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Crossroads Church

Believing Like Jesus :: Part 5

Love is an Orientation :: Katie Martinez & Ryan Howell

Locations & Times

Crossroads Church Loveland Campus

5420 N Taft Ave, Loveland, CO 80538, USA

Thursday 6:30 PM

Sunday 10:00 AM

www.crossroadscolorado.com/live

Thursday 6:30 PM

Sunday 10:00 AM

Anchor Verse: “...let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith...” Hebrews 12:1-2

What’s the Issue Anyway?

We live in a world of ________________-___________ acceptance.

We project our ___________ __________________ of LOVE onto God.

This ___________ ____________________ produces pain and problems.

What wisdom does scripture offer us?

Jesus taught that God’s love was ______________. (Matthew 5:43-47)

Jesus taught that God’s love __________________ our choices perfectly.
(Luke 15:21-22)

Jesus taught God’s love transforms ___________ into great _________. (Luke 7:47)

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Jesus believed God is ______________ love and we are ________________ by that love. (Matthew 5:48)

What about my everyday, peacemaking life?

How to be perfected in God’s Love:

1. Develop an _______________ of the beliefs and habits of performance-orientation. (Internal reference point: Ego)

2. Create a _______ __________ with a Love-orientation. (Internal reference point: Christ’s love connecting all things)

Essential Daily Practice: Silence, Meditation, Non-judgment, Time Spent in Nature

How can this make me a better human and our world a better place?

Your ________ ________ comes alive: Happy, free, humble, powerful.

We ____________ and ___________ God’s love to the world.

We _____________ the power of sin (wounds and wounding).

What is God inviting you into today?

1. Learn to gently observe yourself in performance-orientation.

2. Commit to creating a New Life of Love-orientation.

Thought Provoking Questions for Groups or Personal Reflection

1. How do you tend to live in performance-orientation?

2. Who have been your models, mentors and mirrors of unconditional love?

3. When have you been the recipient of God’s universal and understanding love? How did this experience change you?

4. Jesus taught that God’s love transforms shame into great love. Why is this so important for our Crossroads Family of Peacemakers?

5. In what ways does Jesus’ belief that “God’s love is universal” bother you? Why? What of our cultural values are in tension with God’s way of loving everyone?