TOPIC: Love Is Sacrificial (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries Sunday, 9 September 2018)
FIRE SCRIPTURE: John 15:8-14
MEMORY VERSE: “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up.” –
1 Corinthians 13:4
The MESSAGE:
Romans 12:10 gives a charge that we should have kind affection for one another with brotherly love, in honour, preferring one another. If you love your brother in Christ you will give of your life to accommodate him. You will not find it difficult to tolerate his weaknesses while interceding for him to come out of the situation he or she is facing. You will show kindness to others even when they do not deserve it or request for it. Envy is not a fruit of the Spirit but the work of the flesh. If you love your brother, you will identify with his successes and praise the Lord for His goodness upon his life. The situation of the Corinthians addressed by Paul is still dominant among believers today. They lack the knowledge and meaning of real love, and therefore, behave in a manner that is not pleasing to the Lord. Like the Corinthians, believers take vengeance against one another and even sue one another. They keep record of wrongs committed against them and spread it among other brethren to enlist support against the one that offended them. They bear grudges and harbour bitterness without any regard for the preaching on forgiveness. Love does not rejoice in iniquity, but we see believers today rejoicing over the sad news of a brother or sister who had fallen into fornication or adultery. What makes good news to them is not that the fire of regeneration and sanctification has evidently touched a believer, but that people have fallen from grace. We should learn from Noah’s sons and seek to prayerfully restore the fallen brethren rather than broadcast their sins to the whole congregation. Engage love to help them make things right and put the shame on the devil rather than expose your brother to ridicule and shame. Failure to apply love will drive people away from the church. Be careful.
The commandment of the Lord is that we love one another as He loved us. His love is sacrificial. He took our sins that we may be free. He laid down His life that we may live. He became poor that we may be rich. He took away our infirmities that we may be healed. He became a man of sorrows and afflicted of men that we may have everlasting joy and peace. Unless you are ready to make sacrifices, forego your pride, your rights, your status, your wealth and your position for Christ’s sake, you may not be able to fulfill the commandment of love. This is a failure you will not allow in your life because of the consequences of inability to love. May the Lord help you to love sacrificially, in the mighty name of Jesus.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
ENVY IS NOT A FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT, BUT WORK OF THE FLESH.
PROPHETIC WORD:
The power to love as Jesus loves is released upon you now!
PRAYER POINTS:
MORNING
1. Let the love of Christ fill my heart, in the name of Jesus.
2. Holy Spirit, give me the fruit of love, in the name of Jesus.
3. Lord Jesus, unite Your church with agape love, in the name of Jesus.
EVENING
4. O Lord, let Your love bind us together as a church, in the name of Jesus.
5. Satanic attacks against the true love of Christ in the church, be arrested and die, in the name of Jesus.
6. Agents of darkness working against believers, be exposed and be disgraced, in the name of Jesus.
7. O Lord, help me to love my brethren the way I love myself, in the name of Jesus.
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