By Your Love, Your Love Never Fails, Love of God

What is your all-time favorite love song?

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

INTRO (1 John 4:8)

GOD’S LOVE THROUGH THE AGES (Exodus 12:3-7, 13; 1 Corinthians 5:7-8, 1 Peter 1:18-19, Hebrews 12:5-6)

GOD’S LOVE THROUGH HIS SON (1 John 4:10, Genesis 3:7, 21; John 1:29, 1 Peter 3:18, Exodus 26:31-34, Matthew 27:50-51, Hebrews 10:19-20)

GOD’S LOVE THROUGH YOU AND ME (1 John 4:7)

Restate the verse in your own words.

• What did you like about these verses?
• What did you learn about God?
• What did you learn about people?
• What did you learn about loving like God?
• What did you learn about following Jesus?

Based on this lesson on “GOD IS LOVE, LOVE LIKE GOD!”, write down your action point to apply what you learned. Make it your “I Will…” statement and follow the S.M.A.R.T guideline to come up with a do-able action point.

Simple

Measurable

Appropriate

Realistic

Time-bound

“I Will _____________________________”

Who will you share these truths to this week?

Pray for people around you to experience and respond to God’s love by putting their trust in Jesus as their Savior and Lord.

Let God’s love be evident through your relationships with others this week.

Share the gospel in every opportunity that is before you!

• Worship God for who He is, what He has done, and what He will do in our lives.

• Upright and moral governance of public servants; repentance and salvation for government leaders and citizens for a Christ-centered Philippines.

• For legislators to promote and support bills and laws aligned with God’s Word.

• War in Ukraine to end, loss of lives prevented.

• For the rest of the Israeli hostages to be restored to their families safely. For Israel’s war with terrorists to end according to God’s purpose and for His glory.

• Pray for Jewish people worldwide who are experiencing a surge of antisemitism; may this lead them to the Messiah, Jesus as they turn to God for help and comfort.

• For protection of Iranian, Syrian and Lebanese Christians and other minorities, and freedom from oppression. Pray for the gospel to spread rapidly throughout their region.

• Pray for Sudanese and Nigerian persecuted Christians; earnestly seek God’s intervention to stop the bloodshed. Pray for freedom from oppression, that God’s word and His people bring them comfort and hope.

• That CCF Members would honor and love God and make disciples.

• Elders, pastors, dleaders, and families (holy, humble, harmonious, happy, heart-working).

• Ministries and churches expand worldwide.

• Worship and Training Center

• Prayer Mountain

• Deeper intimate relationship with God.

• Righteous living.

• Salvation of family and friends.

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.