Loving Like Jesus
Standing Alongside and Giving Hope
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In this week’s reflection, we look at how Jesus shows His awesome love to those who have just lost a loved one. We see how Jesus showed His great compassion and wept at Lazarus’ tomb. And we see the hope and joy that Jesus gave them, and us as He raised Lazarus from the dead, and reminds us that death holds no power over Him. John 11:1-44
In this week’s reflection, we look at how Jesus shows His awesome love to those who have just lost a loved one. We see how Jesus showed His great compassion and wept at Lazarus’ tomb. And we see the hope and joy that Jesus gave them, and us as He raised Lazarus from the dead, and reminds us that death holds no power over Him. John 11:1-44
Listening to the Shepherd
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This week we meet Jesus, the Good Shepherd, and we listen to how the Good Shepherd loves and cares for us so much that He lays down His life as a sacrifice for us. Listen as we find out what we can learn about how to love from the Good Shepherd. John 10:1-21
This week we meet Jesus, the Good Shepherd, and we listen to how the Good Shepherd loves and cares for us so much that He lays down His life as a sacrifice for us. Listen as we find out what we can learn about how to love from the Good Shepherd. John 10:1-21
Being messengers of healing
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In this week’s reflection, we reflect upon one man’s amazing healing by Jesus, as Jesus heals him physically, socially, spiritually. Jesus’ healing is not merely a physical thing but touches people in our entirety. God wants to heal us. And He wants to do it through us. He has placed His Spirit within us and calls us to be messengers of His healing, taking His power and love to all we meet. Read more
In this week’s reflection, we reflect upon one man’s amazing healing by Jesus, as Jesus heals him physically, socially, spiritually. Jesus’ healing is not merely a physical thing but touches people in our entirety. God wants to heal us. And He wants to do it through us. He has placed His Spirit within us and calls us to be messengers of His healing, taking His power and love to all we meet. Read more
Showing Love Through Grace and Truth
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This week we look at the events in John 8:2-11 and examine the different characters in the scene. And we ask ourselves, how is our own behaviour and attitudes reflected by the characters? What can we learn from this about how to love others as Jesus does? John 8:2-11
This week we look at the events in John 8:2-11 and examine the different characters in the scene. And we ask ourselves, how is our own behaviour and attitudes reflected by the characters? What can we learn from this about how to love others as Jesus does? John 8:2-11
Speaking God’s Words
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God calls us to speak His Words with power and authority through the power of the Holy Spirit, not to gain glory for ourselves but to glorify Him, our Almighty God. He challenges us to speak out against situations of injustice and hypocrisy. Are we willing to live this radical life as we follow Jesus? Are we willing to risk being opposed for speaking God’s words of love and truth? Read more
God calls us to speak His Words with power and authority through the power of the Holy Spirit, not to gain glory for ourselves but to glorify Him, our Almighty God. He challenges us to speak out against situations of injustice and hypocrisy. Are we willing to live this radical life as we follow Jesus? Are we willing to risk being opposed for speaking God’s words of love and truth? Read more
Loving God, Finding Security, Passing it on
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If we want to love others as Jesus does, we first need to love God and receive the love that He pours into us. Only then can we share that sacrificial, supernatural love with others. Only when we know the security that comes from a relationship with God can we share that with others. John 6:16-29
If we want to love others as Jesus does, we first need to love God and receive the love that He pours into us. Only then can we share that sacrificial, supernatural love with others. Only when we know the security that comes from a relationship with God can we share that with others. John 6:16-29
Involving Others
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Loving like Jesus means we have to learn to let go of our self-sufficiency and call others to help. Jesus wants us to work as a team, no matter how talented we believe ourselves to be. There will always be something we need help in, and so we are called to involve others in our story. John 6:1-15
Loving like Jesus means we have to learn to let go of our self-sufficiency and call others to help. Jesus wants us to work as a team, no matter how talented we believe ourselves to be. There will always be something we need help in, and so we are called to involve others in our story. John 6:1-15
Make No Assumptions
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We make assumptions about who people are, what they need and how we should interact (or not) with them. We follow social conventions that tell us how to behave and who to socialise with and when. But Jesus encourages us to reject assumptions for reality and to allow love to conquer over social conventions. Can we learn to love like Jesus by putting aside our traditional ways of being, and instead reaching out to each other with love and compassion? Read more
We make assumptions about who people are, what they need and how we should interact (or not) with them. We follow social conventions that tell us how to behave and who to socialise with and when. But Jesus encourages us to reject assumptions for reality and to allow love to conquer over social conventions. Can we learn to love like Jesus by putting aside our traditional ways of being, and instead reaching out to each other with love and compassion? Read more
Paying Attention
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Loving like Jesus requires us to pay attention, to see people around us and to care for them, even when we have a million reasons not to. Let’s learn from Jesus as we see how He interacted with the Samaritan woman at the well. John 4:4-26; 39-42 “Everyone… wants to feel seen and affirmed. Everyone wants to know that their presence matters: that someone knows their name, hears the tremble in their voice and cares for them unconditionally. Read more
Loving like Jesus requires us to pay attention, to see people around us and to care for them, even when we have a million reasons not to. Let’s learn from Jesus as we see how He interacted with the Samaritan woman at the well. John 4:4-26; 39-42 “Everyone… wants to feel seen and affirmed. Everyone wants to know that their presence matters: that someone knows their name, hears the tremble in their voice and cares for them unconditionally. Read more
Pointing People to Jesus
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Part of loving others like Jesus is telling people about the most amazing love they could ever imagine. Jesus gave up His life because He loves us so much and wanted to save us. Are we willing to step out of our comfort zone to tell people about this amazing love? John 3:1-21 Galatians 2:20 Romans 12:2
Part of loving others like Jesus is telling people about the most amazing love they could ever imagine. Jesus gave up His life because He loves us so much and wanted to save us. Are we willing to step out of our comfort zone to tell people about this amazing love? John 3:1-21 Galatians 2:20 Romans 12:2
