Family Love in Action

We are continuing our sermon series on Family Love. In the prior message, we explored what love in action looks like. In the counter-cultural community God has in mind, love overflows wherever we go, to biological family, friends, co-workers, strangers, and even our enemies. The love God envisions for us is impossible without God. We cannot do it on our own. We have to be intentional to love like God wants us to love. We drew from Romans 12 in noting that love in action is (1) genuine, (2) delights in honoring one another, (3) helps those in need, especially God’s family, (4) pursues hospitality, (5) blesses/prays for those who are against us, (6) rejoices with those who rejoice, (7) weeps with those who weep, (8) lives in harmony and peace with one another. All of these love-in-action components can be challenging for us. However, living in harmony and peace with one another seems particularly challenging and can be disruptive for all the other components. Many things disrupt our peace and harmony with one another. From annoyances, arguments, and skirmishes, to wars, conflict is an inevitable part of life at every level. Our trouble getting along with others will be our focus for this message.