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Promises for a New Year\nLove. Pastor Michael Dascoli\nFebruary 14, 2021\n\n\u201cFor God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\u201d John 3:16\n\n\u201cHow great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should \nbe called children of God! And that is what we are.\u201d 1John 3:1a\n\nIn love 5 He predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with His pleasure and will\u20146 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the One He loves. 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God\u2019s grace 8 that He lavished on us.\nEphesians 1:4c\n\nLove the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all \nyour mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. Matthew 22:37-38\n\n\u201cThis is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an \natoning sacrifice for our sins\u2026 19We love because He first loved us.\u201d 1John 4:10, 19\n\nWorship is heart: loving God back\n\nWorship is also hands: expressed in actions\n\n. I know that there are those of us that have a hard time saying those three little words, \u201cI love you.\u201d Sometimes we feel it, but we just can\u2019t get it out. Why can it be so hard to say, \u201cI love you\u201d? \n\n1: I can love God by embracing His love for me\n\n\u201cWe love because He first loved us.\u201d 1John 4:19\n\n2: I can tell God I love Him by Giving myself to Him\n\n\u201cTherefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God\u2019s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God\u2014this is your true and proper worship.\u201d Romans 12:1\n\n\u201cGreater love has no one than this: to lay down one\u2019s life for one\u2019s friends.\u201d John 15:13\n\n3: I can tell God I love Him by loving people\n\u201cLove the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: \u2018Love your neighbor as yourself.\u2019 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.\u201d \nMatthew 22:37-38\n\n\n\u201c\u2026the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: \n\u201cLove your neighbor as yourself.\u201d Galatians 5:14\n\nWhoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And He has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister. 1John 4:20-21\n\n\u201cBeloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.\u201d \n1John 4:7-8\n\n4: We can tell God we love Him by SINGING TO HIM\n\n\u201cWorship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.\u201d Psalm 100:2\n\n1 Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Sing to the LORD, praise His name; proclaim His salvation day after day. 3 Declare His glory among the nations,\nHis marvelous deeds among all peoples. 4 For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise\u2026 Psalm 96:1-4a\n\n5: We can tell Him by TALKING TO HIM\n\n\u201cI love the LORD, for He heard my voice; He heard my cry for mercy. 2 Because \nHe turned His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.\u201d Psalm 116:1-2\n\n6: We can tell God we love Him by LISTENING TO HIM\n\n\u201cMy sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.\u201d John 10:27\n\nLet\u2019s Pray:\n\t-What is God\u2019s Spirit saying to you today?\n\t-How must you respond?