But this is exactly the addiction that Jesus is telling us to break when He says “Love your enemies,” especially when He expands on that command, explaining that that means doing good and giving while expecting nothing in return.Okay, now let’s complicate this a little.We are to love expecting nothing in return, because our reward from God will be great. I also love your new format of the podcast. Love is not a two-way street.
Family is a two-way street. Stacy Lattisaw : Love On A Two Way Street : With You (1981) I found love on a two way street And lost it on a lonely highway Love on a two way street And lost it on a lonely highway, mmm, hmm True love will never die So I've been told But now I must cry It is finally goodbye, I know, mmm With music softly playing His lips were gently saying
You are probably addicted.So how do we break the addiction, then? How do we get over the fact that we just love to be loved? You finally started to address the question I asked you earlier this year, or maybe last year, on love. How do we break the addiction to wanting other people’s love as a condition of giving our own?Other people are not responsible for making you happy or keeping you happy. He is our Lord.
Love Street Lyrics: She lives on Love Street / Lingers long on Love Street / She has a house and garden / I would like to see what happens / She has robes and she has monkeys / Lazy diamond studded Mansions, nice clothes, great food? So my question still remains Other than the love of God, do we need love? In 1981, Cotillion Records artist Stacy Lattisaw recorded and released her own version of the song and it too was a chart success in the U.S., peaking at number two R&B chart and … Flashy car? . It means humbling ourselves and putting their needs in front of our own.But this is what Jesus said. Our love is about becoming like our Father, Who is kind to the ungrateful and selfish. When we are kind, we expect them to be grateful.
He is the One Whose response to our love matters. It’s not about anything I can get from that other person. So that means we have to do this. Thank you, Father. And when they don’t, well, we feel justified in backing off on the love.Thank you father and God bless you. If we look at our hearts closely, we will have to admit that we tend to expect love to be a two-way street. We actually have to be not just polite to our enemies and not just refrain from hurting them and taking revenge.In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, one God. He tells us what the reward is: “You will be sons of the Most High.”So how do we break that addiction? Friendship is a two-way street.But in a broader sense, our “enemy” is really anyone who is not giving us back what we feel we deserve when we are kind to them. We may even be addicted to getting something in return.It’s a hard, hard teaching, Father. How do we get over our need to have others treat us as we desire?Our loving others while expecting nothing at all in return—including loving those in our own houses and our own friendships and our own churches and our own workplaces and our own classrooms, etc.—this is about becoming the children of God. What say you, father?“Love your enemies” is not about fairness, and it even goes above whatever version of the Golden Rule most people might subscribe to. It means caring for them. Does that mean we’re going to get a big pay-off or something? Check out the official music video for "I Found" by Amber Run I Found is from Amber Run’s debut album ‘5AM’ which is out ... Amber Run - I Found YouTube; The Lumineers - Sleep On The Floor (Official Video) - Duration: 4:46. This is one I needed.Love is not a two-way street.
“Love your enemies” is not about fair play, and it’s not even about fighting honorable battles against our enemies. Amen.If we look at our hearts closely, we will have to admit that we tend to expect love to be a two-way street. "Love on a Two-Way Street" is a Soul ballad written by Sylvia Robinson and Bert Keyes in 1968.