How Do I Love Like Jesus? “I’m giving you a new commandment: Love each other in the same way that I have loved you,” John 13:34 “I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you!” John 13:15 Three “BIG” ways Jesus loves me, so I can likewise love . . . I.
__________ OTHERS LIKE JESUS ACCEPTED ME. John 6:37 -Titus 3:7 -Romans 15:7 Acceptance vs. Approval—Like Jesus, I can __________, yet not __________ of behavior.
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___________ OTHERS LIKE JESUS VALUES ME. Luke 12:6-7 Why are you valuable to God? A. Value depends on ___________________. -Ephesians 2:10 B. Value depends on _____________________. -I Peter 1:19 “Treat everyone you meet with _____________.” I Peter 2:17 How?? Mark 10:21 Homework: Who is one person whose value I can affirm by looking and listening?
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____________ OTHERS LIKE JESUS FORGIVES ME. Ma hew 18:32-33
Truth: -“I am the God who _________________, and I do this because of who I am. ____________________________.” Isaiah 43:25 -“You must make allowance for each other’s faults, and _________ _______________. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” Colossians 3:13 Homework: Who has hurt, wounded, angered, or frustrated me? How can I release Jesus’ forgiving love to this person? 2400 2400Pump PumpRd Rd∙ Richmond ∙ RichmondVA VA23233 23233∙ 804.740.4148 ∙ 804.740.4148
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