Activity Update:
Held board meeting yesterday and a committee was formed to work on fundraising and outreach efforts. All ideas are welcome.
Will be getting a food shipment on Tuesday and will look to arrange an outreach in Lame Deer.
Yesterday the men’s home had an outing in Billings.
Praises & Prayer Requests:
- R's dad is finishing chemo treatments
- L's sister has moved home
- blessing for men's home & it's continued operation
- R's niece
- L's son & dad
Message: 1 John 4: 7-21
How do we love like Jesus? To love one another, we must love like Jesus.
In the Greek language: Phileo: brotherly love, friendship. Eros: romantic love. Agape: sacrificial love, the deepest level of love. Not just devotion, it is decision; an act of will - exampled in a long marriage.
Emotional love can fade. Jesus commands us to love one another using the word agape - to make it an act of will, to make a decision, choosing to have grace.
1 Cor. 1:26 - "think of where you were when you were called…."
John relates that loving one another is not only our standard, but is evidence of our love for God.
Matthew 22: 27, 1 John 4:20
We grow every day to be more like Him; never perfect, but always growing. He gave us two things both built on relationship: family and church. Do you love your neighbors as Jesus loves you? Would you sacrifice for others? Have you decided to love like Jesus?
Let’s love one another. It is the Lord’s command. We each have different likes and dislikes, but LET’S LOVE ONE ANOTHER...
God couldn’t save sinners and spare Jesus. He allowed His Son to give up His life to save us. This was a planned, deliberate event - not spawned out of emergency - but out of our long standing need - true love.
1 John 3:16 - This is how we know what love is: Christ laid down his life for us.
TO DO This Week:
1. HAVE YOU DECIDED TO LOVE LIKE JESUS? Do so now...
2. Get in His Word every day!!
3. Pray and meditate on His Word…build your relationship with the Savior!!
4. Pray for opportunities to share and/or serve Him
5. Act on the opportunities He provides
6. Grow through ACTION
7. SHARE this weeks Action next Week
