5th Fruit — Snyopsis …

SYNOPSIS:  Loving actions are innately gentle; always intending to relieve others’ burdens … They are Caring, Healing and Compassionate.

 

DETERMINING FACTOR:  During decision-making, ask your Self — “Does this particular option cause the least harm to others?  Is it intended to quench or avoid my personal fears, or is it designed to relieve another’s burdens?”

 

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE:

 

“Should you not have had Mercy on your fellow slave, as I had Mercy on you?” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 18:33)

 

“You shall Love the Lord your God with all your Heart … You shall Love your neighbor as your Self.  There is no other Commandment greater than these.” ~ Jesus Christ (Mark 12:30-31)

 

“No one has greater Love than this:  to lay down one’s Life for another.”~ Jesus Christ (John 15:13)

 

Let Love be genuineLove one another with mutual affection” ~ Romans 12:9-10

 

Whoever Loves another has fulfilled the Law.” ~ Romans 13:8

 

Let all that you do be Done in Love.” ~ 1 Corinthians 16:14

 

“Be imitators of God, as beloved Children, and Live in Love, as Christ Loved us and gave himself up for us” ~ Ephesians 5:1-2

 

“I want their Hearts to be encouraged and united in Love, so that they may have all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God’s Mystery …” ~ Colossians 2:2-3

 

“Above all, clothe yourselves in Love, which unites everything in perfect Harmony.” ~ Colossians 3:14

 

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” ~ Colossians 4:6

 

Have unity of Spirit and Love for one another; a tender Heart and a humble mind.” ~ 1 Peter 3:8

 

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse; on the contrary, repay them with a Blessing.  It is for this that You were Called.” ~ 1 Peter 3:9

 

“We know Love by this: that he laid down his life for us – and we ought to lay down our Lives for one another.” ~ 1 John 3:16

 

“The Commandment we have from Him is this: those who Love God must Love their brothers and sisters also.” ~ 1 John 4:21

 

“And this is Love … You must walk in It.” ~ 2 John 1:6