Podcasts about scripture: john 15:9-15:17

Love God. Love People.

Rev. Dr. Larry Hayward preaches on the Sixth Sunday of Easter. The Scripture passage is John 15:9-17.

This Sunday brings together a favorite theme in John’s Gospel and First Epistle: that we love because we have been loved by Christ. God’s love flows to us from the Father through Jesus. This love is expressed chiefly when Jesus lays down His life for us on the cross (Jn 15:9, 13). It is then Jesus’ commandment that we love one another (15:12). Our loving is solely by God’s initiative; we did not choose Jesus, but Jesus chose us and appointed us to bear the fruit of love (Jn 15:16).

Being rooted in Jesus

Being rooted in Jesus

Faith Community Church

From now on, until the scripture of meditation, the sound will be muted in order to protect our congregation's privacy. The Scripture for Meditation and the Scripture Reading will be posted below.

From now on, until the scripture of meditation, the sound will be muted in order to protect our congregation's privacy. The Scripture for Meditation and the Scripture Reading will be posted below.

From now on, until the scripture of meditation, the sound will be muted in order to protect our congregation's privacy. The Scripture for Meditation and the Scripture Reading will be posted below.

From now on, until the scripture of meditation, the sound will be muted in order to protect our congregation's privacy. The Scripture for Meditation and the Scripture Reading will be posted below.

From now on, until the scripture of meditation, the sound will be muted in order to protect our congregation's privacy. The Scripture for Meditation and the Scripture Reading will be posted below.

From now on, until the scripture of meditation, the sound will be muted in order to protect our congregation's privacy. The Scripture for Meditation and the Scripture Reading will be posted below.

What causes people to walk away from Jesus? Often it's a mix of conflict and other priorities pushing out the love of Jesus. Jesus tells us to remain in his love. How do we do this? Through dealing with conflict well, bringing reconciliation and choosing to stay.

JOY Church, Fountain Hills, AZ. Growing Alive, Deep and Bold in the love and Knowledge of Jesus! Live stream with us at joychurchaz.com

JOY Church, Fountain Hills, AZ. Growing Alive, Deep and Bold in the love and Knowledge of Jesus! Live stream with us at joychurchaz.com

JOY Church, Fountain Hills, AZ. Bible based, Christ centered, Gospel focused. We are followers of Jesus who invite others to follow Jesus.

JOY Church, Fountain Hills, AZ. Bible based, Christ centered, Gospel focused. We are followers of Jesus who invite others to follow Jesus.

JOY Church, Fountain Hills, AZ. Growing Alive, Deep and Bold in the love and Knowledge of Jesus! Live stream with us at joychurchaz.com

JOY Church, Fountain Hills, AZ. Growing Alive, Deep and Bold in the love and Knowledge of Jesus! Live stream with us at joychurchaz.com

Loving Others= Sacrifice

Bishop Hannington

Kingsway Community Church

Kingsway Community Church

Jesus commanded His disciples to love one another just as He Himself love them.

A sermon for the Sixth Sunday of Easter.

MUMC Podcast

MUMC Podcast

THE DEVIL IS OUT TO STEAL YOUR JOY! In other words, he is trying to steal one of the most important promises of God from you. Why, you might ask? Because if he is successful, he has stunted the growth of the fruit of the Spirit and stifled His work in your life.

Audio recording of the Sunday morning Bible Teaching given by Andrew Burt at Enniscorthy Christian Fellowship, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland on 1st March 2020

Audio recording of the Sunday morning Bible Teaching given by Andrew Burt at Enniscorthy Christian Fellowship, Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland on 1st March 2020

What's your dream for life? Did you have a dream for life growing up? Our dreaming hints at our heart's deep desire for purpose. We all want our lives to count for something. But, how in the world can we know that our lives will count for something? Pastor Chris Kipp addresses this in his message "The Father's Business", teaching from John 15:9-17 and John 5:19-20. This message was recorded at Renaissance Church on Sunday, Feb. 16th, 2020. www.ren-church.org

What's your dream for life? Did you have a dream for life growing up? Our dreaming hints at our heart's deep desire for purpose. We all want our lives to count for something. But, how in the world can we know that our lives will count for something? Pastor Chris Kipp addresses this in his message "The Father's Business", teaching from John 15:9-17 and John 5:19-20. This message was recorded at Renaissance Church on Sunday, Feb. 16th, 2020. www.ren-church.org

To make disciples who love God, love people, and serve the world.

