Message Title: God Provides Warnings
Date: August 1, 2021

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Last week:
We focused on how God's love provides us with love to share with others.

THIS WEEK:
Remember who you are!

Trouble in the World: Darkness isn't just out there; it gets in us

If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. --Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

--We have the capacity to look like Christ AND we have the capacity to look UNlike Christ.

ICE CREAM VERSE:
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is what we are! 1 John 3:1

God reminds us: You are not a bucket filled with holes! You are a child of God!

Jesus swapped buckets with me.
--We don't need to try to be perfect buckets
--Instead, to be like Him in the world -- to share what He's given me

Wells need to be used so they are filled back up by underground water. If wells aren't supplying water, they dry up completely.

What is flowing out of you?

THIS WEEK:
--Lectio Divina: 1John 2:15-30
--Daily Examen: Today, how did I receive and release the love of God? Where did I notice God's love and where did I miss it?

PCC BENEDICTION
May you jump into the arms of Jesus and may He push out into the world. May you be healed as you participate in the healing of others. Not because you must, but because you may. This is why we were born!

Beyond Sunday
The series Together: Responding to His Great Love is foundational to our new beginning at PCC. By studying the 12 springs from the great well of God’s love in the Book of 1 John, our hope is that it would empower us to love ourselves and others more, as we seek His future direction. This week, we focus on how God’s love provides us with warnings.

1. In the last week, how did you receive and/or release the love of God? If not, what could you do to position your soul more to do so?

2. Lectio Divina:1 John 2:15-3:10 What stands out (words, phrases, theme) to you after the second or third time you read it through?

3. According to John, if we know Jesus, we'll act differently than those that don't. How?

4. How does your identity as a child of God affect your choices and decisions?

5. We've been using the image of a well to represent God's love for us. What are ways we access and draw from the well? How does drawing from the well of God's love transform who we are and how we act?

6. Scott shared a story about wells that dry up when they aren't used. How can we share what we have so we can participate with God in filling others, then come back for more and more of God's love? Who is God calling you to share His love with?

Resources to help you receive & release His Great Love

Focus
Breath prayer:
Inhale: Help me to receive you love / Exhale: Help me to release your love

Reflect (see links below)
Lectio Divina: 1 John 1:5-2:2 (try this 3X this week)

Daily Examen: Today, how did I receive the love of God and how did I release it?

Watch & Read (see links below)
--The Chosen (see the love of Jesus)
--Kids: What is a Christian? Journey through 1John on Right Now Media ----Kids: Have you filled a bucket today? (book)

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Fiscal year (June 1 - to date)

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