Love Completely Series

TODAY – is day 13 in One Month To Live Journey. QUESTION – how are things going so far? ARE YOU – asking yourself ‘that’ life clarifying question everyday and throughout the day? What would I do if I only had one month to live? ARE YOU – using that question to help you to not only figure out what is really important but to do what’s really important? ARE YOU – becoming more determined than ever to live fully the life God created you to live, fighting for it each day? ARE YOU – making time for things that really matter in life and removing those things that will not count for nothing, when all is said and done? ARE YOU – taking the time to read this book each day? LISTEN – there are concept, truths and practical action steps in this book that will RADICALLY impact your life and the life of those around you… IF – you put in just a little time and effort. ARE YOU – challenging those in your ‘Challenge Group’ to life differently. (BY THE WAY – there is time to go out and buy this book… THERE – is still time to join a challenge group. There is one that will meet tonight at _____).

I want to take a minute to read 2 quick exerts this past week’s reading…

• Day Eight ‘Kick Start’ page 56

• Day Nine ‘The Heart Of The Matter’ page 66

Prayer

God’s Love Is Unconditional

THIS MORNING – we are going to talk about loving completely. AND – I want to start off by talking about God’s love. UNDERSTAND – God has always loved completely. AND – in some ways God really doesn’t have a choice… BECAUSE love is who He is. IT’S – the essence of his being. IN FACT - 2 times the bible comes right out and says that God is love. NOT – that God loves (which he does).. BUT – that He is love.

The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing about God, because God is love--so you can’t know him if you don’t love.

– 1 John 4:8 (Msg)

We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in him. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

– 1 John 4:16 (NLT)

[Tim…] God is love… AND – to be honest I was (and still am) a little intimidated to stand up here and talk about God’s love. I MEAN – I don’t even understand human love… SO – HOW in the world can I talk about God’s love… FORTUNATELY – in my studies I came across a quote by A.W. Tozer, (a really smart guy, who probably forget more about God then I will ever know) who also struggled to explain God’s love (that gave me some comfort), He wrote:

“I can no more do justice to this awesome and wonder-filled topic than a child can grasp a star. Still, by reaching toward the star the child may call attention to it and even indicate the direction one must look to see it. And so, I stretch my heart toward the high, shining love of God so that we may be encouraged to look up and have hope.”

GUYS – that’s what I want to do this morning… CALL – your attention to the complete love of God that was demonstrated in Christ Jesus… I want to stretch our hearts toward that love… I want to indicate the direction to it… SO THAT – you & I will be encouraged to look up this morning and have hope as we to strive together to love completely.