1. { The Promise “You are my friends if you do what I command.”

2. Yesterday Unity happens when we share...... so share something!

3. Today I. Sharing unites, but... II. What keeps people “together asone”?

4. How long will it last?

5. I. Sharing unites, but... only for a time. II. What keeps people “together asone”?

6. Love

7. What it isn’t: proud rude self-seeking easily angered What it doesn’t: envy boast delight in evil fail ~1 Cor 13 What it is: patient kind greater than faith and hope What it does: keeps no record of wrongs rejoices with the truth always protects always trusts always hopes always perseveres LOVE

8. Love

10. “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”~John 13:35 “ My command is this: love each other as I have loved you. You are my friends if you do what I command.... This is my command: love each other.” ~John 15:12-17 Love

11. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one – I in them and you in me – so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.... I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them. ~John 17:20-26

12. Discussion ~ Was there a part of the presentation that seemed especially important or applicable to you? Explain. ~ Is it hypocritical (or even dangerous?) to act loving if we don’t feel loving? ~ As we reflect on the ways we interact in our local ministry settings... In what ways have we obeyed the command to love each other? In what ways do we most often fail to love? How can we love better?