Shiloh Comm. Church 1-30-2011 together. When we start being open and honest about our spiritual lives and
let other people in past what they see on Sunday mornings that’s when we
Loving God and You will truly become a church family.
Intro: This sermon was inspired by a slogan on the side of a barn near Ft. Unconditional Love
Wayne, Indiana. The barn says, “Loving God and You.”
The love of God is unconditional. It’s the only love in all of heaven and
This slogan is the perfect vision for the church. People in the church are earth that loves no matter what.
simply to love God and each other and all of the people around them.
Romans 8:39 says, “Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall
Where does this love come from? Is it hard to love people? We can’t give be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our
what we don’t have. Lord.”
God is love. 1st John 4:8 says, “Whoever does not love does not know Pastor Bob loved Susan even though she got herself in trouble. She got
God, because God is love” pregnant in high school and quit attending church. She had an abortion and
was afraid that he would hate her. All she needed was someone to accept
1st John 4:16 says, “And so we know and rely on the love God has for her and love her and listen to her. She could have been shunned or
us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. forgotten but instead she found love in the church. This is what
unconditional love is all about. This love can only come from God.
Jesus said in Matthew 22:37: “„Love the Lord your God with all your I try to have this same policy with church people and teens and I hope you
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” will adopt this mentality as well. No matter what any of you do or how bad
you may be or mistakes you might make you can still find love and refuge
Sharing Life Together at Shiloh Community Church. We will love you unconditionally.
The reason the New Testament church was so powerful and productive is
because they shared their lives together. Love One Another
I want to encourage our church to live in this way. If we are the church Listen, hear our Father call:
aren’t we supposed to be a family? What kind of family doesn’t share their Love one another.
lives with each other? In our cluttered hearts He calls:
In our darkness, love is light.
We come to church almost every Sunday and that’s about all we see each In our wrongness, love is right.
other. We need to change that. We need to be in each other’s homes. We In our weakness, come, unite-
need to eat out together. We need to share our prayers, our hopes, and
especially our failures.
Christ in love accepted you-
Others need His mercy, too-
Sharing our Failures
See the ones for whom He died?
We all have something in common. We all have failed in one way or See, His arms are opened wide.
another. Christians often think it’s their holiness or Christianity that makes Move beyond your fear and pride-
them a family; but actually it’s our sin and failures that will bring us closer Love one another.
Live for more than just yourself-
Give your days for someone else-
Lift your eyes--the needs are real.
Live a love that they can feel.
Only speak to help and heal.
Time is short, the day is near-
Keep your purpose strong and clear-.
We are one--we share His life.
We are one--we lift the light.
We are one in Jesus Christ.
Love one another.
Conclusion: A loving church. There are two types of churches. There are
loving churches and there are pious churches. Some churches do only
because they should or because they ought too. Churches who love are
those who love because they know God loves them. I want our church to be
a loving church.
In closing I like the words to the song by Newsong. I don’t know the title
of the song it’s been so long since I’ve heard it but the words say, “How can
you say you love God if you don’t love your brother.”