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Citywide Baptist Church

Unrestricted Love

Unrestricted Love

This Fathers Day Pastor Dan will be talking about Gods unrestricted love for all and sets the example for His children to strive for perfection.

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Citywide Baptist Church (Mornington)

400 Cambridge Rd, Mornington TAS 7018, Australia

Sunday 10:00 AM

We follow Jesus into the adventure of whole life and authentic community.
At Citywide Baptist church we want to follow Jesus. He is the head of this church and we want him to be in charge of our lives.












What would it mean for someone to look at us and see our heavenly Father. To say “man, you look like your dad.”
But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever the cost to us, at whatever the cost to Him. C.S. Lewis
The point being emphasized is that God does not limit his blessings to those who serve him faithfully. Even to those who oppose Him he gives many good things.

MEET THE CHRISTIANS WHO LOVE THEIR ENEMIES, EVEN WHEN IT'S ISIS

'Only light can drive out darkness'
http://orthochristian.com/97079.html
Lord, how can I serve your church this morning?
When we practice loving people we get better at it. If we are practising hating people we get better at that.
To our most bitter opponents we say: ‘We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering. We shall meet your physical force with soul force. Do to us what you will, and we shall continue to love you. We cannot in all good conscience obey your unjust laws because noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. Throw us in jail and we shall still love you. Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and we shall still love you. Send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our community at the midnight hour and beat us and leave us half dead, and we shall still love you. But be ye assured that we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer. One day we shall win freedom but not only for ourselves. We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process and our victory will be a double victory.’
Martin Luther King Jr’s essay, Loving Your Enemies
“Do not sit trying to manufacture feelings. Ask yourself “If I was sure that I loved God, what would I do? When you have found the answer, go and do it. C.S. Lewis
Listening Prayer:

Jesus, what are you saying to me this morning?

Show me an area that I need to practice unrestricted love?

What would it mean to be told: "you look like your heavenly dad."













Individual or Small Group Questions

Start by sharing how you have been using about the Hearing God homework

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1)What did you sense God was doing amongst us on Sunday?

2)What does "Love unrestricted" mean for you?

3)Have someone read Martin Luther King Jr quote. How do you respond to loving your enemy?

4)Read Matthew 5:45-47. How might our small group take this more seriously?



LISTENING PRAYER QUESTION:
Jesus what are you saying to me and to us about what it means to be your children?




























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