Advent // Love

John 3:16-17 (NIV)

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”

Love That Was Given for The Liberty of The Human Heart.

What A Gift That Comes with God’s Love!! … No Condemnation

John 3:18-22 (ESV)

“…But whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”

But We Weren’t Designed to Live in Darkness

Love is The Longing of The Human Heart

Of every individual…

We are created first and foremost to know the love of God…

But mankind has chosen differently from God’s desire and design…

John 1:11-12 (NIV)

“He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”

John 3:16 (NIV)

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”

We see this about God’s love…

SO LOVED - His love is INTENSE

HE GAVE - His love is GENEROUS

HIS ONE AND ONLY SON - His love is INTENTIONAL

WHOSOEVER - His love is INCLUSIVE

WOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE - His love is GRACIOUS

His love is Intense, Generous, Intentional, Inclusive, and Gracious

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NLT)

“Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”

Ephesians 5:1-2, 8-9 (NLT)

“Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us…

For once, you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So, live as people of light! For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.”

This Christmas, May We Again Experience The: 

Intense… Generous… Intentional… Inclusive… And Gracious… Love of God

May We Love as We Have Been Loved

May The Light of Love Illuminate Our Hearts and Shape the Way We Live 

May We Live and Love with Intentionality

May Our Lives Be the Light in a Darkening World, The Warmth of a Fire in a World That Grows Colder…

May We Neither Live nor Love in Vain…