In Your Bible Read This
Ephesians 5, 21-6.9
Here Is Your Memory Verse
By this all men will know that you are my disciples,
if you love one another. John 13.35
Afterwards Talk About
This
Which love language do you understand best?
Probably everyone is different!
Something To Do Before
Next Time
Find out by looking, listening and asking which love language
people
you know respond to - spouses, friends, parents. Do or say
something
to fill their lives with the kind of love they understand best!
Written Diploma Work
If you were a pastor how could you make sure that the five
love
languages were all being spoken to your people.
In what ways could you speak to them? Write two pages.
Meditate Word By Word On
This Verse
Ephesians 4.26
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Be sure to
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your own verses and stories to
bring it to life.
Learn to put aside your own desires so that
you will become patient and godly, gladly letting God have his
way with you. This will make possible the next step, which is for
you to enjoy other people and to like them and finally you will
grow to love them deeply. 2 Peter 1, 6-8, The Living Bible.
In 1 Corinthians 13.1-13 Paul perfectly
describes real love, that is love in action for the glory of God
not the mere warm mushy feeling as we see in films today.
1. It`s Love That Makes
Us Special!
God does not just have love or give love,
he is actually totally love by nature, personality and very being.
As his family we are distinguished from all other people by his
presence amongst us and by his loving nature expressed through us
into a world where people generally only love themselves and
their nearest and dearest.
Its Love Or Nothing
If I speak in the tongues of men and of
angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a
clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom
all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can
move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13.1-2
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Who Shall We Love?
God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Our neighbour as ourselves.
Our own self.
Our marriage partners.
Our brothers and sisters in church
Our parents. Eph 6.2, 1 Tim 5.4
Our ministers, 1 Thes 5.13
Our countrymen. Romans 9.3, 10.1
Visitors. Lev. 19.34; De 10.19
Even our enemies. Matthew 5.44
And all men everywhere. Gal 6.10
2. How Can We Love All
These People?
Thankfully we have all the help we need
because Paul tells us that God pours out his love into our hearts
by the Holy Spirit whom he has given us. We can only love like
this with his love, because our own love, even at its hottest,
will never be sufficient. Romans 5.5
3. First Of All We Want To Love God
In Mark 12.30, Jesus says that the most
important command of all is to love the Lord our God and here is
how.
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With All Our Heart Or Spirit,
Which is the very centre of life
itself.
With All Our Soul,
Where our desires and feelings are.
With All Our Mind,
Our understanding and imagination.
With All Our Strength,
Our ability, force and physical might.
4. Loving God Means Loving Neighbours
The second command is like it. `Love your
neighbour as yourself.' Mark 12.31. In just the same way as we
look after and provide for ourselves we should care for our
neighbours.
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Is It The Man Who Lives Next Door?
According to the word Jesus used he
meant any other man irrespective of nation or religion
with whom we live or whom we chance to meet. Read the
story of what happened on the Jericho Road in Luke 10.25-37
5. Loving God Means Loving Yourself
Jesus said you should but how hard that is
for some people who feel that they have never been loved as
children. Perhaps they were dearly loved but they just didnt
feel it. If you dont think much of yourself try looking at
yourself again from above, from Gods point of view. Here is
how much God loves you, enough to send his Son to die for you so
you could be in his loving embrace forever.
- He has blessed you.
He has chosen you.
He loves you.
He has accepted and adopted you.
He has paid a very high price for
you.
He has forgiven you.
He has given you the riches of his
grace, wisdom, understanding and knowledge, and his
Holy Spirit as well.
Ephesians 1, 3-14
Yes, you are unworthy but you do have great
worth in the eyes of God. Knowing that God loves you that much,
helps you to love yourself. You are that important.
6. And Our Marriage Partners
Husbands must love their wives and the
women may be trained to love their husbands. Ephesians 5.25,
Titus 2.4.
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What Love 'Language' Do You Speak?
Did you know that husbands and wives have different
love needs, and respond to different love languages?
If a wife doesnt hear her language thats when
she feels unloved even though it may not be the case.
Same for men. If you know the language that your spouse
understands best then speak it often.
Here Are The Five Love 'Languages':
Affirming words - spoken very often.
Quality time - longed for by many.
Receiving gifts - says so much to some.
Acts of service - demonstrate your
love.
Physical touch - needed often by some.
7. And Loving The Brothers
Read your powerful John 13.35 memory verse
again. Hebrews 13.1, 1 John 4.7
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Dont Give The Devil A
Foothold
Differences will always arise among
thinking people but dont let the devil take
advantage. Always make peace before the sun goes down,
Eph. 4.26. God has even given us a simple way of
resolving conflicts and sins without causing a scandal.
In the reconciliation of Matthew 18, 15-18 Gods
goal is always to limit the spread of the knowledge of
sin and to win your brother, not to score points against
him.
Taken from the
Joshua Project Unreached Peoples List
these people have no church and as yet
no cell, church or mission has committed themselves
to prayer, adoption or church planting among this people.
Iran
|
People Name |
Language |
Population
|
Punjabi |
Panjabi, Eastern |
24,000
|
Shikaki |
Shikaki |
24,000
|
Tat, Mussulman |
Tat, Mussulman |
31,000
|
Urdu Speakers (Islami, Undri) |
Urdu |
60,000
|
Vafsi |
Vafsi |
18,000
|
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