What is…. a promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the first day of the year?
Phil. 3:13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
1. Question: What is your ________________thing? Rom. 5:8 / Rom. 8:32 / Isa. 49:13-16
2. What is a “one thing” in the scriptures?
John 13:34-35 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another *.
a. Jesus has ______________________ us to “Live the Life of Love”.
1 Cor. 14:1 amp. EAGERLY PURSUE {and} seek to acquire [this] love [make it your aim, your great quest]; and earnestly desire {and} cultivate the spiritual endowments (gifts), especially that you may prophesy (interpret the divine will and purpose in inspired preaching and teaching).
b. Is that even _________________________?
Rom. 5:5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
c. He is the _________ of this love - we find it in Him, from Him and through Him.
Phil. 1:9-11
3. Practically - what does it ___________________ like? I Cor. 12:31-14:1amp.
This kind of Love gives _________________ to everything.
Agape is a sacrificial love that voluntarily suffers inconvenience, discomfort, and even death for the benefit of another without expecting anything in return.
Homework this week: Read 1 Cor. 13:1-13 everyday this week.
No comments:
Post a Comment