Series Love Your Neighbor Part 4 Love and
Series: Love Your Neighbor Part 4: Love and Be Loved Sunday Nov. 2, 2014
Checkup Questions: 1. Have you been able to fill in a name or two on your Neighbor Chart? 2. Have you learned anything new about your neighbors? 3. Are you discovering their stories?
Checkup Questions: 1. Have you moved life from the backyard to the front yard to create chance meetings with your neighbors? 2. Have you dropped off a meal or some baking? 3. Are you planning a block or Grey Cup party?
Loving our neighbors and being loved by our neighbors might be as important to us socially as is getting our flu shots is important to us physically.
Trick Q: Is the goal of good neighboring to share the gospel?
It is possible that being a good neighbor is an end in itself?
What about the Great Commission?
Love your neighbor – and be mindful of opportunities to talk to them about your faith in Jesus – as those chances arise – in the course of normal conversation – and on God’s timetable.
I am asking you (and expecting me) to share what I love!
Do I love Jesus enough that his name comes up naturally in my conversations?
“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven” (Mt. 5: 14 -16).
BIG IDEA: Love your neighbor as an end in itself – and let your neighbor love you back. It’s an honest way to live.
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