Mike Crump - Assisting Pastor's teaching references for 02/21/2013

Song of Solomon 2 - An Awakening Love

Life Lesson

Students, it is perfectly fine NOT to have a boyfriend or girlfriend.

Life Lesson (verse Song of Solomon 2:1)

Words are powerful tools that can be used to build people up or tear people down.

Life Lesson (verse Song of Solomon 2:3)

We bring comfort to a relationship when we appreciate the other person for who they are rather than what they can do for us.

Life Lesson (verse Song of Solomon 2:)

Whether dating or engaged, we must put boundaries on physical touch.

Life Lesson (verse Song of Solomon 2:17)

True love does not demand it's own way, it desires what's best for the other person.

Song 1:6 NKJV

Do not look upon me, because I am dark, Because the sun has tanned me.
My mother's sons were angry with me; They made me the keeper of the vineyards, But my own vineyard I have not kept.

James 3:2-5 NLT

2 Indeed, we all make many mistakes. For if we could control our tongues, we would be perfect and could also control ourselves in every other way. 3 We can make a large horse go wherever we want by means of a small bit in its mouth. 4 And a small rudder makes a huge ship turn wherever the pilot chooses to go, even though the winds are strong. 5 In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.

Rom 15:1-2 NLT

We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive about things like this. We must not just please ourselves. 2 We should help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord.

Phil 2:3-4 NLT

3 Don't be selfish; don't try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. 4 Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

1 Peter 3:17 NLT

Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!

Num 1:52 NLT

Each tribe of Israel will camp in a designated area with its own family banner.

Isa 11:10 NKJV

"And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, Who shall stand as a banner to the people; For the Gentiles shall seek Him, And His resting place shall be glorious."

Rom 2:4 NKJV

Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

2 Sam 6:18-19 NKJV

18 And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. 19 Then he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyone to his house.

1 Cor 6:18-20 NKJV

18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

John 15:10-11 NKJV

10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.  11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

James 4:7-10 NKJV

7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

1 Cor 13:5-6 NKJV

5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth;

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