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most people are too addicted to their own comfort

I think few men would have done what Dave did, because most people are too addicted to their own comfort to be willing to suffer in order to give God time to heal another person. But Dave is a godly man, and an unusually patient one, and he learned early in our relationship to enjoy the parts of me…

—p.16 Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally Loving People Who Are Hard to Love (13) by Joyce Meyer
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doing what is for their good

Loving people means doing what is for their good, not necessarily yours. Love is the greatest thing in the world. It has the power to change lives, and it defeats the devil in his works on the earth. Nothing gives people more joy than feeling loved. We can tell someone we love them, and it is meani…

—p.12 The Greatest Thing in All the World (3) by Joyce Meyer
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no matter how they have treated us

Knowing what love is certainly helps us learn to walk in love, but we are also wise to understand what love is not. Many people become confused about love because people tell them they love them and then act in ways totally inconsistent with real love. Love is not talk or theory, and it is not mere…

—p.8 The Greatest Thing in All the World (3) by Joyce Meyer
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