Introduction:
We Love Like Jesus (John 15:12-17):
- When we care more about Others than Ourselves. (John 15:13)
Phil 2:3 - Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.
- When we let People in. (John 15:14-15)
- When we see our Ministry as "loving people". (John 15:16-17)
1 John 4:9-11 - In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
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Small Group Discussion
Read John 15:12-17
What was your big “take-away” from this passage / message?
Why do you think many people are reluctant to “let people in”? How can we as a church encourage people to let people in? How does Jesus example motivate us?
How does John 15:16 fit into Jesus' teaching about loving one another as He loved us? How are abiding fruit and answered prayer tied into this command to love?
Breakout
Pray for one another.