Love Speaks

Notes

Verses

{Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. John 13:34 NLT}{I pray that your love will overflow more and more… Philippians 1:9 NLT}{But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus — the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. Acts 20:24 NLT}{This is a trustworthy saying, and everyone should accept it: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” — and I am the worst of them all. But God had mercy on me so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of his great patience with even the worst sinners. Then others will realize that they, too, can believe in him and receive eternal life. 1 Timothy 1:15-16 NLT}{For “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!” Romans 10:13-15 NLT}{I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. Philemon 1:6 NIV}{For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 NLT}{As Jesus was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon possessed begged to go with him. But Jesus said, “No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.” So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns of that region and began to proclaim the great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed at what he told them. Mark 5:18-20 NLT}

Quotes

Korczak Ziolkowski : When your life is over, the world will ask you only one question: ‘Did you do what you were supposed to do?' (); John Piper : Before Jesus, no one had ever been able to say without qualification, “Love as I have loved.” (What Jesus Demands From The World); Oswald Chambers : Joy comes from seeing the complete fulfillment of the specific purpose for which I was created… not from successfully doing something of my own choosing. (My Utmost For His Highest); Jonathan Dodson : Have you ever noticed when you encounter something truly wonderful, you don’t always wait for a relationship to tell someone about it? There are things that are so urgent, so weighty, so wonderful that we burst out to talk about them whether we have a relationship or not! When our sports team scores to win the game, we don’t look around the stadium and think: “I can’t tell people how happy I am about this win. I don’t even know them!” No, we don’t wait to express our joy; we burst out when our team wins. We celebrate with strangers. When we’re at a concert and our favorite songs are rocking, we don’t wait to sing along. We sing and chat it up with strangers. After reading a book or seeing a great movie, we strike up conversation with people at work about how great the movie was. When we see great art, we pull people over to view it with us. When something is truly wonderful, we often don’t wait to talk about it. We become evangelists. We are prone to talk about the gospel when the good news is good news to us. (The Unbelievable Gospel); Neil Cole : Nothing cements the truth of the Gospel in your own life like giving it away to others. (Journeys To Significance);