Loving One Another 8 10 5 2008

LOVING ONE LOVING ONE ANOTHER 8ANOTHER 8

Each one has a part!Each one has a part!

John 15:9-12 (NLT) John 15:9-12 (NLT)

9 "I have loved you even as the Father has 9 "I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. loved me. Remain in my love.

10 When you obey me, you remain in my love, 10 When you obey me, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father and remain in his just as I obey my Father and remain in his love. love.

John 15:9-12 (NLT) John 15:9-12 (NLT)

11 I have told you this so that you will be 11 I have told you this so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow! overflow!

12 I command you to love each other in the 12 I command you to love each other in the same way that I love you. same way that I love you.

1 John 4:7-11 (NLT) 1 John 4:7-11 (NLT)

7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one 7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God. who loves is born of God and knows God.

8 But anyone who does not love does not 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God—for God is love. know God—for God is love.

9 God showed how much he loved us by 9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his only Son into the world so that sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. we might have eternal life through him.

1 John 4:7-11 (NLT) 1 John 4:7-11 (NLT)

10 This is real love. It is not that we loved 10 This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. sacrifice to take away our sins.

11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, 11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. we surely ought to love each other.

Matthew 7:12 (NLT) Matthew 7:12 (NLT)

12 "Do for others what you would like them to 12 "Do for others what you would like them to do for you. This is a summary of all that is do for you. This is a summary of all that is taught in the law and the prophets. taught in the law and the prophets.

Galatians 5:13-15 (NLT) Galatians 5:13-15 (NLT)

13 For you have been called to live in freedom13 For you have been called to live in freedom—not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but —not freedom to satisfy your sinful nature, but freedom to serve one another in love. freedom to serve one another in love.

14 For the whole law can be summed up in 14 For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: "Love your neighbor as this one command: "Love your neighbor as yourself." yourself."

Today!Today!

Each one of us have a part!Each one of us have a part!

Romans 12:1-8 (NLT) Romans 12:1-8 (NLT)

1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead 1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will accept. When you think of what he has done accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask? for you, is this too much to ask?

Romans 12:1-8 (NLT)Romans 12:1-8 (NLT)

2 Don't copy the behavior and customs of this 2 Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then person by changing the way you think. Then you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know what God wants you to do, and you will know how good and pleasing and you will know how good and pleasing and perfect his will really is. perfect his will really is.


3 As God's messenger, I give each of you this 3 As God's messenger, I give each of you this warning: Be honest in your estimate of warning: Be honest in your estimate of yourselves, measuring your value by how yourselves, measuring your value by how much faith God has given you. much faith God has given you.

Proverbs 25:27 (NLT) Proverbs 25:27 (NLT)

27 Just as it is not good to eat too much honey, 27 Just as it is not good to eat too much honey, it is not good for people to think about all the it is not good for people to think about all the honors they deserve. honors they deserve.

1 Corinthians 4:6-7 (NLT) 1 Corinthians 4:6-7 (NLT)

6 Dear brothers and sisters, I have used 6 Dear brothers and sisters, I have used Apollos and myself to illustrate what I've been Apollos and myself to illustrate what I've been saying. If you pay attention to the Scriptures, saying. If you pay attention to the Scriptures, you won't brag about one of your leaders at the you won't brag about one of your leaders at the expense of another expense of another

1 Corinthians 4:6-7 (NLT) 1 Corinthians 4:6-7 (NLT)

7 What makes you better than anyone else? 7 What makes you better than anyone else? What do you have that God hasn't given you? What do you have that God hasn't given you? And if all you have is from God, why boast as And if all you have is from God, why boast as though you have accomplished something on though you have accomplished something on your own? your own?

Galatians 6:3 (NLT) Galatians 6:3 (NLT)

3 If you think you are too important to help 3 If you think you are too important to help someone in need, you are only fooling someone in need, you are only fooling yourself. You are really a nobody. yourself. You are really a nobody.

Ephesians 4:4-7 (NLT) Ephesians 4:4-7 (NLT)

4 We are all one body, we have the same 4 We are all one body, we have the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same Spirit, and we have all been called to the same glorious future. glorious future.

5 There is only one Lord, one faith, one 5 There is only one Lord, one faith, one baptism, baptism,

Ephesians 4:4-7 (NLT) Ephesians 4:4-7 (NLT)

6 and there is only one God and Father, who is 6 and there is only one God and Father, who is over us all and in us all and living through us over us all and in us all and living through us all. all.

7 However, he has given each one of us a 7 However, he has given each one of us a special gift according to the generosity of special gift according to the generosity of Christ. Christ.


4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each 4 Just as our bodies have many parts and each part has a special function, part has a special function,

5 so it is with Christ's body. We are all parts of 5 so it is with Christ's body. We are all parts of his one body, and each of us has different his one body, and each of us has different work to do. And since we are all one body in work to do. And since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others. needs all the others.


6 God has given each of us the ability to do 6 God has given each of us the ability to do certain things well. So if God has given you certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out when you the ability to prophesy, speak out when you have faith that God is speaking through you. have faith that God is speaking through you.

7 If your gift is that of serving others, serve 7 If your gift is that of serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, do a good job them well. If you are a teacher, do a good job of teaching. of teaching.


8 If your gift is to encourage others, do it! If 8 If your gift is to encourage others, do it! If you have money, share it generously. If God you have money, share it generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly. for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.

SOME FACTS SOME FACTS

to think about:to think about:

1.1. God has created a Destiny for each and every God has created a Destiny for each and every one of us!one of us!

2.2. That place is found in the reality of the fact That place is found in the reality of the fact that God loves us in the same way He loved that God loves us in the same way He loved Jesus Christ!Jesus Christ!

3.3. God wants us to go and love others in the God wants us to go and love others in the same way He loves us!same way He loves us!

Here’s the key Here’s the key

““as we go and love others we will find our place as we go and love others we will find our place and our gifts and our purpose on this earth!”and our gifts and our purpose on this earth!”

But!But!

We must GO!We must GO!

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