Our relationship appetite consists of three factors: Labels: Sermon
1) Food - To satisfy needs
2) Truth - To learn things
3) Love
Real Love vs Sex
3 things of love demonstration
1) Love is the real bread of acceptance.
Rom 15:7
Deepest wound is when u r rejected or neglected. Yet Clothing in Jesus Christ made you acceptable…
2) Accountability
Mt 24 & 26, Luke 21:34 / 12:35, 1 Cor 3:13-14, 2 Cor 5:10, Heb 5:13 / 10:31 / 13:17, James 2:12 / 3:1-2 / 4:11-5:9
Get ready to face God/Christ Cuz You are so valuable tt wat you do matter to God…
3) Affirmation.
Rom 12:15 Philip 2:4 1 Peter 4:8 1 Jn 3:18 / 15:3 / 13:34-35
Faith is simply trusting God’s character when life gives you the reason not to…
4 things abt God
1) Deliberately “seems” Mysterious
Isa 45:15 Pro 25:2
He may be mysterious so tt there is always room for navigation in God’s path… So seek God and you will be able to find Him. Reward is for those who pursue God!!! Pursue is the reason for success.
2) His way unpredictable and frightening. His ways are above ours.
God is the ans/maker of all statement. Faith is simply trusting God no matter wat happen even when everything goes bad but you are still living well in God’s embrace. Be flexible when you are with God or else you will break away as u r too rigid. Walking in God does not prevent you from you from the fallen nature of Earth as u r still living in it even though u r not of it anymore. Believing in God’s way are better then yours. You can trust God, He is Good!!!
3) He is responsible for everything.
He is accountable for all things… God choose and allow differently. Remember He is unpredictable thus uncontrollable yet it is worth working it thru (Isa 45:7). Some choices are not pain free. Some decisions are not easy to make. There is no pain free ans but productive answers/ right way forward. God is responsible for this Earth thus He send Jesus to remedy the problem n had already fix the problem. Thus response to Him so that He can correct and recompense you.
4) God is nice / gracious to you.
How God LOVE you even though u have choose to rebel against Him is a proof how much He love you. You are valuable to God, so learn more abt God so that your doubt can be overturn.
Ps 51/103 (prayer of repentance)
Graciousness is the art of hospitality in which a person of lesser status or a stranger is made to feel welcomed at eased and valued.
Jer 15:19 “Cleansing of your heart from unworthy and unwanted suspicious concerning God’s faithfulness”