Love Well II

Question: “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” (Luke 10: 26)

Personal Question: What is interpretation of the law?

(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

Question: Do you believe there is you can do to earn eternal life?

He answered: “Love the Lord your God:

with all your and
with all your and
with all your and
with all your and…
“Love your neighbour as yourself.” (Luke 10: 28 )

In fact, Jesus taught that we our enemies. How doing wit dat? (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

It is to love the unlovely neighbour and our enemies unless God’s love is in our hearts.

Is my heart open to receive God’s love? We have to love in order to love. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

The story is a parable with deep meaning foreshadowing and illustrating the costly love of Jesus for humanity which would climax in his dying on the cross of Calvary for sinners, broken people, who were his enemies!(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

God’s standard for loving well cannot be achieved by human good will, effort, ingenuity or laws. Jesus showed that broken humanity needed a Saviour. That Saviour is (Put the exclamation point –> !)(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

The lawyer’s question, what must I do to inherit eternal life? is the wrong question. Attempts at keeping the law cannot save us, because we cannot keep God’s law. We cannot therefore do anything to earn or inherit eternal life/God’s salvation.

Eternal Life (Salvation) is a available to sinners who put their in Jesus.

To whom must I become a neighbour? The answer is
Regardless of race, language, religion, class or ethnicity. (MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

Let us , by God’s grace. AMEN!

(MULTILINE REVEAL BIG)

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CHOICES
A PRINCIPLE AND A STORY

February 8, 2026

“In this world you have trouble but be of good I have overcome the world.” John 16:33b

Big Question: Are we open to and God’s word? James said:

“Do not merely to the word and so yourselves. Do what it says. James 1: 22

“…everyone did as fit” is repeated.
We can never improve on God’s plans and ways.

People with a for God attract God’s .

SPACE FOR MORE
Text: Ezekiel 34: 1-24

Ezekiel 34:11 11 “For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out.

1. God Confronts

Shepherds focuses on: Feeding themselves, Financial personal benefit & Flock exploitation

We should be; Concerned about People; Caring for People; Carrying People to the Lord; Coaching Spiritually People

Shepherds leads to Souls, Seep

“A shepherd who ignores the weak, the sick, and the wandering, abandons God’s heart.”

2. God Personally &

God is a Shepherd

God brings us into: His House, Community, Fellowship, His Presence

God is also a God Who Restores. He restores: &

3. God Calls His People to His Heart

You are called to Shepherd Your & Shepherd Your .

Shepherding happens in circles and rows, not just from the platform.

Your Row – Those who you sit, serve and with on a regular basis.

Your Circle
– Your Clan (Family) Circle,
– Church (Small Group/ Serve with) Circle,
(Social) Circle – Those who you do life with in different spaces.

How do We Shepherd Each Other?

Bring Back the Wanderer – Restoration Is Everyone’s Responsibility (v.16)
the Strayed – Don’t Ignore Empty Seats (v.16)
the Injured – People Carry Hidden Wounds (v.16)
Strengthen the Weak – Growth Takes Time (v.16)
the Flock – Confront What Harms Community (v.17–19)
Make Space for Others – Don’t Trample the Pasture (v.18–19)

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Big Idea: God leads, humbles, tests, feeds, disciplines and satisfies His people—so they can handle without Him.

MOVEMENT 1 — Learn to Trust the of God

The wilderness was not evidence of God’s absence—it was evidence of His .

Sometimes the Shepherd slows the flock because arriving too quickly would leave them , , or .

Shepherds often lead sheep through valleys on —not because they enjoy the valley, but because the valley provides what the cannot.

MOVEMENT 2 — Allow God to What the Journey is Doing Inside You

It describes . It’s the gentle but firm work of bringing something back into proper scale.

God doesn’t humble His people to humiliate them. He humbles them so blessing doesn’t them.

Bread without God’s Word = Sustained bodies, souls

Life is defined by relationship—by , , and to the word that comes from the mouth of the Lord

MOVEMENT 3 — Submitting to the Loving God Uses to Form You

Discipline is , Correction is and Formation is .

God does not discipline strangers. He disciplines and

MOVEMENT 4 — Staying Dependent When God Tests You with

The greatest threat to faith is not lack, but satisfaction without

Stay close to Jesus, the only One who never forgot the Father—and let His life shape yours

Big Idea: God leads (nāḥâ), humbles (ʿānâ), tests (nāsâ), feeds (leḥem), disciplines (yāsar) and satisfies (śāvaʿ) His people—so they can handle blessing without forgetting Him.

