Choose Love Over Retaliation

Retaliation-the action of Returning military, counter attack, the action of harming someone because they harmed oneself

Revenge

Loving - Feeling on showing love on great care

Luke 6:35 - But love your enemies and do good, and lend, expecting nothing " in return and your reward will be great and your will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.

Love Is- Philos- means warm affection or friendship

Agape - Is the sacrificial, unconditional love of God

Christian Ways On Living

(1) In Character: In this life we cannot be flawless, but we can aspire to be as much like Christ as possible

(2) In Holiness: Like the Pharisee, we are to separate ourselves from the world’s sinful ways; But unlike the Pharisee we are to be devoted to God desires Rather than our own and carry his love into the world.

(3) In Maturity: We can't achieve perfect christlikeness and holiness all at once, but we must grow towards maturity and wholeness.

Just as we expect different behaviors from babies in comparison to children, children to teenagers and teenagers to adults. 

(4) IN Love& We can seek to love others as completely as God love us.

John 15:12-13

12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. 

Luke 6:35

35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, [a]hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.

James 1:17

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

1 Peter 1:15-16

15 but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.”

John 15:12-13

12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.