- 1.Lord, I come to YouLet my heart be changed, renewedFlowing
from the graceThat I found in You.And, Lord, I've come to knowThe
weaknesses I see in meWill be stripped awayBy the power of Your
love.Hold me closeLet Your love surround meBring me nearDraw me to
Your side.And as I waitI'll rise up like the eagleAnd I will soar
with YouYour Spirit leads me onIn the power of Your love.Lord,
unveil my eyesLet me see You face to faceThe knowledge of Your
loveAs You live in me.Lord, renew my mindAs Your will unfolds in my
lifeIn living every dayIn the power of Your love.The Power of Your
Love
2. Psalm 116:8-9
- For you, O Lord have delivered my soul
- that I may walk before the Lord
- in the land of the living.
3. Show the World Gods Love Whoever does not love does not know
God, because God is love. 4. Life Questions
- What is love? Is it easy to love? Can we do it alone?
- The house of my soul is too small. Enlarge it, Lord, that you
might enter in .
5. Ephesians 3:16-19 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches
he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner
being,17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,18 may have
power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and
high and deep is the love of Christ,19 and to know this love that
surpasses knowledgethat you may be filled to the measure of all the
fullness of God. 6. Tell the World of Gods Love
- Respond to and Give Gods Love
- Grow in Deeper Knowledge of Gods Love
7. Ephesians 3:16-19 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches
he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner
being,17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,18 may have
power, together with all the saints,to grasphow wide and long and
high and deep isthe love of Christ ,19 and to know this love that
surpasses knowledgethat you may be filled to the measure of all the
fullness of God. 8. Life Questions
- What is love? Is it easy to love? Can we do it alone?
- How does God reveal to you His Love?
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- When have you encountered Gods love face to face
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- How much does God love you?
9. What is Gods Love?
- is spontaneous and undeserved
- is wide, long, high, and deep
- unfailing and can not be taken away
10. Is perfect and total
- "For God so loved the world thathe gave his one and only Son ,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish buthave eternal life
. (John 3:16 NIV)
- For I know theplansI have for you," declares the LORD, "plans
toprosper youand not to harm you, plans togive you hope and a
future (Jer. 29:11 NIV)
- There is no fear in love. Butperfect lovedrives out fear,
because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not
made perfect in love. (1 John 4:18 NIV)
11. Is Spontaneous and Undeserved
- This is love: not that we loved God, but thathe loved us. (I
John 4:10 NIV)
- TheLORDdid not choose you and lavish his love on you because
you were larger or greater than other nations, for you were the
smallest of all nations! It was simply because theLORDloves you.
(Deut. 7:7-8 NLT)
12. Is Wide, Long, High, and Deep
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- The Lord isgood to all , and His tender mercies areover all His
works[the entirety of things created]. (Psalm 145:9 AMP)
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- Forgreatis his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the
LORDendures forever . Praise the LORD. (Psalm 117:2 NIV)
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- For your unfailing love ishigher than the heavens . Your
faithfulnessreaches to the clouds . (Psalm 108:4 NLT)
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- The Lord isclose to the brokenhearted ; he rescues those whose
spirits arecrushed . (Psalm 34:18 NIV)
13. Unfailing and Cant Be Taken Away
- He hadalwaysloved those who were his own in the world, and he
loved themall the way to the end. (John 13:1 NIV)
- 38 For I am convinced thatneitherdeath nor life,neitherangels
nor demons,neitherthe present nor the future, nor any powers,39
neitherheight nor depth,noranything else in all creation,will be
able to separateus from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our
Lord. (Rom 8:38-39 NIV)
14. Tell the World of Gods Love
- Respond to and Give Gods Love
- Grow in Deeper Knowledge of Gods Love
15. Ephesians 3:16-19 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches
he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner
being,17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,18 may have
power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and
high and deep is the love of Christ,19 and to know this love that
surpasses knowledgethat you maybe filledto the measure of all
thefullness of God . 16. Life Questions
- Is it easy to love? Can we do it alone?
- How does God reveal to you His Love?
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- When have you encountered Gods love face to face
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- How much does God love you?
- How do you show your love? How could you do better?
