Envy destroys marriages, damages relationships, and infects people like very few vices can. Rather than thanking God for what He has given and trusting that God knows best, envy challenges God's goodness by desiring to have what God has given another. True love does not envy; rather, true love desires what is best for the other, rather than what is most pleasing for themselves.

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The cross is the central historical event that defines Christianity. If not for the cross, we are doomed for judgment; because of the cross, we can be forgiven, pardoned, and granted perfect righteousness. For this reason, Paul chose to make this terrible instrument of death his sole reason for living. And so should we. 

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Love is kind. We see this truth exemplified in God's love toward sinners and we see it fleshed out as the Gospels tell the story of Jesus' life. Be kind to those who are unkind to you, be kind to those who have nothing to offer, be kind to those who don't deserve it; this is what it means to love as Christ loved. 

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The universal principle, "You reap what you sow" is applied by Paul to the lives of the believers in Galatia. Unfortunately far too many people are convinced that consequences do not apply to them. Paul reminds us that divine reward and divine retribution are both promises made by an all powerful God who is the judge over all creation.

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The law of sowing and reaping, namely; you reap what you sow, is never questioned in the physical realm. In this text, Paul explains that the same law applies to the spiritual lives of believers. Sowing to the flesh will reap decay, corruption, and death; sowing to the spirit will reap eternal benefit. 

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Long-suffering, a virtue that is extolled when one is on the receiving end of it, but rarely passed on when it is others that require our patience. Yet true love - love that is more than a fleeting emotion - give grace in the place of vengeance. 

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The most gifted Christian has nothing to offer the church without love. Paul explains to the Corinthians that it is love, the one characteristic they seem to lack, that must be the foundation for the use of all spiritual gifts. Without love, we are just annoying background noise.

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The church was designed for a much greater purpose than to act as a social club. Jesus longs for His children to help one another grow closer to Him by bearing one another's burdens and helping one another when we fall. This is the grace-filled community that should mark the church of Jesus Christ - a church that is honest, open, loving and transparent. 

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