Feb 14, 2021 | Dr. Jeff Warren

Sermon Response Guide

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PRIMARY SCRIPTURE: Matthew 22:35-40


Key Points

  • We exist to love God and love others. Period.
  • We love God by loving others.

Memory Verse

Ask God to write this word on your heart this week:

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
Galatians 5:14 ESV

Questions for Reflection

Take time to reflect and respond to these questions on your own in the presence of the Holy Spirit, or with trusted friends or family members:
 
1: What is the sole purpose of your life in Christ?
 
2: How might embracing your God-given purpose contribute toward unity among believers and not-yet believers?
 
3: Consider how you have spent 2021 so far.
 
Based on the last six weeks of 2021, if members of your home or family were to guess what your life’s purpose is, what do you think they would say?

4: What would your friends say?
 
5: What would your co-workers or classmates say?
 
6: What would your neighbors say?

7: When you die, what do you hope people will collectively say of you?
 
8: How could the tune of 2021 change for you if you actively sought to further embrace your God-given purpose one day and one person at a time?

Pray

Lord, we were made to love you and love others because you first loved us. Yet, so often, we forget who we were made to be and what we were made to do. As we prepare our hearts for Easter Sunday, help us to fix our eyes on you, Jesus. Show us who you are. Show us who God is. Show us who you freed us to be in you, Jesus. Help us to love you with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and spur us on to actively seek and find ways to love our neighbors as ourselves.

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references 

For those interested in further study, our pastors want to share resources that have aided them in their sermon preparation (in conjunction with the Bible and the Holy Spirit):
 
·      B.L.E.S.S. 5 Everyday Ways to Love Your Neighbor and Change the World by Dave Ferguson and Jon Ferguson
·      40 Days of Blessing: Love Your Neighbor. Change the World. PCBC 2021 Lenten Journal

Find more Lenten resources here.

 

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