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What to Expect

Today’s word to live by: LOVE

The greatest joy of parents is seeing their children all grown up and living a life of love - blessing their own children, their spouses, their neighbors. When the children decide to live a life of love, the parents know their love has been received and made complete. This is how it is for God, your Father. He has been pouring His love into you all your life, even when you were too young to remember it. When you grow up and live a life of love, you give evidence that God's love has been born in you and has been made complete in you. Do you want to give evidence that God's love is in you? Go love someone else.

Believe

It is one thing to know the story of the Bible. It’s another thing to live it. We are going to pull out our Believe topical Bibles and look at the 3rd section. It will help us answer the Who am I becoming? question. To do this we will find clear Biblical guidance to help us live fruitful lives. Our themes over the next 10 Sundays will be the fruit of the Spirit. So please dig out your Believe Bible (or pick up a copy to use these weeks). Remember if you can’t be with us that the messages are available on our St. Peter’s website / YouTube channel. We previously covered Discover & Connect. Now we move on to the third part of our next step: Engage. Please bring the Believe Bible each week to use during the message.

Bible reference to read this week about LOVE (Chapter 21, p. 339 in Believe):

1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Leviticus 19:17-18
Mark 12:28-34
John 13:31-35
Galatians 5:13-25
1 John 4:7-21
Matthew 5:43-48
Romans 13:8-10
Matthew 18:21-35
1 Samuel 18:1-4
1 Samuel 19:1-7
1 Samuel 20:1-42
John 10:14-18

Order of Worship

Greeting & Invocation

God of Grace and Glory

God of grace and God of glory
On Thy people pour Thy power
Crown Thine ancient church's story
Bring her bud to glorious flower
Grant us wisdom grant us courage
For the facing of this hour
For the facing of this hour

Lo the hosts of evil 'round us
Scorn Thy Christ assail His ways
From the fears that
Long have bound us
Free our hearts to faith and praise
Grant us wisdom grant us courage
For the living of these days
For the living of these days

Set our feet on lofty places
Gird our lives that they may be
Armored with all Christ-like graces
In the fight to set men free
Grant us wisdom grant us courage
That we fail not man nor Thee
That we fail not man nor Thee

Scripture Reading

1 John 4:10-11 - This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

A Litany of Love

(based on John 3:16, Romans 5:8, 1 John 4:8-9, 3:1, 4:11-12, 18-19)

Pastor: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

People: But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Pastor: He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

People: 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.

Pastor: Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us,

People: That we should be called children of God!

Pastor: Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

People: 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.

Pastor: There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

People: We love Him because He first loved us.

Jesus Loves Me This I Know

Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so
Little ones to Him belong
They are weak but He is strong