Message: “Seeking True Love” from Pastor Joe

Seeking True Love Scripture: Genesis 29:17-20 Leah’s eyes were [a]delicate, but Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance. 18 Now Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, “I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter.” 19 And Laban said, “It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to another man. Stay with me.” 20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed only a few days to him because of the love he had for her. Lesson Objective: Define true love and how to find it. What TRUE love is not Love is not an attraction due to perceived beauty At birth we have no idea what is beauty Every baby is cute Everybodies’ mother is beautiful Beauty is man-made Beauty is not Godly- 1st Samuel 16: 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Love is not a sexual attraction Love is not based on how someone feels about you I love her because she loves me (wrong) Love is not based on what someone does for you (need love) Provides material items (no reason to love) What is TRUE Love? Love is complete acceptance: When we allow someone to be exactly as they are, Love is completely unconditional: Love has no conditions. When we truly love someone, we can’t stop loving them, regardless of what they do or say. If our love is dependent upon the other person acting and speaking how we want, then this love is completely conditional. Question.. Can we fall out of love? Question.. When you say I love you is the other person obligated to say that I love you too? Love is selfless: True love doesn’t want anything in return, because there is nothing it needs. We just love for the sake of love. What is this love? Eros (Pronounced: AIR-ohs) is the Greek word for sensual or romantic love Storge (Pronounced: STOR-jay) is a term for love in the Bible .Greek word describes family love, the affectionate bond that develops naturally between parents and children, and brothers and sisters. Philia (Pronounced: FILL-ee-uh) is the type of intimate love in the Bible that most Christians practice toward each other. This Greek term describes the powerful emotional bond seen in deep friendships. Agape (Pronounced: Uh-GAH-pay) is the highest of the four types of love in the Bible. This term defines God's immeasurable, incomparable love for humankind. It is the divine love that comes from God. Agape love is perfect, unconditional, sacrificial, and pure. So What is True Love A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. John 13: 34 Every place in the Bible talks about how we are to love not how someone is to love us. We should strive for Agape Love no matter whether it is marriage, family, or friends. Have you prepared yourself for True Love?    

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