Last night at 24t7 we continued our series on 1 Timothy 4:12 with a discussion on Faith and Love. We watched a Nooma video called "Bullhorn" The theme of this video is "How we Love others is how we love God". Rob Bell uses an example of a guy with a bullhorn trying to scare people in to loving God. he talks about how this and other things has led to a negative perception of Christians by the public. He suggests that we should love people by striving to live a life that reflects who Christ is and the example he set for us. Christians are also challenged to do something to change the negative perception. it can be really easy to point the fingers at people like the bullhorn guy, but in reality that makes us no better than him. We need to strive to love everyone as Christ did so that people see our faith and love through the way we live our lives.
We focused on this idea of loving God by loving others in our small groups. Each small group also continued to plan for Ikon's Big Give on May 11. They came up with some really cool ways to embody Jesus to others in our community. I am so proud of the young people that are part of Ikon. i can really see God working in their lives.
Your partner in His service,
Peter
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