Love is the Greatest
The night before He dies, Jesus shows His disciples how great His love is for us by doing the work of a servant and washing His disciples' feet. Love is so great, it moves us to do sacrificial things!WatchNotesDownloadDateTitle
- Apr 18, 2019Love is the GreatestLove is the Greatest
The night before He dies, Jesus shows His disciples how great His love is for us by doing the work of a servant and washing His disciples' feet. Love is so great, it moves us to do sacrificial things! - Apr 14, 2019Love is Fulfilling PromisesLove is Fulfilling Promises
Jesus knows He will soon die when He rides into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Yet, He goes to Jerusalem anyway. Matthew says He does so, in part, to fulfill a prophecy from Zechariah. Jesus keeps this promise in the prophecy out of His love for us. - Apr 10, 2019Love is All ThingsLove is All ThingsForgiveness and love are intimately connected. You will never be able to love someone well if you are not able to forgive them for the times they do not love you well. We should seek, on the one hand, never to lead someone we love into sin while, on the other hand, forgiving others when they tempt us into sin, or sin against us.
- Apr 7, 2019Love is TruthfulLove is TruthfulAchan’s lie hurts not only Achan, but the whole Israelite community. To love someone is to tell the truth, even when the truth embarrasses us, or is tough for them to hear!
- Apr 3, 2019Love is ForgivingLove is ForgivingForgiveness and love are intimately connected. You will never be able to love someone well if you are not able to forgive them for the times they do not love you well. We should seek, on the one hand, never to lead someone we love into sin while, on the other hand, forgiving others when they tempt us into sin, or sin against us.
- Mar 31, 2019Love is Not IrritableLove is Not IrritableIn Jesus’ parable, a judge gives a woman what she wants because she won’t stop bothering her and it irritates him! Jesus promises that, no matter how many times we “bother” God, He will never become irritated with our pleas!
- Mar 27, 2019Love is Not Self SeekingLove is Not Self Seeking
In a culture that is selfish, we are called to be selfless. Being selfless helps us connect with others better because it focuses us on them and their needs.
- Mar 24, 2019Love is Not RudeLove is Not RudeIt is easy to be rude when someone angers you. But rudeness only ruins relationships! When we are tempted to be rude, we should instead forgive someone for whatever it is that is tempting us toward rudeness.
- Mar 20, 2019Love is Not ArrogantLove is Not Arrogant
The ancient Israelites relied on themselves and their own spiritual desires rather than on God and His revealed spiritual order. Solomon reminds us, “An arrogant spirit comes before a fall” (Proverbs 16:18). How can we humble ourselves under God?
- Mar 17, 2019Love is Not EnviousLove is Not EnviousIt was envy that got Jesus killed. The religious leaders were jealous that Jesus was smarter than them and had a more devoted following than them. Their envy led to death. Envy always kills – it kills joy, it kills fulfilment, and, many times, it kills achievement, because it’s so busy complaining about what it doesn’t have that it forgets to grow into what it could have.
- Mar 10, 2019Love is…PatientLove is…PatientSaul was not patient in waiting for Samuel to make a burnt offering and give him a word from the Lord. Because of Saul’s lack of patience, Israel’s kingship was lost to his family. Impatience results in loss. This is why God is so patient with us – because He wants to keep us (cf. 2 Peter 3:9)!