Sermon audio from Liverpool Baptist Church's morning services.

Brad Sullivan 6 Easter, Year B May 6, 2018 Emmanuel, Houston John 15:9-17 Jesus wants us to be joyful…not fearful, lonely, right, or isolated. Abide in my love, Jesus said, so that my joy may be in your and your joy may be complete. Jesus had all sorts of emotions, just like every other human. Anger, frustration, contempt. Think about how Jesus was with the scribes, the Pharisees, the money changers, his own disciples at times. Jesus was powerful in the extreme, and those emotions and ways of being, anger, frustration, contempt are powerful as well. They were a part of Jesus and they gave him a nudge to start acting or doing things every now and then, and yet rather than choose to act and live out of those powerful emotions, he chose to live in the powerful weakness of love. The powerful weakness of love is so much more powerful than anger. Love is so much more powerful than frustration. Love is so much more powerful than contempt…and love often feels like weakness. Love is vulnerable. Love doesn’t force the other but offers, guides, leads the other, allowing the other not to follow. Love allows for failure and is not coercive. Love does not belittle or taunt. Love allows for things not to go “my way”, allowing for the needs of the beloved over one’s own desires. Love also trusts in the mutual nature of love such that the beloved will also reciprocate that love, trusting, not forcing. Jesus could have forced people to do whatever he wanted. When push came to shove, however, he acted not out of his power, not out of anger, frustration, or contempt. Jesus acted instead out of the powerful weakness and trusting nature of love, and he told his disciples to abide in his love, not in any of those other emotions or ways of being. Abide in my love, Jesus said. Abide in that which ultimately led Jesus to the cross…ok, my sales pitch isn’t really as good as his. Jesus talked about joy, and love allowing our joy to be complete. So, what keeps us from joy? How about fear? How about when, because of our fear, we choose to dwell not in love, but in anger, frustration, and contempt? When we’re afraid, we feel weak, and we want to feel strong, so we often turn to anger, frustration, and contempt. They are powerful, and so when afraid we act out of those things which make us feel powerful, but where do they lead? To joy? Not so much. Dwelling in and acting out of anger, frustration, and contempt leads to hurt, resentment, loneliness, victimhood, maybe a sense of being right (in a me versus the world kind of way), and a profound lack of joy. We may feel powerful, but we also feel more alone, more fearful, and worse about ourselves. Such is the way of fear and dwelling in power to overcome our fear. When we choose to abide in Jesus’ love, to make love our home, then we will in all likelihood be led to the cross, to that place of powerful weakness. So when we abide in love and are led to the cross, what gets nailed to that cross? How about being right? How about our hurt and resentment? Is anyone else here kinda good at hurt and resentment, at being hurt or let down by someone whom we deeply love, and then letting that hurt turn to resentment? It certainly feels strong. Walls up, weapons out, not going to hurt me again, but it never leads to anywhere good. Greater fear and isolation, loneliness, victimhood. It may feel right or righteous, but it certainly doesn’t lead to a place of joy. Say you’ve got a mini, stay at home date night planned for after the kids are asleep, and your wife falls asleep again putting one of the kids to bed, and instead of your usual feelings