Monday, September 17, 2012

What Keeps Leaders from Loving?


Identify the obstacles that keep you from fully loving others.

"The greatest of these is love …" (I Cor. 13:13) Why do so many of us fail to love as well, or as often, as we could? One reason: we have developed attitudes and/or actions which inhibit our ability to love. Like plaque that builds up in the arteries and inhibits the flow of blood through our system, "plaque" can build up in our lives and inhibit the flow of God's love to those around us.

What are these obstacles that keep us from loving? We can find many of them hidden in the apostle Paul's classic treatise on love (1 Corinthians 13). Here we can find both the qualities of love and the obstacles.... Read more

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