Elements City Church
Law of Pursuit
In order to grow healthy marriages and relationships we must actively live out the law of pursuit. We intentionally choose to not let our relationships atrophy as we pursue investing in them and working at them. 2 keys to growing a love that pursues is to pursue listening to learn and serving to honor. Today we unpack more of what that practically looks like.
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Elements City Church
1825 N Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85712, USA
Sunday 5:00 PM
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Whether you're in the house or joining us online from your house, we are praying that tonight will be an encouragement to your soul and that you know you're loved. May God whisper to you and help you in taking your next steps in a journey with Him.
http://elem.ccGenesis 2:18 & 24 is our KEY PASSAGES for this series...
We've been created to not only NEED God, but to need others.
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” -Genesis 2:18
This series is geared at marriages, but these 3 simple laws of love have implications to deepening the love we can experience in any and all of our relationships!
We've been created to not only NEED God, but to need others.
The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” -Genesis 2:18
This series is geared at marriages, but these 3 simple laws of love have implications to deepening the love we can experience in any and all of our relationships!
Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. -Genesis 2:24
2nd Law of Love is: LAW OF PURSUIT
united/cling/cleave/joined (in Hebrew) = means: “to pursue with great energy and to cling to something zealously.”
united/cling/cleave/joined (in Hebrew) = means: “to pursue with great energy and to cling to something zealously.”
keep pursuing: (avoid atrophy)
Relationships left unattended too, or not prioritized and then pursued, worked on, tend to atrophy relationally…
Simple truth = Marriage ONLY works when you work at it.
Relationships left unattended too, or not prioritized and then pursued, worked on, tend to atrophy relationally…
Simple truth = Marriage ONLY works when you work at it.
Pursuit is an intentional thing - it is NOT an accidental thing.
2 keys to what pursuit may look like in healthy relationships...
-Listen to learn
-Serve to honor
-Listen to learn
-Serve to honor
Listen (to learn)
Remember the story of Mary and Martha in the gospel of Luke?
*see Luke 10:38-42
Attentive listening takes focus:
Turn down the noise of other things, in order to turn up the ability to truly listen. To be fully present, attentive, active in listening.
Truly listening isn’t just a positioning of ourselves to hear words from someone. It’s a posturing of our hearts to really lean into them as a person and to hear their heart beyond their words.
Remember the story of Mary and Martha in the gospel of Luke?
*see Luke 10:38-42
Attentive listening takes focus:
Turn down the noise of other things, in order to turn up the ability to truly listen. To be fully present, attentive, active in listening.
Truly listening isn’t just a positioning of ourselves to hear words from someone. It’s a posturing of our hearts to really lean into them as a person and to hear their heart beyond their words.
Serve (to honor)
In a culture that intuitively trains us to think of ourselves first and foremost - the Scriptures call us to “flip the script” and consider the other…
*read: Philippians 2:1-11
have the same attitude as that of Christ...
Philippians 2:3-4
"rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others" (Philippians 2:3-4)
Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
In a culture that intuitively trains us to think of ourselves first and foremost - the Scriptures call us to “flip the script” and consider the other…
*read: Philippians 2:1-11
have the same attitude as that of Christ...
Philippians 2:3-4
"rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others" (Philippians 2:3-4)
Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.
5 Servant Rules:
·†Serve what your spouse’s needs in spite of what you need or want.
·†Enjoy serving your spouse and do it with a joyful attitude.
·†Reject score keeping and do what you do with a spirit of grace.
·†Vigilantly protect the time and energy necessary to serve your spouse.
·†Believe you’ll be blessed as you do, so don’t get discouraged and give up.
·†Serve what your spouse’s needs in spite of what you need or want.
·†Enjoy serving your spouse and do it with a joyful attitude.
·†Reject score keeping and do what you do with a spirit of grace.
·†Vigilantly protect the time and energy necessary to serve your spouse.
·†Believe you’ll be blessed as you do, so don’t get discouraged and give up.
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Elements family: thank you for enabling us to BE the Church in our city - especially in this moment. Your gifts help fuel the mission and our capacity to share His love with as many as we can. You help us bring the HOPE and LIGHT of Jesus to our city!
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We'll see you back at Elements next weekend as we continue our series. Join us in-person at the church campus or online Sunday at 5pm.
Have a blessed week friends!!
Have a blessed week friends!!