THE UNKNOWN QUALITY OF LOVE (1 OF 7)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Galatians 5:22-25
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The Unknown Quality of Love (1 of 7)
Series: The Fruit of the Spirit
Jeff Strite
Galatians 5:22-25
OPEN: A visiting Revivalist was impressed by an older couple in the church where he was holding Revival. The wife seemed to be half-turned toward her husband holding both his hands in hers. Every time he looked toward them he was impressed by the fact they were holding hands.
After the service and remarked, ''You 2 are an inspiration. Acting like teenagers in love! You even held hands all through the service.''
The wife, with an exasperated look, retorted, ''That's not love, preacher. It's the only way I can keep him from cracking his knuckles.''
APPLY: The wife had declared… ''That's not love…''
I. (pause…) Well… what is love?
ILLUS: Years ago, there was a woman named Helen Keller. She had completely lost her sight as a child because her doctor had given her wrong medication. Just 3 months shy of her 7th birthday, she met a woman that changed her life - a teacher named Ann Sullivan.
Helen tells about their 1st meeting:
''The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a doll… When I had played with it a little while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into my hand the word, D-O-L-L. I was excited when I finally spelled the word myself. And I ran downstairs to show my mother.''
Several days later, Miss Sullivan spilled cold water onto Helen's hand and THEN spelled out the word W-A-T-E-R. In this way, Helen Keller learned to spell 100s of words.
Then one day Sullivan spelled out the word LOVE in Helen's hand. Perplexed, Helen spelled back ''W-H-A-T I-S L-O-V-E?''
You'd think that as much as people SENSE the need of being loved and TALK about being in love, that there would be an ''easy'' definition of what love is.
(pause) But apparently there isn't.
ILLUS: Some time back, there was a book written based upon an extensive study of the topic of love in psychiatry and psychology, and the authors wrote that ''in spite of a few ...
Series: The Fruit of the Spirit
Jeff Strite
Galatians 5:22-25
OPEN: A visiting Revivalist was impressed by an older couple in the church where he was holding Revival. The wife seemed to be half-turned toward her husband holding both his hands in hers. Every time he looked toward them he was impressed by the fact they were holding hands.
After the service and remarked, ''You 2 are an inspiration. Acting like teenagers in love! You even held hands all through the service.''
The wife, with an exasperated look, retorted, ''That's not love, preacher. It's the only way I can keep him from cracking his knuckles.''
APPLY: The wife had declared… ''That's not love…''
I. (pause…) Well… what is love?
ILLUS: Years ago, there was a woman named Helen Keller. She had completely lost her sight as a child because her doctor had given her wrong medication. Just 3 months shy of her 7th birthday, she met a woman that changed her life - a teacher named Ann Sullivan.
Helen tells about their 1st meeting:
''The morning after my teacher came she led me into her room and gave me a doll… When I had played with it a little while, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled into my hand the word, D-O-L-L. I was excited when I finally spelled the word myself. And I ran downstairs to show my mother.''
Several days later, Miss Sullivan spilled cold water onto Helen's hand and THEN spelled out the word W-A-T-E-R. In this way, Helen Keller learned to spell 100s of words.
Then one day Sullivan spelled out the word LOVE in Helen's hand. Perplexed, Helen spelled back ''W-H-A-T I-S L-O-V-E?''
You'd think that as much as people SENSE the need of being loved and TALK about being in love, that there would be an ''easy'' definition of what love is.
(pause) But apparently there isn't.
ILLUS: Some time back, there was a book written based upon an extensive study of the topic of love in psychiatry and psychology, and the authors wrote that ''in spite of a few ...
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