In the minds of many love is an emotion A feeling that cannot be forced An emotion that can come and go Commanded To Love Love is more than emotion Love is a selfless sense of active good will and affection ID: 242941
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Commanded To Love?
In the minds of many,
love is an emotion ...
A feeling that cannot be forced.
An emotion that can come and go.Slide3
Commanded To Love!
Love
is more than emotion ...
Love is a selfless sense of active good will and affection.Slide4
Who Are We Commanded To Love?
God and Jesus
Our Family
Our Church Family
Our Community
Sometimes folks are hard to love.Slide5
Hard To Love?
Matthew 5:40-48
Romans 5:1-11
How do we treat our enemies?
Who could be my enemies?
(Gal. 4:16,
Matt. 10:34-39, 2 Cor. 11:26)
Love Them Like Enemies!Slide6
Commanded To Love!
As a Christian, we are commanded to love, despite our initial, fleshly temptation to do otherwise based on our emotions or experiences.Slide7
Commanded To Love!
Where we lack a heartfelt love toward Jesus, our brethren, our family members...
We need to acknowledge and repent of the
deficiency.
We need to be willing to relearn biblical love.Slide8
Commanded To Love!
We need to learn to love others
(them)
with a heartfelt devotion and selfless service - not expecting anything in
return.Slide9
Commanded To Love!
We must take the
initiative
to practice love until our love is a natural action and reaction regardless of the actions of others (1 Peter 1:22-23).Slide10