[Ecclesiastes 4:9-10] Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. [10] If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble.
We tend to gravitate towards people who are ____________ ________.
Love should be our _____________ attribute.
[1 Corinthians 1:1-2, 4-8 NIV] If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. [2] If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. [4] Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. [5] It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. [6] Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. [7] It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. [8] Love never fails.
Love is the main ____________ of the Christian faith.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only ________ can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only _______ can do that.” - Martin Luther King Jr.
We need to examine our heart if there are people we __________ love.
[James 2:1, 9] My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others? [9] But if you favor some people over others, you are committing a sin. You are guilty of breaking the law.
Favor (Greek: prosōpolēmpteō): Show partiality. To ___________________.
We need to move towards _________________, not away from them.
Every person _____________ to God, so they should matter to me.
[1 John 4:19-20] We love each other because he loved us first. [20] If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see?
God cares about how much we love those who are ________________ from us.
God doesn't want us to love _________/______, He wants us to love _________/________.
