Introduction
John 15:12 – Jesus was the example of brotherly love.Help them center their lives around serving God and going to Heaven.
Luke 9:57-62 – Nothing was more important than kingdom word. The way Jesus loved people was by telling them how to love God.Luke 9:23-25Do people feel like their spiritual cup is being filled when they are around me?Allow them to move on from sin.
Luke 19:5-10 – Jesus said Zaccheus was also a son of Abraham. He helped Zaccheus to move on from sin. The grumblers were working against Jesus. Are we doing the same?Luke 15:1-7 – Jesus corrects the grumblers. They should have been rejoicing!If people have put sin behind them, we must let that be in the past and move on. Don’t continue to label them with sin from their past.Galatians 5:14-6:2Let us not create a culture where if we ever sin, we will always carry that label and never be equal to other Christians.Express optimism about their future.
Luke 22:31-34 – Jesus told Peter what would happen but was already preparing Peter for his recovery after sin.Philippians 1:6-11 – Paul was looking forward to the great things they would do.There is something powerful about optimism.I Corinthians 13:4-7 – Love is optimistic!II Corinthians 7:3-4, 16 – Paul was saying this about a church riddled with problems!Hebrews 10:24