{"id":156,"date":"2021-05-17T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drbobnichols.calvarycathedral.org\/?p=156"},"modified":"2021-04-06T17:38:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T22:38:15","slug":"walking-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2021\/05\/17\/walking-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking in Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>\u201cL<\/b>ove is a decision, not an emotion.\u201d<b><\/b><\/h1>\n<p align=\"right\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><em><span id=\"en-TPT-9987\" class=\"text 1Cor-13-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4\u00a0<\/sup>Love is\u00a0large and\u00a0incredibly patient.<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-TPT-9987f\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-TPT-9987f&quot; title=&quot;See footnote f&quot;&gt;f&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+13&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-9987f\">f<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0Love is gentle and consistently kind to all. It refuses to be jealous<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-TPT-9987g\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-TPT-9987g&quot; title=&quot;See footnote g&quot;&gt;g&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote g\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+13&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-9987g\">g<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0when blessing comes to someone else. Love does not brag about one\u2019s achievements nor inflate its own importance.\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"en-TPT-9988\" class=\"text 1Cor-13-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5\u00a0<\/sup>Love does not traffic in shame and disrespect, nor selfishly seek its own honor. Love is not easily irritated<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-TPT-9988h\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-TPT-9988h&quot; title=&quot;See footnote h&quot;&gt;h&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote h\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+13&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-9988h\">h<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0or quick to take offense.<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-TPT-9988i\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-TPT-9988i&quot; title=&quot;See footnote i&quot;&gt;i&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote i\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+13&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-9988i\">i<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"en-TPT-9989\" class=\"text 1Cor-13-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6\u00a0<\/sup>Love joyfully celebrates honesty<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-TPT-9989j\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-TPT-9989j&quot; title=&quot;See footnote j&quot;&gt;j&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote j\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+13&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-9989j\">j<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0and finds no delight in what is wrong.<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-TPT-9989k\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-TPT-9989k&quot; title=&quot;See footnote k&quot;&gt;k&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote k\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+13&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-9989k\">k<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"en-TPT-9990\" class=\"text 1Cor-13-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7\u00a0<\/sup>Love is a safe place of shelter,<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-TPT-9990l\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-TPT-9990l&quot; title=&quot;See footnote l&quot;&gt;l&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+13&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-9990l\">l<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0for it never stops believing the best for others.<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline;\" data-fn=\"#fen-TPT-9990m\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-TPT-9990m&quot; title=&quot;See footnote m&quot;&gt;m&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote m\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+13&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-9990m\">m<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0Love never takes failure as defeat, for it never gives up.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>I Corinthians 13:4-7 (Passion Translation)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\"><em><span class=\"chapternum\">14\u00a0<\/span>Eagerly pursue\u00a0and\u00a0seek to acquire [this] love [make it your aim, your great quest];<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong>I Corinthians 14:1 (Amplified Bible)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><em><sup class=\"versenum\">12\u00a0<\/sup>No one has ever gazed<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline; color: #000000; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-fn=\"#fen-TPT-11900a\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-TPT-11900a&quot; title=&quot;See footnote a&quot;&gt;a&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+john+4%3A12&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-11900a\">a<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0upon the fullness of God\u2019s splendor.<sup class=\"footnote\" style=\"font-size: 0.625em; line-height: normal; position: relative; vertical-align: text-top; top: auto; display: inline; color: #000000; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\" data-fn=\"#fen-TPT-11900b\" data-link=\"[&lt;a href=&quot;#fen-TPT-11900b&quot; title=&quot;See footnote b&quot;&gt;b&lt;\/a&gt;]\">[<a title=\"See footnote b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+john+4%3A12&amp;version=TPT#fen-TPT-11900b\">b<\/a>]<\/sup>\u00a0But if we love one another, God makes his permanent home in us, and we make our permanent home in him, and his love is brought to its full expression in us.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\" align=\"center\"><strong>I John 4:12 (Passion Translation)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Love is the bottom line. You will not go anywhere spiritually or in your relationships until you get your love walk straight! Living a life ruled by the love of God is what opens you up to walk in the spirit and live in the highest measure of the blessing and power of God! If you want to walk in love, you will have to make a decision to yield to that force of love on the inside of you. You will have to resist the selfish tendencies of the flesh and choose to live a life governed by love. Making these changes is not as difficult as it may sound. In fact, the key to developing your love walk is wonderfully simple. You do it by maintaining a close relationship with God\u2014fellowshipping with Him, reading the Bible, praying and staying in union with Him.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><b>Victory Decision<\/b><\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\">Today I will remember what great love God has for me despite my failings. I will choose to view others the same way. From this point on I choose to walk in love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLove is a decision, not an emotion.\u201d 4\u00a0Love is\u00a0large and\u00a0incredibly patient.[f]\u00a0Love is gentle and consistently kind to all. It refuses to be jealous[g]\u00a0when blessing comes to someone else. Love does not brag about one\u2019s achievements nor inflate its own importance.\u00a05\u00a0Love does not traffic in shame and disrespect, nor selfishly seek its own honor. Love is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2021\/05\/17\/walking-in-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Walking in Love&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-one-liners"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lc9u-2w","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}