Intentional Imitators

Ephesians 5: 1 - 2

1Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. ² And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Learning to walk in love, sometimes takes forever to learn.

Maybe it’s because we have the wrong definition of love.

Debbie and I have been married for almost 34 years, and after all that time, we’ve learned that love is more than just a feeling.

The love we have for each other today, is now a lifelong commitment of love.

I believe the church can have the same thing.

But why is that we never seem to get past the surfacy, unintentional love?

Maybe if we truly loved in the church, in a very real, intentional way, more people would be attracted to it.

What if we let our guard down just for a moment, and loved the way that Jesus loves?

Church should be a lifelong commitment too.

We shouldn’t run for the cover of darkness, every time things come up that we don’t understand.

Maybe we should work on our fragrance.

And maybe if the churches love became sacrificial, we’d have more fun than we’re currently having.

Let’s be intentional to work on that this week…