Community Covenant Church
Our love for people says something about our love for God. Jesus tells us to love people the way he loved us and that when we love like Him, the world will know we worship Him. In this series we will be applying Jesus’ command in John 13 to love others, especially in the specific relationships around us.
2 Corinthians 1:3-11 NLT
Six stages of grief / loss
1. Shock
2. Sorrow
3. Struggle
4. Surrender
5. Sanctification
6. Service
WHAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT LEAST IS WHAT GOD WANTS TO USE MOST IN YOUR LIFE!
What we KNOW is what gets us through.
1. We can have peace because we KNOW: God is source of all comfort v. 3
Isaiah 49.15-16a NLT
“Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you! See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.
2. We can have joy because we KNOW: We are not alone V. 4-7
Romans 8.28 NLT
28 And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.
3. We can have hope because we KNOW: There is more to the story.
2 Corinthians 4.17-18 NLT
17 For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever!
18 So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.