Sermon Outline
 

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else…(Matthew 6:33, NLT) 

Key Point: Love God!

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. (Matthew 22:37, NIV)

Love God Reciprocally!

We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19, NIV) 

Love God Extravagantly!
 

44 … “Look at this woman kneeling here. When I entered your home, you didn’t offer me water to wash the dust from my feet, but she has washed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You didn’t greet me with a kiss, but from the time I first came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. You neglected the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has anointed my feet with rare perfume.(Luke 7:44-46, NLT)

Love God Sacrificially!

Love God Relationally!
 

…whoever loves God is known by God. (1 Corinthians 8:3, NIV) 

…this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.(John 17:3, NLT) 

Love God Obediently!

If you love me, obey my commandments.(John 14:15, NLT) 

Loving God means keeping his commandments… (1 John 5:3, NLT) 

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.(1 John 2:15, NIV) 

Key Point: Love People!

Love your neighbor as yourself. (Matthew 22:39, NIV)

34 “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.”(John 13:34-35, NIV) 

Key Point: Change the World!

19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. (Matthew 28:19-20, NIV) 

6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you. 7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well. 8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.9 Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them.(Romans 12:6-9a, NLT)

Questions to Ask:

• How can I love God with all that I am?
   
• How can I love others like myself?
   
• What has God blessed me with that I can invest in his kingdom?