from bitterness and anger.
— How God’s love is the greatest medicine.
— How you can RECEIVE and RELEASE God’s love in this world.
Get inspired to do as God COMMANDS us… LOVE each other and do so knowing LOVE is KIND!
Get inspired to receive God’s goodness and operate in His Kindness!
Remember, LOVE IS KIND!
Until next week….
Stay Inspired!
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Here are some of the highlights from the message:
— Patience is a fruit of the Spirit (Gal 5:22).
— God’s Love comes as a result of God’s Spirit in us.
— If we love God we will keep His commandments (1 John 5:3).
— We live in a world full of impatience.
— We must learn to be patient with God and with others.
— You prove your love for a God you cannot see by loving those you can see!
— God gives us His love SO WE CAN GIVE IT AWAY!
Some scriptures on patience:
(Romans 12:12) Be patient in tribulation
(2 Corinthians 1:6) Patiently endure during sufferings
(2 Timothy 2:24) Patiently endure evil
(2 Timothy 4:2) Reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience
(Hebrews 6:12) Be Imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises
(Psalm 37:7) Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him
Get Inspired to be patient with others, just like God is patient with you!
Get Inspired receive and release God’s love to others!
Get Inspired to allow patience to have her perfect work in you!
Until next week….
Stay Inspired!
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]]>So far we have raised enough funds to provide over 160 families impacted by Hurricane Matthew with a 5-day supply of food. If you would like to donate, here is the link: http://ripministries.org/missions/haiti-relief
Grace Destiny Academy – East. 60 students. Link to pictures: https://goo.gl/SYxZAh
And lastly, Rick and I ministered a message yesterday entitled, “Marriage God’s Way!“
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Here are a few highlights from the message:
— What makes it difficult to love others is their faults, flaws and their sins. But we are all flawed. What is true for other is also true for us.
— The love of God empowers us to love others in spite of their faults, flaws and failures. This is what God does for us. He loves us inspite of!
— The love of God empowers us to love others without being judgmental and without holding grudges.
— You don’t have to agree with someone in order to love them!
— God’s Love is one-sided. It is not contingent upon what the other side today. It does not require the other side to be perfect in order to love them. God’s Love ONLY considers God’s side and God’s side is ALWAYS love!
— We are called to accept one another, just as Christ accepted us (Romans 15:17).
— The Body of Christ is a place where imperfect people come in contact with true love in spite of their past sins, their present mess, and their future mistakes.
In closing,
Get inspired to be the person who will cover their brother or sister’s sin with love.
Get inspired to love them in spite of their imperfections.
Get inspired to spend time praying for them and covering them in love. You are not their fixer—God is!
Stop trying to fix them or cure them of their sins, just cover them in love.
Until next time, stay in spited.
God Bless,
Isabella
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Here are a few highlights from the message:
— True love is sacrificial.
— The Love of God should never END with you… love is not love until you GIVE it away!
— The world needs us (the church) to be light and love.
— Don’t be part of the problem (in this world). When you walk in love you are part of the solution!
— You have the Love of God IN you, because God is IN you and God IS Love!
— But you must allow the love of God to change you from the inside-out!
— The most important thing we can do to become like Christ is to become God’s love IN THIS WORLD!
— God requires us to love others unconditionally, but He loves us unconditionally.
— We are not perfect and God still loves us. In like manner, He expects us to love the imperfect.
In closing,
— Get Inspired to be rooted in God’s Love!
— Get Inspired become love to everyone you come in contact with.
— Walk in the Love of God.
Until next time, stay inspired.
God Bless,
Isabella
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Now let’s get into the Word. I was teaching on love before the break and I feel led to continue to flow in the same vein. The title of this week’s message is, “Rooted in God’s Love”.
Here are a few highlights from the message:
— Receiving God’s love frees you to love others.
— With God’s love in your heart, you can love without reservation or stipulation.
— Love is a Free Gift from God!
— Your role is to FREELY RECEIVE God’s love and then FREELY RELEASE it to others.
— Some people are difficult to love, but this is even more of a reason to SHOW them love!
— We are called to love others the way God loves us; in spite of our fear, flaws and failures!
— People don’t have to be perfect for you to love them, because you are not perfect and God loves you!
— Love is NOT Love until you GIVE it away!
In closing,
— Get Inspired to rooted in God’s Love!
— Get Inspired to be firmly established in God’s Love!
— Get Inspired to freely give the love of God away!
Walk in the Blessing!
Until next time, stay inspired.
God Bless,
Isabella
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