Northland @ Oviedo has been moving each week towards a community wide movement of love, 7 days a week. Creating opportunities for the body of Christ to engage in the love of God and each other through the study of His Word, in gatherings all across town, and by serving one another on Sundays. 1 John 3:18 says, “Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.” There is a movement to the emotion of Love, it is not stationary or stagnant, love is both a noun and a verb. We cannot be called Disciples of Christ and not be soldiers of Love, He declares this is how the world will know we are His.
How do you love for His glory? How do ‘we’ love for His glory? Who do we love for His glory? How do we love for His glory?
The answers are simple, but not easy. We are to love everyone for His glory. From our family to neighbors, to coworkers, to…our enemies, those who don’t love us back, the unlovable! Remember the Sermon on the Mount? If not go read it again, Matthew 5, 6, 7 and into the beginning of Chapter 8. Jesus is clear, we are to be in this world, to bring glory to the Father, by loving in a radical way! Well before that all becomes too much to handle, maybe we ought to start small and easy. If it is essential that to truly love someone we must know them, and to truly know someone we must spend time with them, then it seems like the first step to loving others, and in turn to truly love God, is to get to spend some time getting know each other and Him better. I have an idea…
Get into a Secret Church gathering this fall. Signup for Sunday Serve. It is that simple!
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