Text: Luke 7:36-50 (HCSB)

36 Then one of the Pharisees invited Him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 And a woman in the town who was a sinner found out that Jesus was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house. She brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil 38 and stood behind Him at His feet, weeping, and began to wash His feet with her tears. She wiped His feet with the hair of her head, kissing them and anointing them with the fragrant o...

Text: John 15:9-13 (HCSB) 9 As the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you. Remain in My love. 10 If you keep My commands you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commands and remain in His love. 11 “I have spoken these things to you so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. 12 This is My command: love one another as I have loved you. 13 No one has greater love than this, that someone would lay down his life for his friends.”

“Greater love hath n...

Advent: week 4 - Love

Text: John 3:16 (KJV) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

"And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." 1 Corinthians 13:13 (KJV)

Intro: God’s Love The greatest verse in the Bible on the love of God is our text for today. Its theme is the greatness of God’s love. “So loved” states that God’s love for us was...

Text: 1 Peter 1:22-25 (HCSB)

“But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7 (HCSB)

Intro: “Do I have to?” When scriptures use the word fervently it means we are to love one another passionately, enthusiastically, eagerly, and excitedly.

Greek word & pronunciation: Fervently – ek-ten-oce’

There is no greater force than love. If two people truly love each other, the...

Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 (HCSB)

Intro: there is no question, what the world needs more than anything else is love. If people loved each other, really loved each other, there would be no more war, crime, abuse, injustice, poverty, hunger, starvation, homelessness, deprivation, or immorality. Love is the one ingredient that could revolutionize society. Love is the greatest quality of human life. Love is the supreme quality, the most excellent way for a man to live.  Have we so quickly forgot...