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Published: Dec. 21, 2010, 7:19 p.m.

LOVE MUCH

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(Matthew 1:21)\xa0 \u201cShe will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.\u201d
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(John 3:16)\xa0 \u201cFor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.\u201d\xa0

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(Matthew 22:36-39) \u201cTeacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?\xa0 Jesus replied: \u2018Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.\u2019 \xa0This is the first and greatest commandment.\xa0 And the second is like it: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019 \u201d\xa0

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Title of Message: Love Much\xa0

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(1 John 3:16)\xa0 \u201cThis is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.\u201d\xa0

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(John 13:34)\xa0 Jesus said, \u201cA new commandment I give you:\xa0 Love one another!\xa0 As I have loved you, so you must love one another.\u201d\xa0

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\xa0(John 15:13) \u201cGreater love has no one than this: to lay down one\u2019s life for one\u2019s friends.\u201d

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(John 13:35)\xa0 \u201cBy this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.\u201d

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(1 Corinthians 14:1 LB)\xa0 \u201cMake love your greatest aim\u2026\u201d

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How to Love Much.

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1\xa0\xa0 1. Experience God\u2019s love for yourself.

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(Luke 7:47)\xa0 \u201cTherefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven--for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.\u201d

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(1 John 4:19)\xa0 \u201cWe love because he first loved us.\u201d

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2\xa0 2. Make the choice to love.

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(Romans 5:8) \u201cBut God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.\u201d

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3\xa0 3. Respond to love by doing something.

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(1 John 3:18)\xa0 \u201cDear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.\u201d

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(Proverbs 3:27-28 Message)\xa0 \u201cNever walk away from someone who deserves help; your hand is God\u2019s hand for that person.\xa0 Never tell your neighbors to wait until tomorrow if you can help them now.\u201d

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