Talk (Love / Love Actually)

Note: this talk is a different version of my love is...talk

Talk Introduction

Tonight we’re going to be talking about Love and what the Bible has to say about it
But before we do that…we’re going to watch a short clip from Love Actually
[Show the wedding scene at the start of Love Actually Scene 2]

When we think about the word Love we usually think of romantic love …like we saw in the clip
But love is much more that that
Let’s look at what the bible has to say about it…
[Print out 1 Corinthians 13, from The Message (Page 424). Put each line on a slip of paper]
- Love never gives up
- Love cares more for others than for self
- Love doesn't want what it doesn't have
- Love doesn't strut (pompous…self important…inflated)
- Doesn't have a swelled head
- Doesn't force itself on others
- Isn't always "me first"
- Doesn't fly off the handle
- Doesn't keep score of the sins of others
- Doesn't revel when others grovel
- Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth
- Puts up with anything
- Trusts God always
- Always looks for the best
- Never looks back
- But keeps going to the end
[Invite members of the group to take a slip, and read the text aloud.]

This is the kind of love that God offers us…
[Read out 1 Corinthians 13 again]
This love is there for the taking…
There is a verse in the Bible that says
“…I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me…” revelation 3:20
In other words, God is standing at the door of your life waiting for you to let him in…
The choice is yours
If you want to receive that love, talk to God about it!
If you need some help, ask us…
[Pray]