“It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” John 13:1 (NIV)

Plain Truth: If you hold onto love you lose it, the only way to keep it is to give it away.

1. Love Risks Rejection.

CS Lewis says, “Love anything and your heart will be rung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give it to no one. Wrap it carefully around hobbies and little luxuries. Lock it up safe in the casket of your selfishness. But in that coffin, safe, dark motionless, airless, it will change. It won’t be broken; it will become cold, empty, irredeemable.”

2. Love Risks Action.

1 John 3:16,18 “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters…. Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions.”

3. Love Risks Forgiveness.

4. Love Risks Total Commitment.