Live.Laugh.Love pt. 3 - Love Much

LOVE MUCH (Matthew 1:21)  “She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”   (John 3:16)  “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”  (Matthew 22:36-39) “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?  Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’  This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”    Title of Message: Love Much    (1 John 3:16)  “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.”      (John 13:34)  Jesus said, “A new commandment I give you:  Love one another!  As I have loved you, so you must love one another.”     (John 15:13) “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”                   (John 13:35)  “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”   (1 Corinthians 14:1 LB)  “Make love your greatest aim…”   How to Love Much. 1   1. Experience God’s love for yourself.   (Luke 7:47)  “Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven--for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.” (1 John 4:19)  “We love because he first loved us.”   2  2. Make the choice to love.     (Romans 5:8) “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” 3  3. Respond to love by doing something.   (1 John 3:18)  “Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”   (Proverbs 3:27-28 Message)  “Never walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is God’s hand for that person.  Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now.”