Tempe Nazarene Church
November 11, 2007
Pastor Brian Delbridge


“Unspoken Love”

Build It Before It Rains Series—Part 8
Philippians 2:1–11 (NIV)

  1. Introduction

      1If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. 3Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. 4Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death--even death on a cross! 9Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

    1. Live in the Spirit of Sacrificial Love.
  2. What Does Real Love Look Like?
    1. It Is generous
      1. It is seen in the sacrifice of Christ
      2. What will it look like in your life?
        1. ___________________________
        2. ___________________________
    2. It Is unconditional
      1. Love means doing well for
      2. God loves you, period!
      3. We are to love each other as He loves us
      4. What will it look like in your life?
        1. ___________________________
        2. ___________________________

      16“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

    3. It Is self-giving
      1. What will it look like in your life?
        1. ___________________________
        2. ___________________________
  3. Conclusion
    1. Sacrificial love is often not spoken… it just does for the other!
    2. As we follow Christ and allow Him to mold and shape us, we are building an ark of sacrificial that will weather the storms of life!
    3. QUESTION:
      Will you allow Him to build you into an ark of sacrificial love?