This Sunday we’ll begin our day with a doughnuts and coffee fellowship in the gym to kick off our new Sunday School year. Then in worship, we’ll start a 4-week series on spiritual growth by looking at the goal of our growth from Matthew 22:34-40. And on Sunday night we’ll consider the patience of God in our attributes of God study. We hope to see you there!
Schedule
@930 Sunday School Kickoff in gym
@945 Small Groups / Sunday School for all ages
@1045 Worship Gathering
@6pm Attributes of God study
Sermon Notes
Spiritual Growth: The Goal ~ Matthew 22:34-40
- The Goal: A follower of Jesus aims to love God supremely and love others deeply
- Love God supremely (22:34-38)
- To love God supremely means that no aspect of our lives is to exist outside of God’s commands and desires
- We love him with our heart (emotions and desires); soul (life, especially spiritual life), and mind (thoughts and words, which lead to actions)
- Love others deeply (22:39-40)
- To love others is to have a joyful commitment toward them for their good–meeting needs and pointing them to Jesus
- We are to love other Christians, love those who are not followers of Jesus, and love those who act as enemies toward us
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