tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17460855174609509222024-02-08T12:50:16.677-08:00The Perfect Union Of LoveMike Burrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541148622717036857noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746085517460950922.post-45327272503755866352011-02-27T15:00:00.000-08:002011-02-27T15:00:13.424-08:00The Perfect Union of Love<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 28.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Perfect Union of Love<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My wife and I got married on May the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27</b>, 2006.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We believed, like most newlywed couples, that despite statistics, our love would never fail.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What we saw unfold in the first three years of our marriage was exceedingly and abundantly above anything we could’ve thought or asked for.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had discovered how to have a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">perfect union</b>--- a marriage unlike any union we had ever <u>seen</u> or <u>heard</u> outside of the Bible.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>When I was single and desired to be married, I knew that I did not want a typical marriage, so I studied the word and I believe it revealed to me that my marriage should not be typical.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather it should be an example to be taught and followed. Furthermore, I knew in order to <u>successfully accomplish something</u>, you need to have a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">purpose</b> and a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">plan</b>, and if there are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">participants</b> you need to be able to explain to them their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">part</b>. Now my purpose was to have a marriage and family that would be an example, so when I counsel married couples, engaged couples, or teach singles and teens, I not only wanted to know what I was talking about, but be living a lifestyle that exemplifies my counseling and teaching.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The plan was revealed to me when I was still single.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was to <u>believe in</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Love</b>, <u>build</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Love</b>, and <u>maintain</u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Love</b>. Now we all are familiar with the bible verse, Ephesians 5:25 which says, “Husbands, love your wives, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>just as</u></b><u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Christ loved the church</b></u> and gave himself up for her.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My question was, how do you do that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How do you love your wife the way Christ loved the church?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My desire to discover the answer to those questions led me on an intense journey of study, prayer and meditation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I believe God revealed to me during that time was not only Ephesians 5 but also John 13:34 and it says, “A new commandment I give you; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Love one another</b>.<u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Just as I have loved you</b>,</u> so you must <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love one another</b>.” Now as a single man I did not believe in exclusive dating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Furthermore, I believed that you should treat single women like your sister with all purity (I Timothy 5).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also knew we were supposed to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love one another</b>(meaning one believer towards another believer) but I never knew what <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love one another</b> meant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, most people <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love one another </b>according to their<u> interpretation</u> and/or <u>expectation</u> of love, not the way I believe Christ loved the church, or the way he commanded us in John 15:12 saying “My command is this: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love one another <u>just as</u></b><u> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I have loved you</b></u>.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it was revealed to me, </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;">when he commanded us to love one another, he also gave us the “one anothers” to love one another with</span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He did not say my command is this: “love one another”, which is how most people understand it, but said </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“love one another <u>just as I have loved you</u>”</span></b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I had never heard anyone explain or teach how to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love one another</b> in this way. <u>I believe Christ was not just commanding his followers to treat <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another </b>with<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> love</b> but instead treat or <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love one another</b> with the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love</b> he had </u></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">loved</span></u></b><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> them with. </span></u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So I looked up the biblical <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one anothers</b> and began to read and study them. And then it hit me, replace believers towards believers with husband toward wife and vice versa. And at that moment I began to understand love in a way I had never understood it before, and in a way I believe Christ intended for us to understand it. For example: In Colossians 3:9, it said<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><u>do not lie to one another. </u>And in I Thessalonians 5:13, <u>live in peace with one another.</u> When you replace believer towards believer with husband towards wife it would read:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>husband, lie not to your wife or, wife live in peace with your husband. <u>See when you don’t lie and live in peace with your wife you are loving her. When you lie and don’t live in peace with your wife, this is not love but <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hate</b></u>. So I did a biblical search of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one anothers</b>, I found that there were about <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Six out of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27</b> are combined into one verse which equals 33.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L.O.A.C (Love One Another Commandments) </b>which are also our <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wedding vows</b>, are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not lie to one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colossians 3:9 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Live in peace with one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I Thessalonians 5:13 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be devoted to one another in brotherly love, and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">honor one another above yourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Romans 12:10 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bear one another’s burdens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Galatians 6:2 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Be</i> of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Romans 15:5 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accept (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">welcome</i>) one another just as Christ also accepted (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">welcomed</i>) us. <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Romans 15:7 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Teach and admonish one another with all wisdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colossians 3:16 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Greet one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>II Corinthians 13:12 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wait for one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I Corinthians 11:33 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Care for one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I Corinthians 12:25 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through love serve one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Galatians 5:13 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Avoid</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>perpetually (continuously) snarling and snapping at one another, lest you<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">destroy one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Galatians 5:15 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">13.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forbear (tolerate) one another, and forgive one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colossians 3:13 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">14.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ephesians 5:21 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Don’t</i> deprive (withhold sex from) one another, except by<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">agreement for a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I Corinthians 7:5 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Encourage (exhort) one another and build up (edify) one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I Thessalonians 5:11 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">17.