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Main Idea: They will know your are my followers by the way you love.
The love of a mother helps us to see how we should love everyone.
Opening Line: Happy Mother’s Day!
Thank you to all the mom’s who have impacted or are impacting someone’s life.
You are a blessing!
The way you love and give is a powerful example of God’s love to the world.
Thank you for being the image of God to those around you.
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Throughout life you have probably known many people who only love with words alone.
It is important to be people who love with their actions also.
Introduction
Identify the Believer
Different types of love in the bible
Eros - Romantic Love - not found in the Bible
Storge - Familial Love - not found in the Bible
Philia - Brotherly love that unites believers
Agape - Unconditional love
Different types of love in action
From Love Languages by Gary Chapman
Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Receiving Gifts
Acts of Service
Physical Touch
If you are a mother or you have a mother physical or spiritual you know there is a power that comes when we love one another.
We will be identifying the five actions of love.
The 4 different words for love in Greek help us to see the motivation behind the 5 actions or languages.
Main Point
Live the way of Agape
We will come back to this passage and identify the how we Agape
But
love is mentioned 2 times and it is important to see that they are not the same love
Love must be sincere
Agape
Devoted to one another in love
Philia - Brotherly love that unites believers
As we continue to looking at how we love each other and what it means to be seen as a follower of Jesus through the way we love one another remember that
Agape produces Philia love
Unconditional love and respect for others will produce unity and family
The way of Agape in your family and in this church will produce philia unity and genuine relationships
When love is conditional there will never be unity or true family.
Moms you can probably relate to unconditional love.
You told your child not to do something over and over
Then they do that thing and get hurt (just like you knew)
If your love is conditional you would not be willing to give a hug or help them.
The way of agape says, I forgive you, before it is asked for.
If you are looking for more unity, more peace, more joy, more hope, more forgiveness, more reconciliation in your life or in this church and community you must start walking the way of Agape.
The Five Actions of love or Agape
1. Words of Affirmation
Our speech must bring life and not death
Are you allowing God to tame your tongue or is it running away with you like a spark that sets the forest on fire?
Agape words are words that bring life (not always nice, but truth and caring)
2. Quality Time
Our time is the most precious recourse or treasure we have
It is possible to get more of everything else, but not time
Are we Living like Christ and giving agape time to people around us?
What are we doing with our time?
When everything we have is God’s your time is not your own.
Mom’s thank you for those long nights with sick kids or ignoring your own interests to put others above yourself
Christ Calls us all to agape our time
3. Receiving Gifts
Do you give?
There are so many times you can give, but do you have a willingness to live with an open hand or are there things you aren’t willing to give or not to that person or group…Because they...
Agape gifts are gifts that are given without expecting anything in return
many people feel so loved and valued if you are willing to gift agape to them.
Are you withholding gifts or giving for any reason?
Maybe God is calling you to begin agape giving
4. Acts of Service
How strong is your serve?
Are you agape serving or serving hoping to get something?
-Jesus washed the Disciple’s feet
The Freedom we have can sometimes lead us to think we are more important than we are.
Jesus said the servant isn’t greater than the master.
Your master was willing to serve you with His life are you not able to serve someone else.
Mom’s thank you for the times you have served and served without anyone noticing.
We see you and thank you even if we don’t in the moment.
5. Physical Touch
A caring gesture can change the world for someone.
Are you allowing others and yourself to be physically close enough to show agape love?
This is not physical touch that is expecting something in return, but agape touch is giving love to someone else
When Paul was being taken away we see this type of agape in a non-romantic manner
Jesus also knew that touch is an important part of connecting and showing agape to Thomas
Thomas needed to touch to believe.
Do you make an effort to give a touch of agape?
Now because of Covid there has become a stigma about this.
So I give the warning that all of us must not assume touching, but be willing to offer and wait for others to accept.
Mom’s thank you for that hug or holding those little hands that show communicate agape without words.
Why does it matter?
These 5 love actions or languages are so important for how we witness to the non-believer and build unity with the believers
How
How do we Identify which type we are?
Test time.
We are going to complete a survey of the love languages that come most naturally to you.
I believe knowing what yours are will help you be able to grow in the ones that aren’t as natural to you
I believe knowing what your mom, or wife’s is will help you make their day a blessing!
The older kids will also be taking a kid version of the test
I believe at times we try to show agape to others but it falls short because we aren’t expressing it in the manner they connect with it.
Take Test
Your love language is the one that is more natural for you to show also.
If the person sitting next to you has a different one remember Agape is not
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