of hurt at being stood up again on such an occasion for the exact same reason as usual, you choose instead to be happy for your wife because as tired as she is, she got to get some well needed sleep. (As a top of my head, totally hypothetical example.) Being happy for my wife led me to be joyful amidst the let down, and a little while later, she woke up anyway. Jesus wants us to joyful, not fearful, lonely, right, and isolated. Jesus wants us to be joyful, and so he taught us to dwell in his love. We dwell in love, we let love lead us to the cross, and we put our hurt and resentment on that cross. Then when someone we love lets us down, we can dwell in love for that person. When someone we love lets us down, rather than dwelling in hurt and resentment, we get to ask ourselves, “why did they let us down?” Maybe they were overwhelmed. Maybe life just happened. Maybe they were doing their level best and reached a limit in what they could do. Maybe in letting us down, they got something that they really needed, and so rather than being hurt, we can be happy for them. We are talking about someone we love after all. Maybe our hurt can turn to concern for them if it seems that their letting us down came from a place of limit or need on their part. Out of concern, we get to act out of love on their behalf, our hurt and resentment transformed to gladness or concern for the other, and gladness or concern for the other are places of joy, expressed through love. Abide in Jesus’ love, and we do get led to the cross, so that our fear and hurt may be transformed into joy. Jesus said he wants us to abide in his love so that his joy may be in us and our joy may be complete. I often think of Jesus as so serious and our religion so serious. Anyone else? Christianity is so serious, isn’t it? Jesus died for our sins and rose that we may have life eternal. Jesus lived and showed us his kingdom here on earth and taught us to live out his kingdom here on earth, loving, forgiving, caring for those in need. It’s all so serious, and he was so earnest and serious in his teachings, so at times I tend to forget how darn joyous Jesus was. He hung out with people. He partied. He took delight in children, and found joy and beauty in grass and birds. He didn’t worry about daily struggles because in his kingdom, people take care of each other. When visiting his friends Martha and Mary, it didn’t bother him that the house was a mess or that the meal wasn’t perfectly perfect and on time. He was enjoying being with his friends. As much as we are earnest in our faith and are intended to take our faith seriously, Jesus didn’t tell us to abide in his love so that our earnestness and seriousness would be complete. Abide in my love, Jesus said, so that “my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.” So what does joy look like? Joy looks like forgiveness and compassion leading to a place of peace, of happiness and love for the other. Joy looks like hope and being surrounded by love in the midst of sadness. Joy looks like enjoying time with people in all of our imperfect glory. Joy looks like being cared for and caring for others. Joy looks like the sun coming up every morning and letting that be enough. Joy looks like acceptance, accepting life for what it is and finding the peace, hope, and love in what life is, rather than constantly wishing for life to be something else. Joy looks like placing the power of our hurt and resentment on the cross and abiding in that place of love. Jesus invites us into his joy, that his joy may be in us. Jesus invites us to abide, to dwell in the powerful weakness of his love so that our joy may be complete.

