Matthew Trexler
Lead Pastor | The River Church

PRE-SERMON NOTES:

• Child Dedications | Sunday, March 9 | All three services.
• Growth Track “River 101” | Sunday, March 9 | 11:30AM in the Gathering Place
• Easter Weekend | Marion Campus
  • Friday, April 18 at 6:00PM | Saturday, April 19 at 5:00PM | Sunday, April 20 at 8:00AM, 10:00AM, and 12:00PM
• Easter Weekend | Chesterton Campus
  • Sunday, April 20 at 10:30AM

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Galatians 5:16-18
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever[c] you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

1st Corinthians 13:13
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1st Corinthians 14:1 (TLB)
Let love be your greatest aim

Matthew 5:23-24
“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

Cannot separate your {____________________} from how we {____________________}.

John 13:34-35
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

Matthew 22:36-39
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.

Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

1.) Understand the depth of God’s {____________________}.

Ephesians 3:17-19
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

Luke 7:36-47
When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. 37 A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. 38 As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. 39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.” 40 Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.” “Tell me, teacher,” he said. 41 “Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. 42 Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?” 43 Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.” “You have judged correctly,” Jesus said. 44 Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. 47 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”

2.) Receive {____________________}.

Romans 8:38-39
“Nothing can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Our capacity to {____________________} comes from receiving {____________________}.

1st John 4:19
We love because he first loved us.

Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us

3.) Choose to {____________________}

Colossians 3:14
And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

{____________________} Lead – {____________________} Follow

Matthew 6:21
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Interactive notes are available on The River App. Printable notes are available alongside today’s sermon both online and in our app.