Love:  Overused; Underlived
“Not Irritable or Resentful”
1 Corinthians 13:5

Two characteristics of love that occur when we ignore everything else about Godly love 

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Love ... it is not irritable or resentful  

Love is …				Love does/is NOT …
	Patient 				Envy 
	Kind					Boast
	Rejoices with truth			Arrogant
	Bear all things 			Rude
	Believes all things 			Insist on its way
	Hopes all things 			Irritable
	Endures all things 			Resentful
						Rejoice at wrong

Don’t allow yourself to be easily provoked 

Irritable = provoked to anger
Someone has dented, wounded or punctured you

Provoked:
	Paul was provoked –Acts 17:16
	Jesus was provoked –Matthew 21:12

Anger is not sinful, but can quickly lead to sinful expressions –Ephesians 4:26; Mark 3:5; Hebrews 4:15

Love 
1. Puts the brakes on anger; slowing it down –James 1:19

Anger
Short-fuse = move out of the way
Long-fuse = move out of town

2. Refuses to jump to conclusions –Psalm 86:15
3. Keeps your anger in check –2 Peter 3:9

Don’t keep a record of the failures of others 

Resentful = keep a mental record for the sake of future action
Calculate; let your mind dwell; form a firm opinion

“Forgive and forget!” 

Love 
1. Says it’s better to be cheated than to be unloving –1 Corinthians 6:7

“To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?” –1 Corinthians 6:7

The goal is to have a spirit of reconciliation, by letting the past stay in the past.

2. Doesn’t focus on our pain, but focuses on ways to love them
3. Understand that forgiveness is based on God’s forgiveness –Colossians 3:13-14

Remember that God forgets!

“I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.” –Isaiah 43:25