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Don’t </i>ever repay another evil for evil, but always seek opportunities to be kind to one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I Thessalonians 5:15 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clothe yourselves with humility (put away pride) toward one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I Peter 5:5 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>James 5:16 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Show hospitality to one another without complaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I Peter 4:9 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have fellowship with one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I John 1:7 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">22.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not slander one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>James 4:11 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">23.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not provoke one another and envy one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Galatians 5:26 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">24.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not complain (hold a grudge) against one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>James 5:9 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not judge one another <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">according to appearance</i>. Romans 14:13, John 7:24 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">26.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">true</i> humility of mind regard one another more important than yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Philippians 2:3 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">27</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love one another intensely and with a pure heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John 13:34, I Peter 1:22 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So on May the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27</b><sup>th</sup>, 2006 at around 10 o’ clock in the morning, my wife and I had a wedding ceremony.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>We had about 30 guests that consisted of one minister, 4 parents as guardians, and 24 elders as overseers and everyone else at the wedding was a participant. The 24 elders, and our parents read the commitments to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the minister repeated each commitment in the form of a question that required our response.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And my wife and I <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">committed to God and one another</b> by responding “yes.” For example:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Elders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do not lie to one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colossians 3:9 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Minister:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mike & Tina, do you commit to God and to each other to not lie to one another?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Mike & Tina:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(2)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Elders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Live in peace with one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I Thessalonians 5:13 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Minister:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mike & Tina, do you commit to God and to each other to live in peace with one another?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Mike & Tina:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Elders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be devoted to one another in brotherly love, and honor one another above yourselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Romans 12:10 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Minister:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mike & Tina, do you commit to God and to each other to be devoted to one another in brotherly love, and honor one another above yourselves?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Mike & Tina: Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(4)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Elders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bear one another’s burdens. Galatians 6:2 <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Minister:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mike & Tina, do you commit to God and to each other to bear one another’s burdens?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Mike & Tina:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-align: center; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">(5)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Elders:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Romans 15:5<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Minister:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mike & Tina, do you commit to God and to each other to be of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">Mike & Tina:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;">And when we finished all <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27 </b>commitments, at the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27</b><sup>th</sup> commitment, it went like this:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">(27)</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Elders: Love one another intensely and with a pure heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">John 13:34, I Peter 1:22<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Minister:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mike & Tina, do you commit to God and to each other to love one another intensely and with a pure heart?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Elders: The Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous; love does not brag, and is not arrogant. It is not rude, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it does not keep track of wrongs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love takes no pleasure in wrongdoing but joyfully sides with the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Love never fails!</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 31.5pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I Corinthians 13:4-8<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mike & Tina:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Yes</b>. We commit to God and to each other to love one another intensely and with a pure heart in Jesus name. Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now you know when you <u>cultivate</u> the field, plant the apple seed you must water and nourish it continuously. It would bring forth an apple tree, and the apple tree will produce apples. This is a simple biblical rule of law that we call <u>Seed, Plant, and Harvest, or the law of Sowing and Reaping</u>. On our wedding day we planted the seed of commitments to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love one another</b>. We realized in order for us to grow in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love</b> towards <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>, we must continue to water and nourish this <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love</b> just as one does to the apple seed. But if you stop watering and nourishing the marriage just like the apple tree it will wither away and die.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Kalinga;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So my wife and I decide on the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27</b><sup>th</sup> of every month, we would examine our marriage to see if we still <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love one another</b>. So we have what we call a <u>monthly evaluation or anniversary</u>. We may sometimes go out to dinner, or a nice quiet dinner at home, and maybe even a small gift. And if it lands on a weekend, which it may do three to four times out of a year, we may travel somewhere or do something a little nicer if we have the time and money. And all of this <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">is followed with us going through our <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L.O.A.C</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would read the first commitment, <u>lie not to one another</u>, and what we are doing is asking each other a question, as well as asking ourselves a question. Did I lie to her or do I believe she lied to me and vice versa. If I did not lie to her or if I believe she did not lie to me, my answer is yes. And if both of our answers were yes we would move on to the second commitment, which means we did not break the first commitment. But if our response is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">No</b> then we <u>thoroughly, with an open heart of love and forgiveness, discuss the situation.</u> And we do not move on to the next commitment until we have resolved the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">No</b>. And we continue this process through all <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27</b> of these commitments, and at the end of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27</b><sup>th</sup> one we end by saying <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">I love you</b> and with a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">kiss</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>See when you <u>thoroughly with an open heart of love and forgiveness discuss a situation</u> less than a month old it is easier to solve it or root it up, compared to one that is one or two years old. But after one or two years of watering and nourishing a seed that brings forth a tree that produce fruit that are not apples but oranges (and you hate oranges).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then that leaves you with only three options:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Walk away from or divorce the orange tree.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shake all the oranges off the tree and hope by next season it produces apples, which will never happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3)<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cut the tree down, cultivate the land, and begin to plant apple seeds or love. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">50% of people walk away from the tree.