God will remember our sins no more. We are not the black sheep of the Christian family. When He looks at us, He sees us as purified by the blood of Jesus. He is not keeping score. We should be an iimitator of Jesus. Walk in love the way Jesus loves us. Do and think as God does. We can only do this with the help of the Holy Spirit. The biggest thing is to not keep a record of wrongs. We need to get rid of those things that God tells us to get rid of. God calls us to a life of freedom, not one where we are always collecting debts. God's forgiveness is His biggest demonstration of love. We should do likewise. Forgive others like we want to be forgiven. We may need to be honest with God and ask Him for help in putting a hurt away. Forgiveness brings life and frees us from the law of sin and death. Unforgiveness can mean death of relationships, of creativity, and even death to our body. We need to put aside any excuses we have for unforgiveness and ask God to cleanse our thoughts and hearts.

The religious leaders tried to provoke Jesus' anger. In one instance, the Pharisees brought an adulteress to Jesus and asked Him to convict her. When Jesus wrote in the sand, He was showing them how He bought time and prayed before responding to the accusers and the woman. We often get in trouble when we answer too quickly. Most of us are slow to listen, quick to speak, and quick to anger. Although they were trying to trap Him into either saying that scripture was wrong about Moses or letting the adulteress off the hook, He responded by saying "he who is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone." That simple statement was so convicting that everyone left except the accused woman and Jesus. The number one lesson we should learn from this is to take our time and answer slowly.

Love is not EASILY angered. God does not say "love is not angered ever at all." There is such a thing as righteous anger. Jesus was angered when the temple was being desecrated. We can operate out of provoked anger, but that will cause strife. There are ways to stop anger and strife from poisoning our lives. Seek patience, the opposite of being hot tempered.

Who are you seeking? Are you pleasing self? When you are a self seeker, you serve self. We need to be God seekers, not self seekers. Love is not self-seeking. That which you seek, you will serve. If we seek Him, serve Him, He will bless us. No One can serve two masters...you cannot serve the god of riches and the God of the universe. We are to seek first the kingdom of God.

How to be clothed in love and kindness and uncover rudeness in all its forms.