Today's teaching dives into how God’s love fuels our perseverance and endurance in our faith journey.

We dive into the connection between hardship, perseverance, and character growth.

The importance of holding onto hope in God’s promises is our source of strength to endure trials.

The love of God trusts always! The hope that we have, is tethered to the one who intercedes always for us!

The love of God believes all things! We are called to be discerning as snakes, but PURE & GENTLE as doves.

We aren't called to be suspicious, we are called to have discernment and a heart that is trusting.

The love of God bears with our offenses. He is not moved, and does crumble under our wrong-doing.

His love endures our wickedness and when we repent, HE COVERS us with His love, leaving no room for CONDEMNATION.

God loves truth and hates wickedness. HE hates wickedness because of what it does in us, but LOVES what is true!

Jesus came to share the TRUTH, the WAY, and RECONCILE us to Himself, He who is light and darkness can't be found in Him.

How do we keep a heart that is tender in forgiving in the midst of so much hurt in injustice?

How do we walk in the love of God that is merciful, and that does keep a record of wrongs?

We are called to put on Compassion, which calls us to suffer with and to be spurred to mercy and to love.

Empathy is the servant of Compassion, and the action of Compassion maintains a heart that will burn for Christ all of our days.

In a fallen world, self-esteem is about the complete valuing of ones self at the cost of others.

But in the Kingdom of Heaven, our value is found in Christ, and the love of God provokes our hearts to value one another, from the place of being rooted and established in His love.

Not devaluing ourselves, rather, when we value others above ourselves, it's us simply lifting another up.

The love of Christ is selfless, wanting only what God wants.

It is emptying of self, and being filled with my mind and heart of Christ.

In Romans 2:4, we see that it's the Lord's Kindness that leads to repentance.

It's our desire to put on the kindness of the Lord.