Sunday May 9th Worship Service

May 9, 2021

Rev. Bob Hiller

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Follow Along with the Message

"As the Father has loved , so have I loved . Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full."

"This is , that you love as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you , for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in , he may give it to you. These things I command you, so that you will ."

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Sunday May 9th Worship Service

Sunday, May 09, 2021 8:40 AM - 9:45 AM

John 15:9-17

In this week's scripture Jesus talks about love. We use that word so much, but rarely do we actually think about what real love means. Love is hard to describe in many ways because when we do try to define it, we mostly just give examples of what love looks like. Love is something that we show others by the way we think, talk, and act in our daily lives. It's almost impossible to give a real dictionary definition of love.

Jesus tells us a lot about love in these verses though. He says His Father God loves Him, and that He loves every one of us in the same way that God does. Love makes us happy, so we are to love others like both God and Jesus love us. Then we will be truly happy and have joy in our hearts. Jesus chose us, calls us His friends, and tells us everything about His Father God because He loves us so much. He wants us to be kind and loving to everyone - even our enemies. This is the one command that He wants us to follow: Love one another as I love you.

Is loving people easy to do all the time? No, it is not, and Jesus realizes that fact. But He wants us to always think about how much He loves us and then try to love others in the same way - even when it's hard. We can ask Him for His help because He is always with us and will give us the courage and strength to love not just those we like but those we dislike as well. Remember how much you are forever loved by God and Jesus and then use that to love others in their same way.