Family… Fun, Furious, Fortune, or Failure…It’s Still FAMILY part 2: Real Love Is Better By Far

“It is good to speak of God today.” Thank You for coming and worshiping.

Real Love Is Better By Far 1 Corinthians 13:1-13(NKJV) 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up;

Real Love Is Better By Far 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

Real Love Is Better By Far 11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. 13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

Real Love Is Better By Far God has blessed us with the ability to love

Real Love Is Better By Far God has blessed us with the ability to love Our Creator Matthew 22:36-40(KJV) 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

Real Love Is Better By Far God has blessed us with the ability to love Our Creator Each other John 15:12(KJV) 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.

Real Love Is Better By Far God has blessed us with the ability to love Our Creator Each other Our young

Real Love Is Better By Far God has blessed us with the ability to love Our Creator Each other Our young Our brother and sisters in the Lord 1 Thessalonians 3:12(KJV) 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

Real Love Is Better By Far God has blessed us with the ability to love Our Creator Each other Our young Our brother and sisters in the Lord Our “neighbors”

Real Love Is Better By Far God has blessed us with the ability to love Our Creator Each other Our young Our brother and sisters in the Lord Our “neighbors” Strangers Deuteronomy 10:19(KJV) 19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Real Love Is Better By Far We need to understand why Love is so strong

Real Love Is Better By Far We need to understand why Love is so strong It comes from God – He made it that way 1 John 4:16(NKJV) 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

Real Love Is Better By Far We need to understand why Love is so strong It comes from God – He made it that way Used by God that we might have more of Him Ephesians 3:17-19(KJV) 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Real Love Is Better By Far We need to understand why Love is so strong It comes from God – He made it that way Used by God that we might have more of Him Used by God to give us the best we can have Galatians 5:6(NKJV) 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, but faith working through love.

Real Love Is Better By Far We need to understand why Love is so strong It comes from God – He made it that way Used by God that we might have more of Him Used by God to give us the best we can have Blessed by God that it might grow in our lives Galatians 5:22(NKJV) 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

Real Love Is Better By Far When we look at God’s Love we see love at its best – we should copy that love John 3:16(KJV) 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Real Love Is Better By Far When we look at God’s Love we see love at its best – we should copy that love God’s love is great

Real Love Is Better By Far When we look at God’s Love we see love at its best – we should copy that love God’s love is great God’s love is lasting (our should be as well) Hebrews 13:1(KJV) 1 Let brotherly love continue.

Real Love Is Better By Far When we look at God’s Love we see love at its best – we should copy that love God’s love is great God’s love is lasting (our should be as well) God’s love is pure and good Romans 12:9(NKJV) 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

Real Love Is Better By Far When we look at God’s Love we see love at its best – we should copy that love God’s love is great God’s love is lasting (our should be as well) God’s love is pure and good Love is right! Romans 13:9(KJV) 9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Real Love Is Better By Far When we look at God’s Love we see love at its best – we should copy that love God’s love is great God’s love is lasting (our should be as well) God’s love is pure and good Love is right! James 2:8(KJV) 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

Real Love Is Better By Far When we look at God’s Love we see love at its best – we should copy that love God’s love is great God’s love is lasting (our should be as well) God’s love is pure and good Love is right! Love does not masquerade as hate!

Real Love Is Better By Far When we look at God’s Love we see love at its best – we should copy that love God’s love is great God’s love is lasting (our should be as well) God’s love is pure and good Love is right! Love does not masquerade as hate! God’s love is inclusive, not divisive 1 Thessalonians 3:12(KJV) 12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you:

Real Love Is Better By Far Some truths about love:

Real Love Is Better By Far Some truths about love: You cannot have the best love for each other without a strong love for God

Real Love Is Better By Far Some truths about love: You cannot have the best love for each other without a strong love for God You cannot have the best love for God without a strong love for each other

Real Love Is Better By Far Some truths about love: You cannot have the best love for each other without a strong love for God You cannot have the best love for God without a strong love for each other Others will not see your love for God if it does not show in your love for each other

Real Love Is Better By Far Some truths about love: John 13:35(NKJV) 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Real Love Is Better By Far Some truths about love: 1 John 4:7-21(NKJV) 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 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. *-[this means: atonement, payment or redemption]

Real Love Is Better By Far Some truths about love: 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

Real Love Is Better By Far Some truths about love: If all you do is return love given or showed to you, you are missing the true meaning of love Matthew 5:43-48(NKJV) 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Real Love Is Better By Far Some truths about love: If all you do is return love given or showed to you, you are missing the true meaning of love 46 For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Real Love Is Better By Far We need to love like God loves!

Real Love Is Better By Far We need to love like God loves! Start with Him

Real Love Is Better By Far We need to love like God loves! Start with Him Add family

Real Love Is Better By Far We need to love like God loves! Start with Him Add family Add fellow believers

Real Love Is Better By Far We need to love like God loves! Start with Him Add family Add fellow believers Include our “enemies”

Real Love Is Better By Far Tell someone today that God loves them

Real Love Is Better By Far Tell someone today that God loves them Tell someone today that you love them

Real Love Is Better By Far Tell someone today that God loves them Tell someone today that you love them Show someone today that God loves them

Real Love Is Better By Far Tell someone today that God loves them Tell someone today that you love them Show someone today that God loves them Show someone today that YOU love them

Real Love Is Better By Far