Week 7November 17, 2012

Love is…

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.” - Billy, age 4

“Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.” – Danny, age 7

“Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Brad Pitt.” – Chris, age 7

“Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss.” - Emily, age 8

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” - Rebecca, age 8

“Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.” – Tommy, age 6

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” – Jessica, age 8

Loving RelationshipsNovember 17, 2012

So what do we mean?

A genuine, practical love has a magnetic power far more effective than evangelistic programs that depend mostly on verbal communication.

John 17:20-23 Jesus Prays for All Believers 20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who

will believe in me through their message, 21 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. 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 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.

4 Observations

Observation 1

We appreciate each other’s contributions

4 Observations

We place value on each other no one is better than the other and all tasks are important and therefore all people all important.

Luke 15

The issue is possessions, money and family

Observation 2

What’s the mood here?

Observation 2

is there a lot of joy and laughter…..Or is there sense of dread?

Observation 3

Are we friends?

Observation 4How willing are we to go deeper in our relationships?

Matthew 22:37-39John 13:34,35John 15:17Romans 13:9, 10Gal. 5:13-151 Peter 1:221 Peter 2:17

The RelationalOnion

How willing are we to peel away the

layers in our lives to reveal all about

us?