saluki downtime April 27, 2026 - You have to Love

Saluki downTime April 27, 2026

Love Series - #3 Love others. 

Games: 

Ping pong - keep it in the air the longest. 

Card game - highest pick wins. 

Rock paper scissor - 1 time. 

1. jesus loved the people around him

2. Jesus loves you

3. You have to love others. 

Love thy neighbor as thyself

You have to love others. 

Why? Because Jesus said so. 

❤️ Tough Questions About Loving Others (With Scripture)

🧠 Mindset / honesty

1. Why is it harder to love difficult people?
   👉 Because real love requires patience and selflessness
   📖 1 Corinthians 13:4 – “Love is patient…”
   
   

2. Can you say you love someone if your actions don’t show it?
   👉 No—love is shown through what you do
   📖 1 John 3:18 – “Let us not love with words… but with actions and truth.”
   
   

3. Why do we take people closest to us for granted?
   👉 Because love becomes comfortable instead of intentional
   📖 Philippians 2:3 – “Value others above yourselves.”

🔥 Hard truth

4. Can you love someone and avoid them?
   👉 No—love sometimes requires truth and action
   📖 Ephesians 4:15 – “Speak the truth in love.”
   
   

5. Can you love someone and still correct them?
   👉 Yes—love includes accountability
   📖 Proverbs 27:6 – “Wounds from a friend can be trusted.”
   
   

6. Why do some people only love when it’s convenient?
   👉 Because real love requires sacrifice
   📖 John 15:13 – “Greater love… to lay down one’s life…”

👥 Relationships

7. How do you love someone who doesn’t treat you well?
   👉 Love them, but set boundaries and don’t repay evil
   📖 Romans 12:17–18
   
   

8. When someone hurts you, what does love require?
   👉 Forgiveness
   📖 Colossians 3:13 – “Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”
   
   

9. How do you love someone you don’t agree with?
   👉 With humility and respect
   📖 Romans 12:10 – “Honor one another above yourselves.”

💭 Self-reflection

10. Who is hardest for you to love—and why?
    👉 (Personal)
    📖 Matthew 5:44 – “Love your enemies…”
    
    

11. Do you love people based on how they treat you?
    👉 Real love goes beyond that
    📖 Luke 6:32 – “If you love those who love you…”
    
    

12. Where do you fall short in loving others?
    👉 (Personal)
    📖 1 Corinthians 13:5 – “Love is not self-seeking…”

💥 Challenge (your style)

13. Do you love people—or just what they do for you?
    👉 Real love isn’t selfish
    📖 1 Corinthians 13:5
    
    

14. Are you patient with others like you expect them to be with you?
    👉 That’s what love requires
    📖 Colossians 3:12 – “Clothe yourselves with… patience”
    
    

15. If your actions defined your love, what would it show?
    👉 (Personal reflection)
    📖 James 2:17 – “Faith without works is dead” (same idea applied to love)

🔥 Strong closer

👉 “Do you love people when it costs you something?”

📖 Luke 6:35 – “Love your enemies… expecting nothing in return.”

13 If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 

13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

You don’t get to choose who you love. 

End of verse 3 - 

But do not have love, I gain nothing. 

Verse 4

Love is patient. 

Ever been around someone that says they love you but are not patient with you? 

What about you? Been around someone you say you love but aren’t patient with them? 

Love is kind - You do not have the right to not be kind to everyone. There is no reason or any excuse to be unkind in this world. 

It does not envy. Ever wanted someone elses stuff? That is not love. 

1. Do not covet (desire) your neighbor's house, spouse, or their stuff. 

It does not boast, it is not proud. These two go together. You have what you have and are what you are because of God. Thats the fact. Did you do something to get where you are. Of course. But God is the ultimate reason. God wants you where you are using what he gave you. 

It does not dishonor others. It is not self seeking. How do these two go together? 

Love is not easily angered. How does this work in real life? 

Whats the limit? Is Anger a sin? So what line do we need to not cross? What line is ok to cross? 

It keeps no record of wrongs. Who does this? Honestly. 

6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 

7 It always protects, 

always trusts, 

always hopes, 

always perseveres.

Saluki downtime - February 23, 2016 - Waiting Period

Saluki downTime - February 23, 2026 - Waiting Period

Call me any time. 