Brad Sullivan 6 Easter, Year B May 6, 2018 Emmanuel, Houston John 15:9-17 Jesus wants us to be joyful…not fearful, lonely, right, or isolated. Abide in my love, Jesus said, so that my joy may be in your and your joy may be complete. Jesus had all sorts of emotions, just like every other human. Anger, frustration, contempt. Think about how Jesus was with the scribes, the Pharisees, the money changers, his own disciples at times. Jesus was powerful in the extreme, and those emotions and ways of being, anger, frustration, contempt are powerful as well. They were a part of Jesus and they gave him a nudge to start acting or doing things every now and then, and yet rather than choose to act and live out of those powerful emotions, he chose to live in the powerful weakness of love. The powerful weakness of love is so much more powerful than anger. Love is so much more powerful than frustration. Love is so much more powerful than contempt…and love often feels like weakness. Love is vulnerable. Love doesn’t force the other but offers, guides, leads the other, allowing the other not to follow. Love allows for failure and is not coercive. Love does not belittle or taunt. Love allows for things not to go “my way”, allowing for the needs of the beloved over one’s own desires. Love also trusts in the mutual nature of love such that the beloved will also reciprocate that love, trusting, not forcing. Jesus could have forced people to do whatever he wanted. When push came to shove, however, he acted not out of his power, not out of anger, frustration, or contempt. Jesus acted instead out of the powerful weakness and trusting nature of love, and he told his disciples to abide in his love, not in any of those other emotions or ways of being. Abide in my love, Jesus said. Abide in that which ultimately led Jesus to the cross…ok, my sales pitch isn’t really as good as his. Jesus talked about joy, and love allowing our joy to be complete. So, what keeps us from joy? How about fear? How about when, because of our fear, we choose to dwell not in love, but in anger, frustration, and contempt? When we’re afraid, we feel weak, and we want to feel strong, so we often turn to anger, frustration, and contempt. They are powerful, and so when afraid we act out of those things which make us feel powerful, but where do they lead? To joy? Not so much. Dwelling in and acting out of anger, frustration, and contempt leads to hurt, resentment, loneliness, victimhood, maybe a sense of being right (in a me versus the world kind of way), and a profound lack of joy. We may feel powerful, but we also feel more alone, more fearful, and worse about ourselves. Such is the way of fear and dwelling in power to overcome our fear. When we choose to abide in Jesus’ love, to make love our home, then we will in all likelihood be led to the cross, to that place of powerful weakness. So when we abide in love and are led to the cross, what gets nailed to that cross? How about being right? How about our hurt and resentment? Is anyone else here kinda good at hurt and resentment, at being hurt or let down by someone whom we deeply love, and then letting that hurt turn to resentment? It certainly feels strong. Walls up, weapons out, not going to hurt me again, but it never leads to anywhere good. Greater fear and isolation, loneliness, victimhood. It may feel right or righteous, but it certainly doesn’t lead to a place of joy. Say you’ve got a mini, stay at home date night planned for after the kids are asleep, and your wife falls asleep again putting one of the kids to bed, and instead of your usual feelings of hurt at being stood up again on such an occasion for the exact same reason as usual, you choose instead to be happy for your wife because as tired as she is, she got to get some well needed sleep. (As a top of my head, totally hypothetical example.) Being happy for my wife led me to be joyful amidst the let down, and a little while later, she woke up anyway. Jesus wants us to joyful, not fearful, lonely, right, and isolated. Jesus wants us to be joyful, and so he taught us to dwell in his love. We dwell in love, we let love lead us to the cross, and we put our hurt and resentment on that cross. Then when someone we love lets us down, we can dwell in love for that person. When someone we love lets us down, rather than dwelling in hurt and resentment, we get to ask ourselves, “why did they let us down?” Maybe they were overwhelmed. Maybe life just happened. Maybe they were doing their level best and reached a limit in what they could do. Maybe in letting us down, they got something that they really needed, and so rather than being hurt, we can be happy for them. We are talking about someone we love after all. Maybe our hurt can turn to concern for them if it seems that their letting us down came from a place of limit or need on their part. Out of concern, we get to act out of love on their behalf, our hurt and resentment transformed to gladness or concern for the other, and gladness or concern for the other are places of joy, expressed through love. Abide in Jesus’ love, and we do get led to the cross, so that our fear and hurt may be transformed into joy. Jesus said he wants us to abide in his love so that his joy may be in us and our joy may be complete. I often think of Jesus as so serious and our religion so serious. Anyone else? Christianity is so serious, isn’t it? Jesus died for our sins and rose that we may have life eternal. Jesus lived and showed us his kingdom here on earth and taught us to live out his kingdom here on earth, loving, forgiving, caring for those in need. It’s all so serious, and he was so earnest and serious in his teachings, so at times I tend to forget how darn joyous Jesus was. He hung out with people. He partied. He took delight in children, and found joy and beauty in grass and birds. He didn’t worry about daily struggles because in his kingdom, people take care of each other. When visiting his friends Martha and Mary, it didn’t bother him that the house was a mess or that the meal wasn’t perfectly perfect and on time. He was enjoying being with his friends. As much as we are earnest in our faith and are intended to take our faith seriously, Jesus didn’t tell us to abide in his love so that our earnestness and seriousness would be complete. Abide in my love, Jesus said, so that “my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.” So what does joy look like? Joy looks like forgiveness and compassion leading to a place of peace, of happiness and love for the other. Joy looks like hope and being surrounded by love in the midst of sadness. Joy looks like enjoying time with people in all of our imperfect glory. Joy looks like being cared for and caring for others. Joy looks like the sun coming up every morning and letting that be enough. Joy looks like acceptance, accepting life for what it is and finding the peace, hope, and love in what life is, rather than constantly wishing for life to be something else. Joy looks like placing the power of our hurt and resentment on the cross and abiding in that place of love. Jesus invites us into his joy, that his joy may be in us. Jesus invites us to abide, to dwell in the powerful weakness of his love so that our joy may be complete.

