Love as the force of our motivation
Omar Soto
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: The author reflects on the importance of love as a fundamental aspect of our faith. They explain how love is the force of our motivation, and how it is manifested through our service to God and others. The author emphasizes that the greatest way in which the love of God was manifested was through the person of Jesus. They also discuss how we can verify the love of God in us by responding with love to God and neighbor. The author encourages readers to live by the mandate of loving our neighbor as ourselves, and to use our freedom to serve each other out of love. They also provide examples of how living in the love of God can help us to refrain from breaking God's laws. Finally, the author challenges readers to think about how they can serve the people around them and show the love of God.
The story of the Good Samaritan teaches us about the importance of showing love and compassion to others. As believers, we are called to love our neighbors and serve them as Jesus did. This can be difficult, especially when we have been hurt in the past or when society tells us to look out for our own interests. However, by experiencing God's love and reconciling our lives with Him, we can become agents of reconciliation and love in the world. We must be genuine in our love and not just put on a mask for church or religious settings but live out a lifestyle of love in all aspects of our lives.
The speaker urges listeners to live a lifestyle of reflecting God's love in all aspects of their lives, whether at home, work, or in their neighborhood. He emphasizes the importance of reconciliation and reconnecting relationships that have been broken apart. The church has a unique power to accomplish this, as it has the power of God working in its midst. The speaker encourages listeners to never tire of growing in God's love, as it is a life-long process. The sermon ends with a prayer for the moment of communion.
The story of the Good Samaritan teaches us about the importance of showing love and compassion to others. As believers, we are called to love our neighbors and serve them as Jesus did. This can be difficult, especially when we have been hurt in the past or when society tells us to look out for our own interests. However, by experiencing God's love and reconciling our lives with Him, we can become agents of reconciliation and love in the world. We must be genuine in our love and not just put on a mask for church or religious settings but live out a lifestyle of love in all aspects of our lives.
The speaker urges listeners to live a lifestyle of reflecting God's love in all aspects of their lives, whether at home, work, or in their neighborhood. He emphasizes the importance of reconciliation and reconnecting relationships that have been broken apart. The church has a unique power to accomplish this, as it has the power of God working in its midst. The speaker encourages listeners to never tire of growing in God's love, as it is a life-long process. The sermon ends with a prayer for the moment of communion.
Today I would like to share with you a reflection that I have been doing in recent days. I believe that whenever a new semester of discipleship begins, the opportunity opens for one to be able to reflect on different principles that are very basic to our faith but that at the same time have a lot of meaning and are very deep.
I am sure that every time a new discipleship begins all the teachers have already taught this class over and over again and I am not just talking about discipleship one through four. Here I include crown, I also include any class that is given here at the church level. All of the teachers who teach these classes in one way or another, because we know that we are working with the word of God, we know that those words breathe new life into our lives every time we are exposed to teaching them. And just as God does that work in the people who teach, that is my way of being able to understand that God prepares us to be able to minister in the same way to the students who are in each class.
I am sure that every time a new discipleship begins all the teachers have already taught this class over and over again and I am not just talking about discipleship one through four. Here I include crown, I also include any class that is given here at the church level. All of the teachers who teach these classes in one way or another, because we know that we are working with the word of God, we know that those words breathe new life into our lives every time we are exposed to teaching them. And just as God does that work in the people who teach, that is my way of being able to understand that God prepares us to be able to minister in the same way to the students who are in each class.
