Ten Minute Bible Talks Devotional Bible Study What Real Love Actually Looks Like | The Gospels | Luke 6:27–49
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Mar 31, 2026 A talk on loving people who are hard to love. Short reflections on why easy, reciprocal love is ordinary and costly love is different. Discussion of Jesus’ call to give without expecting return and God’s initiating, sacrificial kindness as the model. Practical examples show love as willing sacrifice and small patient acts that reflect divine mercy.
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Volunteer Who Bought Waffles For A Stranger
- Tanya Willmeth describes a volunteer who befriended a woman with a drug addiction and provided nightly company and waffles at 9 p.m..
- The volunteer's small, consistent acts of care highlighted whether the woman knew she was genuinely loved beyond obligation.
Reciprocal Love Is Ordinary Not Distinctive
- Jesus teaches in Luke 6 that reciprocal love offers no distinguishing credit since even sinners love those who love them.
- Tanya emphasizes that loving only those who treat us well is ordinary and doesn't mark followers of Christ as different.
Do Love Those Who Won't Repay You
- Do love enemies, do good to those who won't return the favor, and lend without expecting repayment, because that kind of love costs something.
- Tanya explains this requires patience, mercy, and willingness to give when there is nothing to gain.