Rooted

LOVE

Pastor Hope Flask

May 31, 2026

Main Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Additional Scriptures: Galatians 5:22-23, John 3:16, 13:1-3, 35, 15:12, Romans 5:5, 12:20-21, 1 John 4:19, 1 Corinthians 4:12, 14:1, Matthew 5:43-45, Hebrews 12:15, Psalm 142:2

POINTS:

• Agape love = an unconditional and divine love, and at the heart of agape is sacrifice.

• Jesus’ love has made the unlovable, lovable.

• “A thing must be loved before it can become lovable.” -G.K. Chesterton

• Being lovable cannot be accomplished by an act of will.

• Real love isn’t about how; it’s about who. And the “Who” is Jesus. We love because He first loved us.

• Love must be cultivated with determination and diligence.

• Agape love means loving difficult people and in difficult spaces.

• You don’t have to like everybody, but you do have to love them.

• Jesus commands us to love our enemies.

• Pray, bless, and do good = forgiveness.

• We must pray until we love our enemies.

• To bless means praying that our enemies have an encounter with the Lord that will change them, just as His love has changed us.

• Doing good reactively means “be silent until you heal.”

• To proactively do good means to give what you need.

• “The only place outside of Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers… of love is Hell.” -CS Lewis