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StoneBridge Community Church
Apr 25/26: "Greater Love" - John 15:1-17
Senior Pastor Jon Saur
Locations & Times
StoneBridge Community Church
4832 Cochran St, Simi Valley, CA 93063, USA
Saturday 5:15 PM
Sunday 5:20 PM
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https://stonebridgesimi.com/resources/online-givingThe Text In Context
"Both at the beginning and at the end of this paragraph we are commanded to 'love one another.' Many are troubled by that. 'How can you command love?' they ask. 'Love is a feeling. Some people you love, some you don't. If you don't like them you can't make yourself love them. You can tolerate them, but you can't love them.' But people who say such things do not understand what the Bible means when it uses the word 'love'. The idea, widespread in the world, which regards love as a feeling that automatically comes when one has a certain affinity toward another, limits love only to..." Click link to read more.
https://tinyurl.com/mu97v4vfSermon Outline:
1. Love One Another
2. Sacrifice
3. Abide
4. Vine
5. Greater Love
1. Love One Another
2. Sacrifice
3. Abide
4. Vine
5. Greater Love
Growth Group Discussion & Personal Reflection Questions:
1. When you think about the example of Jesus' love, what stories from the gospels stand out to you?
2. How might those stories from the Gospels influence you in your everyday relationships?
3. What does it mean to you to be a friend of Jesus? How does the idea of friendship change the way you relate to Jesus?
4. Why do you think Jesus used the image of a vine?
5. What does it mean to "abide" in Jesus?
6. How do you abide in Jesus?
1. When you think about the example of Jesus' love, what stories from the gospels stand out to you?
2. How might those stories from the Gospels influence you in your everyday relationships?
3. What does it mean to you to be a friend of Jesus? How does the idea of friendship change the way you relate to Jesus?
4. Why do you think Jesus used the image of a vine?
5. What does it mean to "abide" in Jesus?
6. How do you abide in Jesus?
Worship Song List
1. Reason I Sing by Phil Wickham
2. Reckless Love by Cory Ashbury
3. What a Beautiful Name by Brook Ligertwood & Ben Fielding
4. How Great Thou Art by Carl Boberg
5. Scandal of Grace by Joel Houston and Matt Crocker
1. Reason I Sing by Phil Wickham
2. Reckless Love by Cory Ashbury
3. What a Beautiful Name by Brook Ligertwood & Ben Fielding
4. How Great Thou Art by Carl Boberg
5. Scandal of Grace by Joel Houston and Matt Crocker
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