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- To others (family, friends, strangers, enemies)
17. How should we respond to Godslove?
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- Obedience and Christ Centered
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- Transformation and Living Loved
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- Action and Being Salt of the Earth
18. Man to God: Obedience
- And this is love: that wewalk in obedienceto his commands. As
you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in
love. (2 John 1:6 NIV)
- Jesus replied: Love the Lord your Godwith all your heart ,with
all your soulandwith all your mind , This is the first and greatest
commandment. (Matt 22:37-38 NIV)
19. Man to God: Being Christ Centered
- I am the Vine, you are the branches. When yourejoined with
meand I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is
sure to be abundant.Separated, you cant produce a thing. (John 15:5
MSG)
- If I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love,I
am nothing (1 Cor. 13:2 NIV)
- Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he
mustdeny himselfand take up his crossdaily and follow me . (Luke
9:23 NIV)
- Everyday SurrenderContinuous Conversion Oswald Chambers
20. Man to Himself: Transformation
- Christ in _____is patient,Christ in _____is kind.Christ in
_____does not envy,Christ in _____does not boast,Christ in _____is
not proud.Christ in _____is not rude,Christ in _____is not
self-seeking,Christ in _____is not easily angered,Christ in
_____keeps no record of wrongs.Christ in _____does not delight in
evil but rejoices with the truth.Christ in _____always protects,
always perseveres.Christ in _____never fails.
21. Man to Himself: Living Loved
- Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no
compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget,I will
not forget you ! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands
. . . (Isaiah 49:15-16)
- Ill call nobodies andmake them somebodies ; Ill call the
unloved andmake them beloved . (Rom. 9:25 MSG)
- Feel loved! By being loved, we will love.
22. Man to Others: Action
- My command is this:Love each otheras I have loved you. Greater
love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his
friends. (John 15:12-13 NIV)
- Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue butwith
actions and in truth . (1 John 3:18 NIV)
- Bedevoted to one anotherin love. Honor one anotherabove
yourselves . (Rom. 12:10 NIV)
- Love yourenemies (Luke 6:27-31)
23. Man to Others: Salt of the Earth
- You are thesalt of the earth . But what good is salt if it has
lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out
and trampled underfoot as worthless. (Matt. 5:13 NLT)
- Each of you shouldlooknot only to your own interests, but also
to theinterests of others . (Phil. 2:4 NIV)
- So letsstop condemningeach other. Decide instead to live in
such a way that you willnot cause another believer to stumble and
fall . (Rom. 14:13 NLT)
24. Tell the World of Gods Love
- Respond to and Give Gods Love
- Grow in Deeper Knowledge of His Love
25. Ephesians 3:16-19 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches
he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner
being,17 so that Christ maydwell in your heartsthrough faith. And I
pray that you, beingrooted and establishedin love,18 may have
power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and
high and deep is the love of Christ,19 andto knowthis love
thatsurpasses knowledge that you may be filled to the measure of
all the fullness of God. 26.
- And as knowledge is commonly the measure of love, the deeper
and wider our knowledge, the greater will be our love .And if our
love of God is great, we shall love Him equally in our joy and
sorrow.
27. The More We Know, the More We Love
- Dear friends, let uscontinueto love one another, for love comes
from God. Anyonewho lovesis a child of God andknows God . But
anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1
John 4:17-18 NLT)
- And I will give them a heartto know(recognize, understand, and
be acquainted with) Me, that I am the Lord; and they will be My
people, and I will be their God, for theywill return to Me with
their whole heart . (Jer. 24:7 AMP)
28. Tell the World of Gods Love
- Let usthank the Lordfor loving us
- Think ofsomeone you love , and ask the Lord to help youlive out
your lovetoward them today
- Ask theHoly Spirit to fill youwith Himself, with Love, to help
you slow down andbe more presentwith the people you love and to be
ableto show them Christ in you , to show them Love
29. Ephesians 3:16-19 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches
he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner
being,17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And
I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,18 may have
power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and
high and deep is the love of Christ,19 and to know this love that
surpasses knowledgethat you may be filled to the measure of all the
fullness of God. 30. Tell the World of Gods Love Because your love
is better than life,my lips will glorify you.