How Is True Love Demonstrated?

Love is demonstrated...


1) By the surrender of oneself.


 ⁷ Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. ⁸ But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

 ⁹ God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. ¹⁰ This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. (1 John 4:7:10)

2) By making the one who is loved feel safe.

¹³ And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. ¹⁴ Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. ¹⁵ All who confess that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. ¹⁶ We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
   God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. ¹⁷ And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
 ¹⁸ Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.  (1 John 4:13-18)

3) When the one who is loved loves others.

¹¹ Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. ¹² No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.

¹⁹ We love each other^[a] because he loved us first.  ²⁰ If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a Christian brother or sister,^[b] that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? ²¹ And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their Christian brothers and sisters.^[c]

Hot Hearts 2011 - Beaumont, Texas

FAMILY FORCE 5, KRISTIAN STANFILL, LIVING ILLUSIONS, TEDASHII, AND CLAYTON KING

What a great weekend spending time with students worshipping God, and having fun with each other.  Hot Hearts was blast this year and I was so blessed by all those who came with us!  Several students said that God was speaking to them about full-time ministry and many had life changing encounters with Holy Spirit!  I  am excited to see what God has in store for the junior high students!  GOD IS GOOD!

Risk Taking

1. If you don't take risks, you think your organization will stay the same, but in actuality, it will go backwards.
2. If you don't take risks, you won't accomplish anything great.

3. If you don't take risks, you won't attract big thinkers and leaders to your organization.

4. If you don't take risks, your vision is only a daydream.

5. If you don't take risks, you aren't leading your organization by faith, and we are called to be people of faith.

6. If you don't take risks, you never stretch your faith and trust in God.
7. If you don't take risks, you really don't believe God is BIG and can do BIG things through little people.
8. If you come to the conclusion that you aren't willing to take risks, get out of the way and let somebody else lead.
9. Taking risks means you don't know exactly how things will turn out, but you can't afford not to take the risk.
10. Go for it! Take the risk! Turn your vision into reality!



Posted by Herbert Cooper at Wednesday, January 12, 2011