Can You Learn to Love Like Jesus?

 “You are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.”

— 1 Corinthians 12:27

🧩 You are not the Body of Christ alone. Together we are His Body.

🌱 A church family helps you grow out of isolation.

💒 The local church is where we practice unselfish, real love.

📖 “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.”

— 1 Corinthians 12:26

💡 Only by being with ordinary, imperfect believers do we experience real fellowship and the truth that we need one another.

🔑 God’s Word reminds us:

• “From Him the whole body… grows and builds itself up in love.” (Ephesians 4:16)
  
  
• “We, though many, form one body in Christ, and each member belongs to all the others.” (Romans 12:5)
  
  
• “The whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.” (Colossians 2:19)
  

🔥 Biblical fellowship is being just as committed to each other as we are to Jesus.

✝️ “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son…” (John 3:16)

❤️ “This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” (1 John 3:16)

👉 You probably won’t be called to literally give your life, but you can show sacrificial love in daily ways:

💌 Encouraging someone when they’re down

🍲 Sharing a meal with someone in need

🕊️ Praying for a struggling believer

🤝 Carrying another’s burden

💭 Talk It Over

• How do you balance time with the Body of Christ and building friendships with non-believers?
  
  
• This week, how can you show sacrificial love to someone in your church family?
  

🙏 Prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank You for showing me what real love looks like. Teach me to love my church family with the same sacrificial love You gave to me. Help me to serve, encourage, and carry the burdens of others with joy. May our fellowship reflect Your heart. Amen.