Anticipating Worship: Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 18, 2025—BECAUSE HE LIVES: We Live Lives of Lavish Love

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This week we see that Jesus asks for just one thing—love. He asks us, in every interaction we have with others, to demonstrate the same selfless love that he has shown to us.

Fortunately, Jesus doesn’t just ask us to show love. Jesus empowers us to show love. The same divine power that raised Jesus from the dead now raises us up to a new and better life, enabling us to set aside our natural selfishness and self-glorification and instead live in a more excellent way. Like Christ, we strive to do everything for the benefit of others. Because he lives, we live lives of lavish love.

Fortunately, Jesus doesn’t just ask us to show love. Jesus empowers us to show love. The same divine power that raised Jesus from the dead now raises us up to a new and better life, enabling us to set aside our natural selfishness and self-glorification and instead live in a more excellent way. Like Christ, we strive to do everything for the benefit of others. Because he lives, we live lives of lavish love.

Want to hear more? See you this weekend: Saturday at 5:15 p.m. • Sunday at 8 a.m. • Sunday at 10:30 a.m.