1. Learning to Love Like Jesus
“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.” 1 John 3:16

2. Building the Case for Love:
Jesus in the Upper Room (John 13-17)
The Message of Love Beyond the Gospels

3. The Most Excellent Way (1 Cor. 13):
Patience (James 5:10-11, Heb. 6:11-12)
Kindness (Luke 6:35-36, Eph. 4:32, Gal. 5:22)
Not Envy (Acts 7:9)

4. The Most Excellent Way (1 Cor. 13):
Not Boastful
Not Proud (1 Cor. 8:1, Col. 2:18)
Not Rude (Rom. 1:27)

5. The Most Excellent Way (1 Cor. 13):
Not Self-Seeking (Phil 2:3-4)
Not Easily Angered
No Record of Wrongs (Col. 3:12-14)

6. The Most Excellent Way (1 Cor. 13):
No Delight in Evil (2 Thess. 2:10-12)
“To God our thoughts are things.” And if you want the Holy Spirit to have an active role in your daily life, then “…you must get hold of your thoughts and not allow your mind to be a wilderness in which every kind of unclean beast roams and bird flies. You must have a clean heart.” A.W. Tozer

7. The Most Excellent Way (1 Cor. 13):
Rejoices in Truth (Rom. 1:25, Phil. 4:8-9)
Always Protects
Always Trusts (John 14:1, Rom. 8:28-29)
“God is not given the praise He deserves when we ignore or deny the work He is doing in people.” Sam Crabtree

8. The Most Excellent Way (1 Cor. 13):
Always Hopes (1 Tim. 4:9-10)
Always Perseveres (Matt. 10:22, Rom. 12:12)
Never Fails

9. The Hope Filled Example in Peter:
Life Experience
Denial / Failure
Restoration & New Beginning
“Do You Love Me? Follow Me!”

10. Summary: Relationship to God is Central
Heart Transformation not Behavioral Modification
Sacrificial Love depends on Trusting God
Sacrificial Love is a Choice

11. Summary: Understand What Love Looks Like Community Required
Failure Leads Us Back to God

12. Application: Focus on Patience Focus on Forgiveness
Focus on Trust to Affirmation
Lean Into the Heart Work with God