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"I don't want to listen to him because I don't like him"

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2Corinthians 4:7 "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."

Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"

God often uses the despicable to bless us so that we will learn to do all things from a pure heart unto God and not unto men

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"I will listen to him because I like him"

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1Peter 1:17 "And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man's work, pass the time of your exile here in fear:"

James 1:19 "Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger:"

James 2:1 "My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons."

James 2:9 "But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, and are convicted of the law as transgressors."

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"I can't accept this because it doesn't fit into my traditions"

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1John 4:16 "And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him."

True love is defined by God and not what we do or don't do

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1Samuel 16:7 "But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."

Love is rooted in the heart and not in the acts

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Isaiah 55:8 ,8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD.",9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."

What we think is not love might be love and what we think is love might not be love untill we know the thoughts of God

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Jeremiah 9:24 "But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD."

Love has many faces

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"I can't be happy if I don't have this or that"

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1Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.

Hebrews 13:5 "Let your conduct be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you."

Philippians 4:11 ,11 "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content.",12 "I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need."

Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."

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"If God will bless me, He must do it through this means"

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1Corinthians 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Habakkuk 2:3 "For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay."

Isaiah 55:8 ,8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD.",9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."

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