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">30-40% I believe that do not walk away, but shake the oranges from the tree, hoping that it will produce something different (apples) but it never does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Only a few people cut the tree down and start over with different seeds.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>My wife and I recommend another option, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>a seed that produces fruit that you don’t want, should never be planted in the first place</u></b>. Knowing that Christ appointed those who <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love one another </b>to go and produce fruit that will last (John 15:16). Consequently, you eliminate those three options when you commit to this plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So we hope that you will begin to plant the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L.O.A.C</b> into your marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, water and nourish it during the course of the month by monitoring <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another </b>in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">love</b>. And we believe that this will </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">guarantee</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> that you will produce a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">perfect union</b>. <u>And don’t forget it’s not the sin or fruit, it’s the<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> love</b> or seed that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">guarantees</b>.</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>If you disagree with the information you’ve just read please get in touch with us and let us discuss it. If you agree please share this with others so that we can begin to build the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L.O.A.C.</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Community</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My wife and I plan to get this method into the hands of every believer and possibly even non believers all over the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So if you’re interested in becoming a member of a committee to help us with this plan please let us know. And always remember, “</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Love never fails</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sincerely yours with love & unity,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mike, Catina, André, and Mikela Burries <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">P.S<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This plan, the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">L.O.A.C</b>, is also good for singles and raising kids (teens, youth and toddlers). You read it to your <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">toddlers</b> so they can hear it and repeat it, you teach the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">youth</b> to read it, you teach the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">teens</b> to study it, and you teach the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">singles</b> to live it. Our 13 year old son <u>André</u> was born August 14<sup>th</sup>, he is now starting to study it. And every month on the 14<sup>th</sup> we examine his commitment to God and his family. And this allows us to identify problem areas before they grow into something more difficult to deal with and it works perfectly. We have absolutely no problems out of our 13 year old son, at least none of the problems that we hear most parents complaining about which are often referred to as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the “terrible teens.” Praise God!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And our two year old <u>Mikela</u> was born July 2<sup>nd</sup>. And every month on the second we read through the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one anothers</b> with her as she repeats them, which allows us to plant these seeds of love in her heart and mind as early as possible. And they are so effective that sometimes she corrects us by stating, (and remember this is from a two year old) “You guys should be nice to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-left: 1.5in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">“…That we love one another. And this is <u>love</u>: that we <u>walk in obedience</u> to his commandments…”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> (</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">2 John 5-6)</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Contact Information:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mike Burries<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">XXX-XXX-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">27</b>XX<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="mailto:loveoneanother@comcast.net"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">loveoneanother@comcast.net</span></a><span style="color: black; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 28.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Commitment<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One to Another Examination<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Do not lie to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Live in peace with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Be devoted to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u> in brotherly love, and<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">honor <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></span></u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> above yourselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Bear <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>’s burdens</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Be</u></i> of the same mind <u>with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b> in harmony</u> with Christ Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accept <u>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">welcome</i>) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b> </u>just as Christ also accepted (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">welcomed</i>) us.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Teach</u> and admonish <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>one another</u></b> with all wisdom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Greet <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Wait for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>. </u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Care for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through love <u>serve <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Avoid</u></i> perpetually (continuously) snarling and <u>snapping at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u>, lest you<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">destroy <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">13.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Forbear <u>(tolerate) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u>, and <u>forgive <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">14.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Submit to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u> out of reverence for Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>Don’t</u></i><u> deprive</u> (withhold sex from) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>one another</u></b>, except by<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">agreement for a time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">16.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Encourage</u> (exhort) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>one another</u></b> and <u>build up</u> (edify) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>one another</u></b><u>.</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">17.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Don’t </i>ever repay another evil for evil, but always seek opportunities to<u> be kind to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">18.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Clothe yourselves with humility <u>(put away pride) toward <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.</u><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">19.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Confess your sins to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u> and <u>pray for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Show hospitality to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u> without complaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Have fellowship with <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">22.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Do not slander <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b>.</u><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">23.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Do not provoke <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u> and <u>envy <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">24.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Do not complain</u> (hold a grudge) <u>against <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">25.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Do not judge <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">according to appearance</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">26.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">true</i> humility of mind <u>regard <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u> <u>more important than yourself</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">27.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><u>Love <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">one another</b></u> intensely and with a pure heart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Love is patient, love is kind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not jealous; love does not brag, and is not arrogant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it does not keep track of wrongs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love takes no pleasure in wrongdoing but joyfully sides with the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Love never fails!<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These are the commandments towards one another<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>Mike Burrieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11541148622717036857noreply@blogger.com0