Sermon Notes:· Philippians 4:4 – Rejoice in the Lord always; I will say it again, Rejoice!· What did we learn?· Admit we are powerless.· Realize God is greater than us and he can restore us to sanity.· We make a decision to turn our will and lives over to the care of God.· We make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.· We admit to God, ourselves, and another person the exact nature of our wrongs.· We are ready to have God remove all the defects of our souls.· We humbly ask God to remove our sins.· Make a list of people we harmed and become willing to make amends to them all.· We forgive so we can live in forgiveness.· We press on.· Improve our conscious contact with God.· We share our experience with others.· John 15:9 – As the Father loves me, so I love you. Settle in my love.· God loves himself.· Build a house right in the middle of my love.· John 15:10 – If you observe my commandments, you will settle in my love, just as I observed my Father’s commands and I settle in his love.· John 15:11 – This I have spoken to you so that my joy may be in you and your joy will be fulfilled.· Every one of the steps is about love and love leads to joy.· John 15:12 – And this is my command to you, that you love one another as I have loved you.· John 15:13 – Great love has no one than this: that he lays down his soul/life for his friends.· John 15:14 – You are my friends if you keep on doing what I command you.· Love is not once and done.· When you are taking next steps with Jesus, you are stepping into joy.· Start the relationship.· Take the next step.· Lord, today show me how you love me.· Lord, today, help me to love the people in my life.· Lord, today, help me live in joy.LIFE Group Discussion QuestionsOpener: What has “stuck” with you most in this series?1. Read John 15:92. What image comes to your mind when we think about “settling in the love of Jesus?”3. Read John 15:104. Jesus describes himself as settling in his Father’s love. Can you think of a story in the gospels that reflect him being settled in his Father’s love?5. Read John 15:116. How would you describe the connection between love and joy?7. Read John 15:128. In verse 10, Jesus tells his disciples that if they keep his commands, they will settle in his love. In verse 12, he gives the command to love each other as he has loved us. What keeps us from loving like Jesus? In your life, what would loving like Jesus look like?9. Read John 15:1310. Share a story of someone you know who laid down his or her life because of their love.11. Read John 15:1412. Notice Jesus’ use of the word “friends.” Why do you think Jesus uses this word here?

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