Pastor Elio Marrocco's "A More Loving Person" sermon at New Life Christian Church on February 9, 2014. You can learn more about New Life Christian Church here: http://www.newlifecc.ca

1. A MORE LOVING PERSON
Text: 1 John 4:7-8, 21

2. A MORE LOVING PERSON
1 John 4:7-8, 21 BECOMING
"Let us love one another, for love comes
from God. Whoever does not love does not
know God, because God is love. And He has
given us this command: Whoever loves God
must also love his brother."

3. A MORE LOVING PERSON
What is love?

4. A MORE LOVING PERSON
I. WHAT IS LOVE?
Popular misconceptions:
a) Some people think love is a feeling.
b) Others think that love is uncontrollable.

5. A MORE LOVING PERSON
I. WHAT IS LOVE?
1. Love is a matter of choice.
Colossians 3:14
"And over all these put on love which binds them
together."

6. A MORE LOVING PERSON
I. WHAT IS LOVE?
1. Love is a matter of choice.
2. Love is a matter of conduct.
1 John 3:18
"Let us not love with words or tongue, but with
actions and truth."

7. A MORE LOVING PERSON
I. WHAT IS LOVE?
1. Love is a matter of choice.
2. Love is a matter of conduct.
John 3:16
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one
and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall
not perish but have eternal life.

8. A MORE LOVING PERSON
I. WHAT IS LOVE?
II. HOW TO LOVE SOMEONE YOU DON'T
LIKE.
1. Experience God's love yourself.

9. A MORE LOVING PERSON
Ephesians 3:17-18 (LB)
"I pray that Christ will be more and more at
home in your heart, living within you as you
trust Him. May your roots go deep into the
soil of God's marvelous love, and may you be
able to feel and understand how long, wide,
deep and high His love really is, and
experience this love for yourselves."

10. A MORE LOVING PERSON
Because unloving people
are unloved people.

11. A MORE LOVING PERSON
I. WHAT IS LOVE?
II. HOW TO LOVE SOMEONE YOU DON'T
LIKE.
1. Experience God's love yourself.
2. Forgive others who've hurt you.

12. A MORE LOVING PERSON
Colossians 3:13
"Forgive whatever grievances you may have
against one another. Forgive as the Lord
forgave you."

13. A MORE LOVING PERSON
I. WHAT IS LOVE?
II. HOW TO LOVE SOMEONE YOU DON'T
LIKE.
1. Experience God's love yourself.
2. Forgive others who've hurt you.
3. Think loving thoughts.

14. A MORE LOVING PERSON
Philippians 2:4-5
"Don't just think about your own affairs, but
be interested in others too, and in what they
are doing. Your attitude should be the same
kind that was shown to us by Jesus Christ."

15. A MORE LOVING PERSON
By focusing on their hurts,
their problems, their needs.

16. A MORE LOVING PERSON
Never forget that –
hurt people hurt people!

17. A MORE LOVING PERSON
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
3 For though we live in the world, we do not
wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons
we fight with are not the weapons of the
world. On the contrary, they have divine
power to demolish strongholds…

18. A MORE LOVING PERSON
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
… 5 We demolish arguments and every
pretension that sets itself up against the
knowledge of God, and we take captive
every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

19. A MORE LOVING PERSON
If we change the way we think,
it will automatically
change the way we feel.

20. A MORE LOVING PERSON
I. WHAT IS LOVE?
II. HOW TO LOVE SOMEONE YOU DON'T
LIKE.
1. Experience God's love yourself.
2. Forgive others who've hurt you.
3. Think loving thoughts.
4. Begin acting in a loving way.

21. A MORE LOVING PERSON
Loving by faith
is the most powerful movement
of the world.

22. A MORE LOVING PERSON
‘It is easier to
act my way into a feeling
than it is to
feel my way into an action.’

23. A MORE LOVING PERSON
Luke 6:27-28
"Love your enemies, do good to those who
hate you, bless those who curse you, pray
for those who mistreat you."

24. A MORE LOVING PERSON
Four Things To Do To People Who hurt You
a) Love them.
Ephesians 4:2 (LB)
“Be patient with each other, making
allowances for each other because of
your love.

25. A MORE LOVING PERSON
Four Things To Do To People Who hurt You
a) Love them.
b) Do good.
c) Bless Them.
d) Pray For Them.

26. A MORE LOVING PERSON
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
"Love is patient, love is kind, love does not
envy, love does not boast. It is not proud. It
is not rude. It is not self seeking. It is not
easily angered. Love keeps no record of
wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but
rejoices in the truth…

27. A MORE LOVING PERSON
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
… Love always protects. Love always trusts.
Love always hopes. Love always perseveres.
That kind of love never fails."

28. A MORE LOVING PERSON
I. WHAT IS LOVE?
II. HOW TO LOVE SOMEONE YOU DON'T
LIKE.
5. Expect the best from them.

29. A MORE LOVING PERSON
1 Corinthians 13:7 (LB)
"If you love someone you will always believe
in him, and always expect the best of him."