1 JOHN 4:16-19 NIV 

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. 

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 

19 We love because he first loved us.

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JEREMIAH 6:16 NIV 

This is what the LORD says: 

“Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ 

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JEREMIAH 6:16 MSG 

GOD’s Message yet again: 

“Go stand at the crossroads and look around. Ask for directions to the old road, The tried-and-true road. Then take it. Discover the right route for your souls. 

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POINT 1 : SLOW DOWN. 

STOP & LOOK 

PROVERBS 23:7 AMP 

For as he thinks in his heart, so is he [in behavior—one who manipulates]. 

He says to you, “Eat and drink,” Yet his heart is not with you [but it is begrudging the cost].

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POINT 2 : ASK. 

ANCIENT & GOOD WAY 

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JEREMIAH 6:16 NIV 

This is what the LORD says: 

“Stand at the crossroads and look; 

ask for the ancient paths, 

ask where the good way is, and walk in it, 

and you will find rest for your souls. 

But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ 

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JEREMIAH 6:16 MSG 

GOD’s Message yet again: 

“Go stand at the crossroads and look around. 

Ask for directions to the old road, 

The tried-and-true road. Then take it. 

Discover the right route for your souls. 

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PROVERBS 23:12 MSG 

Give yourselves to disciplined instruction; open your ears to tested knowledge. 

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PROVERBS 23:12 NIV 

Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge. 

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1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-8 NIV 

If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing. 

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

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LOVES POSTURE IS PATIENT 

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GALATIANS 5:22 NLT 

But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! 

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LOVES CADENCE IS KIND

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LOVE IS FLUENT IN FORGIVENESS 

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1 CORINTHIANS 13:5-7 NIV 

5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 

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LUKE 7:47 NIV 

Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.” 

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LOVE IS CONSISTENT IN PERSEVERANCE 

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1 CORINTHIANS 13:7-8 NIV 

7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

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POINT 3 : WALK. 

WALK & FIND REST

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JEREMIAH 6:16 NIV 

This is what the LORD says: 

“Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, 

ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

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