GROW IN L OV E

WIT H J E S U S
 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1

“LET LOVE BE YOUR GREATEST AIM.”

 1 CORINTHIANS 16:14

“EVERYTHING YOU DO MUST BE DONE

WITH LOVE.”
 JOHN 21:15

SO WHEN THEY HAD FINISHED

BREAKFAST, JESUS SAID TO SIMON
PETER, “SIMON, SON OF JOHN, DO YOU
LOVE ME MORE THAN THESE?”
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE GOD?
I. COME BACK TO JESUS
 JOHN 21:12

JESUS SAID TO THEM, “COME AND HAVE

BREAKFAST.” NONE OF THE DISCIPLES
VENTURED TO QUESTION HIM, “WHO
ARE YOU?” KNOWING THAT HE WAS
LORD.
 LUKE 22:54

HAVING ARRESTED HIM, THEY LED HIM

AWAY AND BROUGHT HIM TO THE
HOUSE OF THE HIGH PRIEST; BUT PETER
WAS FOLLOWING AT A DISTANCE.
 MARK 14:50

AND THEY ALL LEFT HIM AND FLED.

 DO YOU KNOW WHAT TRIGGERED
PETER TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION OF
JESUS?
ONE THING THAT IS HINDERING US TO
GROW IS OUR……

PRIDE
DON’T FOCUS ON YOURSELF.

HUMBLE YOURSELF BEFORE THE LORD.

ACCEPT THE INVITATION.

II. KNEEL DOWN BEFORE JESUS
 MARK 14:29-30

BUT PETER SAID TO HIM, “EVEN THOUGH ALL

MAY FALL AWAY, YET I WILL NOT.” AND
JESUS SAID TO HIM, “TRULY I SAY TO YOU,
THAT THIS VERY NIGHT, BEFORE A ROOSTER
CROWS TWICE, YOU YOURSELF WILL DENY
ME THREE TIMES.”
 JAMES 4:6

“BUT HE GIVES GREATER GRACE.

THEREFORE IT SAYS, “GOD IS OPPOSED
TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE
HUMBLE.”
III. BE FILLED WITH THE LOVE OF GOD
 I JOHN 4:7-8

“LOVE COMES FROM GOD…FOR GOD IS

LOVE”
 I JOHN 4:16A

“WE KNOW AND RELY ON THE LOVE GOD

HAS FOR US.”
 JOHN 21:15

SO WHEN THEY HAD FINISHED BREAKFAST,

JESUS SAID TO SIMON PETER, “SIMON SON OF
JOHN, DO YOU LOVE ME MORE THAN THESE?” HE
SAID TO HIM, “YES, LORD; YOU KNOW THAT I
LOVE YOU.” HE SAID TO HIM, “TEND MY LAMBS.”
 JOHN 21:6

HE SAID TO HIM AGAIN A SECOND TIME,

“SIMON SON OF JOHN, DO YOU LOVE ME?” HE
SAID TO HIM” YES, LORD; YOU KNOW THAT I
LOVE YOU.” HE SAID TO HIM, “SHEPHERD MY
SHEEP.”
 JOHN 21:17

HE SAID TO HIM THE THIRD TIME, “SIMON SON OF

JOHN, DO YOU LOVE ME?” PETER WAS GRIEVED
BECAUSE HE SAID TO HIM THE THIRD TIME, “DO YOU
LOVE ME?” AND HE SAID TO HIM, “LORD, YOU KNOW
ALL THINGS; YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU.” JESUS
SAID TO HIM, “TEND MY SHEEP.”
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE GOD?