GROW IN LOVE

SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE

JANUARY 18, 2015

INTRODUCTION

JOHN 15:9-13

“As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

How do we grow in love with God and with each other? The mark of the world is hatred, but the mark of the DISCIPLE is

LOVE

INTRODUCTION What is Love? Love is often described in terms of feelings. True love -- in NT called agape love -- is not based on feelings

at all. Agape love can change your life and set you free. And it all begins with a decision you must make. Agape love is a decision to consider the needs of others .. to live

sacrificially ... to give without demanding a return .Most of all, agape love is a decision to receive and respond to God's love.

As the Bible says, "We love, because He first loved us" (1 John 4:19).

GROW IN LOVE

Get Started with God

Revisit Your Priorities

Ought to lay down your life for other

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Get Started with God

John 15:5 (NIV)5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain

in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing

. We need to learn to remain in the vine and allow the

nutrients of the Lord. Love grow by allowing the Holy Spirit to impact our

life. If you desire to grow in Love, you need to start with

God

Get Started with God

Illustration: About Experience

if you want to discover God's heart, you need to experience Him..

Challenge: Do not miss your time with God

Prayer and bible reading Time

Revisit Your Priorities

•The Life Compass - directions for life.

•Use priorities to develop your own life compass

•WHAT IS YOUR TOP PRIORITY IN LIFE? •1.GOD•2. FAMILY•3. MINISTRY•4. OTHERS

Revisit Your Priorities

JOHN 15:9-12

9.As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.

Revisit Your Priorities

Your growing love for God will lead you to obey His commandments.

Ought to lay down our lives for other

JOHN 15:13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

Jesus showed His love by laying down His life for us.

Q: Would you lay down your life for the people in this room?

Ought to lay down our lives for other

Self-sacrifice is never convenient. Example: Parable of the Good Samaritan: We must not ignore others’ needs, but rather,

sacrifice our time, energy, and money to help them out.

We need discernment and wisdom to know how best to help a needy person.

Love unites people through practical deeds of self-sacrifice.

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JOHN 15:8-11 8This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear

much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

We are bearing fruit each time we share the Gospel with someone else.

If you have experienced the love of the Lord Jesus, you will also want to introduce Him to others!

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Bearing fruits means Multiplications, duplication and reproduction.

Every disciple should multiply, duplicate himself and reproduce his own. (as a disciple)

He should bear fruit. His fruit is a tree of life. It is a God-given mandate to every believer to

reach out to his family, relatives and friends

Conclusion

GROW IN LOVE

Get Started with God

Revisit Your Priorities

Ought to lay down your life for other

Win Souls for Christ