PRACTICE

SACRIFICIAL LOVE PART II

SEEK WHAT IS BEST

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LUKE 6: 32-33
– Lu:6:32: For if ye love them which love you, what thank
have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
– Lu:6:33: And if ye do good to them which do good to
you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the
same.
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LUKE 6: 27-28
– Lu:6:27: But I say unto you which hear, Love your
enemies, do good to them which hate you,
– Lu:6:28: Bless them that curse you, and pray for them
which despitefully use you.
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JOHN 13: 34-35
– Joh:13:34: A new commandment I give unto you, That ye
love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love
one another.
– Joh:13:35: By this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples, if ye have love one to another.
PRACTICE RADICAL LOVE:
SEEK WHAT IS BEST
Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady
wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as
far as it can be obtained.
-C.S.LEWIS
 PRACTICE RADICAL LOVE:
SEEK WHAT IS BEST
– TOUGH
– LISTEN
– TRANSFORM
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JONAH 2
– Jon:1:1: Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the
son of Amittai, saying,
– Jon:1:2: Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry
against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
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JONAH 1:3
– Jon:1:3: But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the
presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he
found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare
thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto
Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
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JONAH 1:17
– Jon:1:17: Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to
swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish
three days and three nights.
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JONAH 2

– Jon:2:1: Then Jonah prayed unto the

LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
JONAH and the Whale
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MATTHEW 12:39-40
– M't:12:39: But he answered and said unto them, An evil
and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there
shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet
Jonas:
– M't:12:40: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in
the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days
and three nights in the heart of the earth.
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JONAH 2:2-3
– Jon:2:2: And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction
unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell
cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
– LISTENING IS LOVE IN ACTION
– Jon:2:3: For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst
of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy
billows and thy waves passed over me.
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JONAH 2:2-3
– Jon:2:4: Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet
I will look again toward thy holy temple.
– Jon:2:5: The waters compassed me about, even to
the soul: the depth closed me round about, the
weeds were wrapped about my head.
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PROVERBS 3:11-12
– Proverb:3:11: My son, despise not the chastening
of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
– Proverb:3:12: For whom the LORD loveth he
correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he
delighteth.
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LUKE 15: 16-17
– Lu:15:16: And he would fain have filled his belly
with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man
gave unto him.
– Lu:15:17: And when he came to himself, he said,
How many hired servants of my father's have
bread enough and to spare, and I perish with
hunger!
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LUKE 15: 20
– Lu:15:20: And he arose, and came to his father.
But when he was yet a great way off, his father
saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on
his neck, and kissed him.
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JONAH 2:7
– Jon:2:7: When my soul fainted within me I
remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in
unto thee, into thine holy temple.
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JONAH 2:2
– Jon:2:2: And said, I cried by reason of mine
affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of
the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my
voice.
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JONAH 2:8
– Jon:2:8
– THOSE WHO CLING TO WORTHLESS IDOLS,
FORFEIT IDOLS THE GRACE THAT COULD
BE THIERS
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JONAH 2:9-10
– Jon:2:9: But I will sacrifice unto thee with the
voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have
vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
– Jon:2:10: And the LORD spake unto the fish, and
it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
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JONAH 3: 1-2
– Jon:3:1: And the word of the LORD came unto
Jonah the second time, saying,
– Jon:3:2: Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city,
and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.