Today’s Meditation;

A Methodist is one who exercises his love of God, by praying without ceasing, rejoicing evermore, and in everything giving thanks, this commandment is written in his heart, that he who loves God, loves his brother and sister also. ~John Wesley

Welcoming Guests and Announcements – Pastor Dave

Hymn Sing

Pastoral Prayer – Silent Prayer, Pastoral Prayer, Lord’s Prayer – Pastor Linda

Scripture Reading – John 4:7‐19 – Ernie Gutierrez

Message – 3. Our Lens of Faith ‐ Pastor Dave

Communion – Pastors Linda & Dave

Benediction & Response

Thank you for worshiping with us!
Have a Wonderful and Blessed Week!

1 John 4:7-19 – New Revised Standard Version

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

⁹ God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him.

¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

¹¹ Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another.

¹² No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

¹³ By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

¹⁴ And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world.

¹⁵ God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God.

¹⁶ So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.

God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them.

¹⁷ Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world.

¹⁸ There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.

¹⁹ We love because he first loved us.

Using the Bible alone is not enough to establish a reasonable faith. Wesley helped us to form a thoughtful faith that is lived out in how we love God and each other. We want a faith based in a relationship with the living God, not a faith grounded in rigid rules.