Troy continues in our message series, Love Better, by discussing the love that “always perseveres,” or that “endures all things.” It's not easy to show that kind of love, but it’s worth it because we know that "Jesus is Up and Waiting” for us.

What's your mountain, and what's your root canal? If you don't know, listen to Bud's message from our Love Better series. Sometimes, God leads us to do something we really don't want to do, but if we'll trust Him enough to obey Him, there's an incredible benefit on the other side of that challenge.

In 1 Corinthians 13:6, Paul wrote that “Love does not delight in evil.” In other words, love is not calmly happy when bad stuff happens to others. To help drive this point home, Jesus told the synagogue leaders that He came to help Jews and Gentiles. In this week's message, Dean challenges us to remember this as we live out our lives in the modern world.

Genuine love is "not irritable" or "easily provoked." That means we do not let the things that irritate us end up provoking us and allowing our feelings to overflow into negative actions. Instead, we control the emotions that could lead us to harm someone else with our words or actions.