Good Morning Hope!
Have you noticed that love never fails? Love is always right, pure, and actually holy. There are as many opinions of what love is as there are stars in the sky. Jesus showed us what love is by his life, death, and resurrection. Love never fails.
How do we love the way Jesus loves us? How do we love when others around us don’t seem to be loving us? Am I loving others the way Jesus loved me? What is love?
This weekend at church, Emily LeMay, Paige Soma, and David Travnicek will lead us in praise to God with songs about his great love for us. We will also hear a great biblical teaching about the critical importance to our lives that comes in loving others and actually how to do it. Pastor Mike Housholder will lead this teaching with some help from the Apostle Paul’s writing from the 13
th
chapter of his letter to the Corinthian church - this chapter is widely known as
“The Love Chapter.”
I want to invite you to begin thinking about your experiences and ideas about this sometimes joyful and sometimes difficult subject of love. As you come to church this weekend, anticipate hearing God’s voice tell you he loves you. Open your heart to a new and refreshing view of love that comes from God - who is love.
When we do this we begin to not only understand what love is, we also begin to love others like Jesus and we all experience the life God has planned for us.
Three final things:
- Family Ice Fishing is tomorrow (Saturday, Feb. 16) from 8:00-11:00 am.
- HopeKids has some pretty significant needs for shepherds to help with weekend programming. Please pray and ask God if he is leading you to step into a place where children are loved, cared for, and taught about the marvelous wonders of God. If you would like to be part of this amazing team please email our Children’s Leader Katelyn.Jolivette@hopegrimes.org or simply sign up here.
- Volunteer Appreciation Lunch is Sunday, Feb. 24 at 12:30 pm! We want to celebrate you and the joy you bring to the church through serving - you and your family are invited to register here for this fun event filled with food, a fun program, and friends.
God’s love never fails.
Pastor Eric