* The most powerful force on the earth is love.

* God is love.

* Huey Lewis & Celine Dion both sang about it - “The Power of Love!”

* Backstory - it was time for Jacob to find a wife (no marriage broker needed).

* His father, Isaac, told him where to go - and Jacob obeyed.

* Vs 1-6 - he met his girl in the place of business. She was a hard worker.

* Vs 7 - Jacob gave them business advice - “get to work!”

* Vs 8 - The presented the problem - the stone is too heavy.

* Vs 9 - When you are in the place of your duty you’re in a position for God’s divine meetings.

* Vs 10 - the minute he saw Rachel something came over him.

* He moved a stone that took three men to move.

* Then he watered the sheep.

* When you couple love with purpose it becomes a force that cannot be defeated.

* One of the first things to go when your love grows cold is your sense of mission and purpose.

* This is why Jesus rebuked the Church of Ephesus - they had lost their first love and therefore could not win the battle at the gates.

* Some of us are powerless because we’re loveless.

* We can’t say no to our appetite (Frankie when he had surgery).

* We can’t say no to that extra meeting and make our kid’s game.

* Vs 11 - just because you have love doesn’t mean everything is going to go well - she cried (bad breath)!

* Vs 12 - she knew what this meant.

* ** she went and told her dad, Laban.

* He made a deal - serve for 7 years to have my daughter.

* Vs 18-20 - he was able to do it “because of his love for her.”

* We need to get our love back. How?

* The same way Jesus told the Church of Ephesus in Revelation 2:

* 1) Remember

* 2) Repent

* 3) Redo