What Love Does | Monday | August 10

Lesson 7 – August 10: What Love Does

Read Bible

• 1 Corinthians 13:4–7
• Galatians 5:22–23

Summary

• Scripture helps us recognize true love by showing us what it does.
• Love stays patient when people disappoint us or test our patience.
• Love responds with kindness even when kindness is not returned.
• Love can celebrate another person’s success without feeling jealous.
• Love does not abandon people simply because a relationship becomes difficult.
• Love gives people room to explain themselves instead of quickly assuming the worst.
• Love keeps looking for something good when circumstances seem hopeless.
• Love remains faithful when life brings pain, pressure, or disappointment.
• These qualities show that love is more than a feeling that comes and goes.
• True Christian love becomes visible through the choices we make every day.
• We may struggle to love this way because some situations and people are genuinely difficult.
• The Holy Spirit helps us develop this kind of love as we grow closer to Christ.
• The qualities Paul describes also reflect the fruit that the Holy Spirit produces in a believer’s life.
• When this love grows in us, it changes how we speak, forgive, respond, and treat people.

Question

• How can people see God’s love in us?

Answer

• People see God’s love when we treat them with patience, kindness, understanding, hope, and endurance.

Reflection

• How would my relationships change if I allowed the Holy Spirit to shape my love?

Takeaway

• Let the Holy Spirit make your love visible through your everyday choices.