HE FIRST LOVED US

Brother Ken's second message in the series
"FIREPROOF YOUR RELATIONSHIPS".


MAIN SCRIPTURE REFERENCE
1JOHN 4:7-12

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes
from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God
and knows God.

8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because
God is love.

9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent
his one and only Son into the world that we might
live through him.

10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved
us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to
love one another.

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another,
God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.



OUTLINE

Let me show you FIVE PRINCIPLES OF RELATIONSHIPS from what John, the wise and loving old man, has said to us here.

1. WHEN PEOPLE HAVE PROFOUND EXPERIENCES, THEY WANT
TO SHARE THEM.


2. AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD'S LOVE IS A PROFOUND
EXPERIENCE.

3. THOSE WHO LIVE CLOSE TO GOD FIND THAT THEIR LOVE
FOR OTHERS IS ALWAYS INCREASING.

4. LOVE ELIMINATES FEAR.

5. WE LOVE BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED US.




Let me give you two Love Dare Challenges.

The first is, receive God's love if you've never done so before.

The second Love Dare Challenge is a three-part-er, one part will fit
who you are.

HUSBANDS:
EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, ASK THE LORD TO SHOW YOU ONE
WAY TO LOVE YOUR WIFE, AND THEN DO IT.

WIVES:
EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, ASK THE LORD TO SHOW YOU ONE
WAY TO LOVE YOUR HUSBANDS, AND THEN DO IT.

SINGLES:
MAKE A LIST (RIGHT NOW) OF 6 FAMILY MEMBERS,
FRIENDS OR CO-WORKERS AND ASSIGN A DAY TO EACH OF
THEM. THEN, EVERY DAY THIS WEEK, ASK THE LORD TO
SHOW YOU ONE WAY TO LOVE THE PERSON OF THE DAY,
THEN DO IT.



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