Falling In Love With Jesus
Loving God
Getting What You Don`t Deserve
(Mark 12:30 Says; And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.)
Father Maximilian Kolbe Was A Catholic Priest Sentenced To Be Imprisoned In Auschwits In May 1941. Upon His Arrival At Auschwits, he was Informed That The Life Expectancy Of A Priest Was About A Month? In Auschwits. Father Kolbe Took It On His Self To Be An Agent of Love Within The Dismal Hopelessness Of The Barbed-Wire Fences.
One Night In July 1941, Amist The Sounds Of A Motorcycles And Barking Dogs, A Man From Barrak 14 Escaped From Auschwits. The Next Morning As The Prinsoners Lined Up For Morning Roll Call, They Noticed The Gallows In Front Of Them--Empty. The Escapee Had Suceeded, Yet Someone Whould Pay The Price For Him. That Morning, 10 Men Were "Selected" To Die In The Starvation Bunker Inside "The Death Block." One Of Those men Was Number 5659. As The Ten Were Being Led Away To The Screams Of Horror, A Small, Frail Frame Stepped Forward. His Number was 16670. His Name Was Father Maximmilian Kolbe.
"Sir, I`d Like To Die In Place Of One Of Those Men."
"In Whose Place Do You Want To Die?" Asked The Commander.
"For That One." Father Kolbe Lifted Up His Finger And Pointed At Number 5659 And In An Instant, Number 5659 Was Erased From The Death Ledger And Number 16670 Was Entered One Life For Another--A Gift Of Life. O August 14, 1941, In A Starvation Bunker Known Only As Cell Number 21, In The basement Of barrack Number 11, One Man Gave A Gift of His Life By Dying In Place of Another. Number 16670 Died In Place Of 5659. It Was A Cold Overcast Day When Another Man Gave His Life. Light In The darkness, Love Afloat In The Middle Of A Sea Of Hate, Hope In The Midst of Madness. On That Hill, Jesus Gave His Life For All Man Kind, But Not Only All ManKind But For You And Me. A Gift Of Life And An Act of Love, Given Because Of God`s Incredible Love For The World(Everyone)
"Sir I`d Like T Die In The Place Of One of those Men," He said.
"In Whose Place Do You Want To Die?"
"For That One."
Just As father Maximilian Kolbe, 16670, Gave The Gift Of Life To prisoner 5659, So Jesus Christ Has Given Us The Gift Of Life And Grace. For Those Just As Prisoner 5659 Experienced A Radicle Grace, A Gift That Was Never Deserved--So Do We Experience A Gift That We Do Not Deserv:
The Amazeing Grace And Forgiveness of God. Christianity Isn`t A Religion, But A Relationship With A Loving God! Christianity Isn`t About A Bunch of Rules, It`s About Falling In Love With Someone Who Is Crazy About You!.
God Is Abslutely Crazy About You---God`s Word Is His Love Letter To You.
What Does It Really mean To Fall In Love With Jesus
I. Letting Him Have It All.---(Mark 12:30 Says: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.)
A. Falling In Love With Jesus is More Then Just An Emotion.
B. Falling In Love With Jesus means Commiting All of Your Life To Him.
C. It Means Allowing Him Into Those Areas Of Your Life That Are Tough For You
D. The Jewish Shema Is Recited Every Day. It`s A Daily Desicion.
E. It`s Not A Checklist, But Rather Shows That Commitment Is One That Encompasses All Of Who You Are.
What Are Some Of The Things That Stand Between You And You Love For Jesus
Mark 12:30 Tells Us That We Should Love Jesus With All That We Have And Are.
II. Listening And Obeying His Voice--(John 5:2,3 Says: 2. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.)
A. Falling In Love With Jesus Is Not About Following Rules---A List Of Do`s And Don`ts.
B. Falling In Love With Jesus Means Hearing His Voice And Following Him.
C. In A Guy/Girl Relationship You`ll Do Anything For That Person, Just because You Love Him Or Her! The Difference Between Before And After You Have Fallen In Love? A Change Of Heart And Focus.
D. God`s Commandments Are Not Burdensome When You Love Him!
1. Is Following God A Burden? Check Your Love For Him!
2. Have You Heard His Voice Lately?
E. If You`re Fully In Love With Jesus, Following Him Will Be A Joy.
1. Hungering/Seeking After Him Will Be A Joy.
2. Living A Life Of Love Becomes Our Delight, Not A Burden His Burden Will Be Light (Mathew 11:29,30 Says: 29. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.)
III. Loving Others (1 John 4:7-2 Says: 7. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12. No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13. Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14. And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17. Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19. We love him, because he first loved us.
20. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21. And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
A. Falling In Love With Jesus Also means Loving Others.
B. God Is Inviteing Us To Love Others As He Loves Them--With The Same Qaulity Of Love And To The Same Extent.
1. How Does God Love Us? Completely And Unconditionaly!
2. We Are called To Express The Same Love For Others
C. First John 4:9-21 Is A Warning For Us! Do You Really Love Him or Not?
1. You Only Love God As Much As You Love The Person You Love The Least?
2. Loving God Is Lived Out In How You Love The People Around You
Jesus Acted On His Love For You (romans 5:8 Says: 8. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.)
Love Is A Desicion And Is Shown In Action ( John 3:16 Says:16. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
3. Loving God Is Loving As Jesus Whould, No Matter Who They Are Or What They`ve Done (Uncoditionally, Like Father maximillion Kolbe).
4. Are You Loving Others? It Shows The State of Your Love For God.
Where Is Your Love Relationship With Jesus Today?
He Longs To Enter Into A Love Relationship With You.
God Loves You With An Incredible Love.
Crawl Up Into The Lap Of God; Call Him "Father" It`z his Greatest Joy!
No Matter Where You Are Or What You`ve Done, His Love For You Remains The Same.
He`s Calling To You, "Love Me Because I Love You And Not For Any Reason."
You Don`t Have A Relationship? All You Have To Do is Fall In Love With Jesus. Come To Him Today!
Do You Already Have A Relationship? Love Him!
1. What Area Of Your Life Do You Need To Give To Him Today?
2. Do You Have Joy In Following Him?
3. Show Your love For God By How You Love Others.
What Are Some Things That Come Between Us And Our Love For God?..
What Do You Need To Work n falling In Love With Jesus More?
Letting Him have It All?
Listening And Obeying His Voice?
Loving Others?
What Will You Have To Work On That Area?