Experiencing the. command. 2 Love Your Neighbour

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1 Experiencing the GREATEST command 2 Love Your Neighbour

2 The GREAT command Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments. (Matt 22:37-40)

3 The Core of Preaching Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: (Heb 10:23-24) Them + US And we know and have believed the love which God has in us. God is love; and he that abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. Herein is love made perfect with us; (1Jn 4:16-17) 1

4 UnEXPECTED Principles

5 Work for Nothing Luk 6:35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High;

6 Without a Word In like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word; seeing your pure behavior in fear. (1Pet 3:1-2)

7 Loving Your Neighbour in action

8 Touch 2 Teach When Jesus he said came to him, down "See from that the you mountain, tell nobody, great but multitudes go, show followed yourself him. to the Behold, priest, a and leper offer came the to gift him that and Moses worshiped commanded, him, saying, as a "Lord, if you want to, testimony you can to make them. me (Mat clean. 8:4) Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (Matt 8:1-3) Matt 8:1-4

9 Touch 2 Teach Jesus, Behold, knowing they brought their thoughts, to him a man said, who "Why was do paralyzed, you think evil lying in on your a bed. hearts? Jesus, For seeing which their is easier, faith, to said say, to 'Your the paralytic, sins are forgiven;' "Son, cheer or to up! Your say, sins 'Get are up, forgiven and walk? you.". (Matt (Matt 9:4-5) 9:2) Matt 8:1-4 Matt 9:2-5

10 Touch 2 Teach It When happened Jesus as heard sat it, in he the said house, to them, behold, "Those many who tax are collectors healthy and have sinners no need came for a and physician, sat down but with those Jesus who and are his sick disciples do. But (Mat you go and learn what this means: 'I 9:10) desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Matt 9:12-13) 13) Matt 8:1-4 Matt 9:2-4 Matt 9:10-13

11 Touch 2 Teach Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up.(matt 1:4-5) and the poor have good news preached to them (Matt 11:5) Matt 8:1-4 Matt 9:2-4 Matt 9:10-12 Matt 11:4-5

12 Loving Your Neighbour as Yourself

13 visionary, energizer organiser, leader Love your neighbour as you love yourself reasoner, communicator worker, connector

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15 Visionary & Energiser

16 Reasoner & Communicator

17 Worker & Connector

18 Organiser and Leader

19 visionary, energizer organiser, leader reasoner, communicator Looking in Our LMN Pack worker, connector

20 Reflecting God s Mirror Get together with similar looking people to you Answer these questions How would you best connect with someone like yourself? What approach would be least likely to work?

21 From Loved To Loving Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God (Eph 5:1-2)

22 ONE WORD A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know That ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. (Jn 13:34-35) For all the Law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, You shall love your neighbour as yourself (Gal 5:14) YOU PICK THE WORD