What incredibly great news it is to know that Jesus has chosen us! As the Confirmation Class of 2018 shares their faith as the beloved, chosen children of God we are reminded that as we live in the love of Jesus we have the awesome opportunity to share that love with others.

As we look at the words of Jesus on love in John 15 we see that he is speaking of a love that is the fruit of a certain way of interacting with each other. Interacting not as master and slave but rather as friends. This seems to be a prerequisite for the type of love that Jesus has in mind and is a call for us to re-examine our own relationships with each other in all aspects of life.

As we look at the words of Jesus on love in John 15 we see that he is speaking of a love that is the fruit of a certain way of interacting with each other. Interacting not as master and slave but rather as friends. This seems to be a prerequisite for the type of love that Jesus has in mind and is a call for us to re-examine our own relationships with each other in all aspects of life.

Can we talk about love, in the every day grit of arthritis and when it is tough to love? It is there, that we will find DIVINE love.

Rev Dr. Larry R. Hayward focuses on John 15:15 and makes the claim that we know enough to “bear fruit…that lasts.” The scripture today is John 15:9-17.

Where does love come from?---God What does love look like?---Jesus What does love require of us?---Love each other.

Where does love come from?---God What does love look like?---Jesus What does love require of us?---Love each other.

Rev. Dr. David D. Young offers his sermon "Finding Friendship," which focuses on Fellowship and is part of The Neighborhood Church's Fall Stewardship Sermon Series . Scripture readings of the day are 1 John 1: 1-4 and John 15: 9-17.

Full Service including music by the LJCC Worship Band accompanied by guest singer Daneen Wilburn. Congregation Community Interviews take place right before the sermon. Pastor Steve Murray wraps up our sermon series THRIVE with a sermon on "Disciples of Jesus thrive when they realize the importance of community and seek it out."

Full Service including music by the LJCC Worship Band accompanied by guest singer Daneen Wilburn. Congregation Community Interviews take place right before the sermon. Pastor Steve Murray wraps up our sermon series THRIVE with a sermon on "Disciples of Jesus thrive when they realize the importance of community and seek it out."

John 15:12 "My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you."

Message from Friendship Assembly in Hawarden, Iowa

St. John's Lutheran Church is a vibrant congregation with active adult ministries and numerous opportunities for children and youth. Founded in 1798, St. John's continues to grow being nourished by the Word of God.

Downloadable message series from Pastor Jamal Oliver and other teachings from White Street Baptist Church, Auburn,AL.

KVGBC

Pastor Lisa Ellis returns with Part 2 of the inspiring "What is Love?" message. In this message, there are two questions that are asked: What kind of Christian do YOU want to be? How deep are we willing to go? Through living a truly Christ-guided life, people will see a difference.

Pastor Lisa Ellis returns with Part 2 of the inspiring "What is Love?" message. In this message, there are two questions that are asked: What kind of Christian do YOU want to be? How deep are we willing to go? Through living a truly Christ-guided life, people will see a difference.

Community Baptist Church Henderson Kentucky (KY)-Pastor Dr. Tim Hobbs (a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship affiliated church)

St. John's Lutheran Church is a vibrant congregation with active adult ministries and numerous opportunities for children and youth. Founded in 1798, St. John's continues to grow being nourished by the Word of God.

Conquering the world

Community Baptist Church Henderson Kentucky (KY)-Pastor Dr. Tim Hobbs (a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship affiliated church)

Sunday Morning Worship Service

Christ Church, Bayston Hill (UK)

Pastor John recalls his relationship with his family in this sermon about family and love.

St. John's Lutheran Church is a vibrant congregation with active adult ministries and numerous opportunities for children and youth. Founded in 1798, St. John's continues to grow being nourished by the Word of God.

Pastor Daniel Bracken preaches a message out of John 15:9-17 entitled, "Being a Friend of God".

Continuing our study through the gospel of John, Pastor Steve covered verses 9-17 of chapter 15, as Jesus continues his final teaching to the disciples--encouraging them to stay in the love of God and keep His commandments.

While expressing His love for His disciples, Jesus called them His friends. Based on His choosing, this loving friendship is one to enjoy and never take for granted and one to invite others into.

While expressing His love for His disciples, Jesus called them His friends. Based on His choosing, this loving friendship is one to enjoy and never take for granted and one to invite others into.

While expressing His love for His disciples, Jesus called them His friends. Based on His choosing, this loving friendship is one to enjoy and never take for granted and one to invite others into.

While expressing His love for His disciples, Jesus called them His friends. Based on His choosing, this loving friendship is one to enjoy and never take for granted and one to invite others into.

While expressing His love for His disciples, Jesus called them His friends. Based on His choosing, this loving friendship is one to enjoy and never take for granted and one to invite others into.

While expressing His love for His disciples, Jesus called them His friends. Based on His choosing, this loving friendship is one to enjoy and never take for granted and one to invite others into.

What does it really mean to be a friend of Jesus?

What does it really mean to be a friend of Jesus?

Jesus was following and setting an example he saw from God. What does it mean to be loved by God and to be a friend of God?

Jesus was following and setting an example he saw from God. What does it mean to be loved by God and to be a friend of God?

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A sermon about God's command to "Love each other as I have loved you."

A sermon about God's command to "Love each other as I have loved you."

A sermon about God's command to "Love each other as I have loved you."

Jesus calls us friends. He reminds us that he hasn't chosen us to be like him.

Jesus calls us friends. He reminds us that he hasn't chosen us to be like him.