What would you be willing to give up for 2 years for 2 million 

1. All expenses taken care of during this time. 

2. All needs would be met. 

eating out? 

boyfriend/girlfriend? 

Your phone? 

internet? 

Your car? 

shoes?

vacation

house?

What are you waiting for? Write it down. 

🔹 Heart Questions

What is waiting revealing about my character?

Am I waiting with faith… or with frustration?

Is this delay protecting me or preparing me?

What is God trying to build in me during this season?

Whom am I becoming while I wait?

🔹 Control Questions

What am I trying to rush that isn’t ready?

What part of this situation is actually outside my control?

If I forced this outcome, what might I damage?

Am I waiting passively or preparing actively?

What small step can I take while I wait?

🔹 Growth Questions

What skill, habit, or discipline can I develop during this time?

What weakness is this waiting to expose?

How can I come out of this season stronger?

🔹 Faith Questions

Do I trust God’s timing more than my own?

Am I believing silence means absence?

What promises am I holding onto?

What would patience look like today?

🔹 Relationship Waiting

Am I respecting boundaries while I wait?

Is my waiting rooted in love or fear?

What does maturity look like in this situation?

How can I grow regardless of the outcome?

If restoration never happens, who do I still want to become?

1️⃣ Anointed… But Not Appointed Yet

The prophet Samuel anoints David as the future king while Saul is still on the throne (1 Samuel 16).

David is just a shepherd boy.

He receives the promise —but not the position.

Lesson: God may reveal your future long before you step into it.

2️⃣ Serving the King Who Hates Him

David is brought into King Saul’s court to play harp music.

Later he defeats Goliath, becomes famous, and Saul grows jealous.

Saul tries to kill him multiple times.

David goes from palace musician → national hero → fugitive.

Lesson: The waiting season may look like loss instead of progress.

3️⃣ Years in the Wilderness

David spends YEARS hiding in caves, running for his life.

At one point, he has the chance to kill Saul in a cave — and end the waiting immediately.

He refuses.

He says he will not touch “the Lord’s anointed.”

David chooses patience over promotion.

Lesson: Just because you can take something doesn’t mean you should.

4️⃣ The Slow Fulfillment

After Saul dies, David becomes king of Judah only — not all Israel.

More waiting.

Finally, around age 30, David becomes king over all Israel (2 Samuel 5).

He was anointed as a teenager.

That’s roughly 10–15 years of waiting.

What Was God Doing in the Waiting?

While David waited, he was:

Learning leadership in the wilderness

Building loyalty with men

Developing humility

Writing psalms

Deepening dependence on God

The cave prepared him for the crown.

Key Takeaways About Waiting

God’s promise doesn’t cancel God’s process.

Character is built in obscurity.

Patience protects destiny.

Promotion without preparation can destroy you.

Waiting is not wasted time. 

If you had to be or do something specific in the waiting period, would you be able to? 

Is it worth it? 

What could you be working on while waiting? 

Yourself? 

Who you want to become? 

David had to wait to be king.

Anyone watched lion king? What’s the famous song? I just can’t wait to be king. 

Spouse? If you had to wait on your wife, how would you act during that waiting period? 

Job? If you knew you had a job waiting, how would you actu during the waiting period? 

Social media accounts? 

Weekend plans and actions? 

Family? If you knew you were going to be a mom or dad how would you act during the waiting period? 

Home? Inheritance? Promotion? 

If you new you were going to get something in the future, how would you act to get it? 

It’s about a relationship.

Jesus was called but had to wait 32 ish years 

People in the Bible who had to wait for their calling to start 

Abraham

Waited For: The promised son, Isaac for about 25 years

Joseph

Waited For: Fulfillment of his dreams About 13 years
Length of Waiting:

David

Waited For: The throne of Israel - Length of Waiting: 10–15 years

Moses

Waited For: His calling to lead Israel - Length of Waiting: 40 years in Midian

Job

Waited For: Restoration and understanding for months possibly a year. 

Noah

Waited For: The flood after building the ark - Length of Waiting: Decades building before rain. 140 days after.  

Themes of Waiting in Scripture

- Character before calling - while waiting.
- Humility before honor - while waiting.
- Endurance before elevation - while waiting.
- Trust before fulfillment - while waiting.
- Dependence before deliverance - while waiting. 

Are you who you want to be while waiting for whats next?