First Things First

Let’s at Martha- The of Many Things

“But Martha was distracted with much serving…” (v. 40)

A. Look at Her – Genuine

B. Look at Her – Internal

C. Look at Her – Revealed the Problem

Let’s from Mary- The of One Thing

“Mary sat at the Lord’s feet and listened…” (v. 39)

A. A Choice

B. A Position

C. A Heart

Let’s to Jesus- The of the One Necessary Thing

“Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; But one thing is necessary…” (v. 42)

A. His Is Gentle

B. The Is Clear

Let’s from the good part- The that Remains

“Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.” (v. 42)

In Scripture, “portion” language is covenantal, not competitive:

“The Lord is my portion” (Psalm 16:5)
“God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever” (Psalm 73:26)

“First Things First.”

1. Begin Before You Do

2. Choose a Daily “Seat at His Feet”

3. Practice Scripture Listening, Not Just Reading

4. Turn Transitions into Abiding Moments

5. Let Obedience Flow from Relationship

6. Practice Weekly Sabbath Stillness

7. Name One “Many Thing” to Release

8. End the Day Where You Began It

“Sit before you serve. Abide before you act. First things first.”

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Rebuilding Hope
New Year’s Eve Message 2025

How can we rebuild our lives, families, community and nation on the solid rock? The answer is straightforward.
We must give attention to God’s and it!

THE REBUILDING

What are some of the things the Lord calls on us to put off? The wisdom writer lists six things the Lord hates and seven which are detestable to him:

a) The Termite of “”

when pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

b) The Termites of a “”

Without truth, without confession and repentance from sin there can be no healing and reconciliation to God.

c) The Termites of “hands that innocent blood, a heart that evil schemes, feet that are to run into evil.”

Be sure of this: The will not go unpunished, but those who are will go free.

d) The Termite of ““

A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue.

exalts a Nation

“…There is righteous, not even one;” Romans 3:10

Let us under God !

Have a Mary Christmas: The Afterglow

1. with the Perplexity and Questions you have

(Luke 1:29) – “She was greatly troubled… and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.”

Encouragement:
Faith is not the of questions, but the to stay with God in them.

2. Your Story in Light of Story

(Luke 1:46–55)

Encouragement:
Reflection memory by placing it within God’s .

3. Clarity, do not Curiosity

(Luke 1:34) – “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”

Encouragement:
A reflective faith asks questions that trust, not ones that avoid .

4. to God’s Demands—Not Recklessly, but

(Luke 1:38) – “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.”

Encouragement:
Don’t rush into vows you haven’t ; but don’t delay once God has spoken.

(Acts 1:14) – “All these were continually devoting themselves to prayer… including Mary the mother of Jesus.”

Encouragement:
A reflective faith does not with the season—it with time.

Keep Imagining Tomorrow

Point #1 – Impacts

What are you hiding? – And could it be affecting?”
…if is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
(2 Corinthians 5:17)

Point #2 – Begins

What is something that you have to with today in order for a tomorrow?
Above all else, your heart, for everything you do flows from it (Proverbs 4:23)
This is a continuous action verb which means you always have to be on alert because it’s so easy to let things infiltrate the system.

Point #3 – Demands

You live a ‘yesterday’ or a ‘tomorrow’, you can live in a ‘today’.
is hidden from God’s sight and that every person will be held for their actions. (Hebrews 4:13)

At Achor, sin was exposed – it led to destruction and death.
At the cross, sin was exposed and it led to life.

Let us Keep Imagining Tomorrow

Table of Grace & Peace

POINT #1
Paul therefore challenges his Gentile (non-Jewish) readers to

is God’s unmerited favour.
God’s Riches At

POINT #2
And by Jesus death he has provided us with

Jesus offers us cleansing, forgiveness of sins, pardon, and power to live holy and transformed lives by his Holy Spirit. It does not matter our past, where we have been or what we have done.

POINT #3
Through faith in Jesus Christ we have

He the righteous, sinless Son of God has borne our pain, shame and the full brunt of our hostility and made peace.

The of God, incorporates, “contentment, health, justice, liberation, fulfilment, freedom and hope”

POINT #4
In Jesus we now have

He has made provision for us to have access to His Father by one Spirit.

Through Jesus we are made: of God’s kingdom.
Through Jesus we are also: of God’s household – We are
Through Jesus we are a in the Lord – the of the Living God

To experience this Redemption, Reconciliation and these Rich Relationships we must put our faith in Jesus Christ.

Living Legacy – Discipling Generations

Our First Vital Relationship –
God – with God

How would you describe your relationship with God?

Our Second Vital Relationship –
as God loves

How do you view yourself? Do you see yourself through Jesus’ eyes? What stops you?

What greater can there be in the universe than to be a of ?

Our Third Vital Relationship –
our fellow

We need humility and honest vulnerability, as God’s people, seeking help when needed to overcome sin and grace to help each other to recover from pitfalls.

Our Fourth Vital Relationship –

Disciple making is not for some select super spiritual Christian. It is for every disciple/follower of Jesus. It is our everyday calling and God will hold us accountable for how we have used what he has given us in this regard.

Jesus takes the responsibility he has given us to bear fruit seriously. Do you?

Is your life ? Are you disciples?