Part 3 - Breath of Love

John 1:1-3

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.  1 Cor. 13:13

Most Expressive Words

Most bitter	ALONE
Most tragic	DEATH
Most reverent	MOTHER
Most cruel	REVENGE
Most peaceful	TRANQUIL
Most sad	FORGOTTEN
Most cold	NO
Most comforting	FAITH
Most misunderstood	LOVE

Misconceptions

Love is a feeling

Love is attraction

Love is earned

Love is fleeting

Love is conditional

What word would you use to describe your love for God?

Sceptic	Is there a God that loves at all?
Seeker	Could there be a God that loves me?
Stumbler	Why would God ever want to love me?
Shallow	I love him... I love him not...
Selective	This is mine and this is his; this is mine and...
Self-seeking	What's in this for me?
Sold out	I love you, you love me...

What word would you use to describe God's love for you?

JESUS

What we can know about God's Final Word

The Word’s eternity: He will always love me
In the beginning the Word already existed… Vs. 1

The Word’s relationship: He’s interested in me!
The Word was with God… from the very beginning. Vs. 1, 2

The Word’s deity: His love will always win out.
The Word was God… Vs. 1

The Word creating: His love made me for a purpose.
He created everything there is. Nothing exists that he didn’t make. Vs. 3

The Word being: His love is constantly at work in my life.
Everything that was created, received its life from him… Vs. 4

The Word revealing: His love will show me right and wrong.
The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. Vs. 5

The Word incarnating: His love will show me the way to live.
So the Word became human and lived here on earth among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father. Vs. 14