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Oakwood Church

Overflowing Love - 1 John 4:11-21

Overflowing Love - 1 John 4:11-21

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Oakwood Community Church

11209 Casey Rd, Tampa, FL 33618, USA

Sunday 8:00 AM

“We love because he first loved us.”
1 John 4:19
Gifts from God that prove His love for us:

1. God’s Grace in His Son, His Sacrifice, His Spirit

“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.”
1 John 4:14
Gifts from God that prove His love for us:

1. God’s Grace in His Son, His Sacrifice, His Spirit

“In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 4:10
Gifts from God that prove His love for us:

1. God’s Grace in His Son, His Sacrifice, His Spirit

“By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.”
1 John 4:13
Gifts from God that prove His love for us:

2. God’s Presence: His love flows Through us

“Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.”
1 John 4:15
Gifts from God that prove His love for us:

2. God’s Presence: His love flows Through us

“God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.”
1 John 4:16
Gifts from God that prove His love for us:

3. God’s Assurance: His comfort replaces our Fears

“Whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us…”
1 John 4:16-17
Gifts from God that prove His love for us:

3. God’s Assurance: His comfort replaces our Fears

“By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment.”
1 John 4:17
Gifts from God that prove His love for us:

3. God’s Assurance: His comfort replaces our Fears

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment.”
1 John 4:18
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"I cannot be mistaken, for I knew He spoke. He says 'Go,' I cannot stay.”
~ Amy Carmichael, 1892
“We shall have all eternity to celebrate the victories, but we have only the few hours before sunset to win them.”
~ Amy Carmichael, 1905
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