Love God, Love People. How does love boom? What happens when it busts?

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Love God, Love People

How does love boom?

What happens when it busts?

God is…?

God is love…

Love= agape- Commitment independent of emotion.

Love= agape- Commitment to seek what is best

for the other person, regardless of whether they

deserve it.

Even if it means sacrifice

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.

Dear friends- loved ones

Religion= do it because I said so!

The Faith= I love youAnd want what's best for you

Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because

God is love.

This is how God showed his love among us:

He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Love is not wordsBut actions

Serving Others-centered

Sacrificing

This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us

and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Undeserved…And it cost everything

What is deserved is never the issue

What is needed…that's the issue

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought

to love one another.

"I love him when he's loveable""I love her when she acts right"

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought

to love one another.

God's love for me forms the basisFor my love for others

BToL:The blessings I've received

Were never meant to terminate on meBut to flow through me to the people

God has placed in my life

No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us

and his love is made complete in us- 1 John 4:7-12

Giving love is how we experienceGod's presence and love

in our own lives

AND- in our relationships

How does love boom?

Invite God in:- My own life

- My relationshipsby loving others

like God loves me

God's love gives us the powerto love others

God's love gives us the foundationfor good relationships

Covenant Relationships

"I'll be here. I'll love you."

No.Matter.What

Marriage is a pictureof Christ and the Church

(Ephesians 5)

What happens when love busts?

What happens when love busts?

We act like Jesus…We keep (or begin) loving and serving

According to their needs

Have I received God's love?

Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because

God is love.

What does the evidence say?