Built in Love

Riverside Retreat 2010

Ephesians 5v25

Husbands love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies after all, people have never hated their own bodies, but they feed and care for them, just as Christ does the church. -- for we are members of his body.

Rev 19v6

Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peaks of thunder, shouting: Hallelujah!’ For our Lord almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him the glory ‘For the wedding of the lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready’ Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.’

Rev 21v1

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. “ He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death.” or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.’

Rev 19v6

Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peaks of thunder, shouting: Hallelujah!’ For our Lord almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him the glory ‘For the wedding of the lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready’ Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.’

Ephesian 4v25

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body."In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

Mark 12v29

‘The most important one,’ answered Jesus, ‘is this: “Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.” The second is this: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” There is no commandment greater than these.

2 Samuel 12v1-13

The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, "There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.  4 "Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him."

  David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity."

  Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. 8 I gave your master's house to you, and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. 9 Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 10 Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'

  "This is what the LORD says: 'Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity upon you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. 12 You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.' "

  Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." Nathan replied, "The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.

Proverbs 18v24

A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Ephesian 4v25

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body."In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.

One another Relationships• Not one over another relationships

One another Relationships• Not one over another relationships• Advice not commandments – free to take

advice or not

One another Relationships• Not one over another relationships• Advice not commandments – free to take

advice or not• Free to take advice from anyone

One another Relationships• Not one over another relationships• Advice not commandments – free to take

advice or not• Free to take advice from anyone• Individuals or groups

One another Relationships• Not one over another relationships• Advice not commandments – free to take

advice or not• Free to take advice from anyone• Individuals or groups• Name not important one another, discipling,

faith partners…

One another Relationships• Not one over another relationships• Advice not commandments – free to take

advice or not• Free to take advice from anyone• Individuals or groups• Name not important one another, discipling,

faith partners…• Not forced on you, everyone has the choice

John 17v20-23

 ```"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself

may be in them."