133: Because He First Loved Us (with Brian Delamont)

What does it look like for us to love out of the overflow of God’s love for us? Brian Delamont, Executive Vice President of TeachBeyond, walks through Scripture passages and practical examples of what it means to live out TeachBeyond’s core value of love.

• TeachBeyond’s Core Value of Love: “Embracing our identity as a people who are loved by our Creator, we seek to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Similarly, we commit to loving each other and the world around us, learning to do good, seek justice, and correct oppression.”
• 1 John 4:19
• Mark 12:28-31
• “God’s intention for us is to reciprocate the love He shows towards us. We love because He first loved us.”
• Deuteronomy 6:4-9
• John 13:34-35
• Luke 10
• Micah 6:8
• Luke 6:34-36
• “God has shown, and is showing us, what to do. We haven’t fully arrived at goodness, justice, and eliminating oppression [...] but we are learning to do this. We create and live out a desire for these things to become more and more prevalent in TeachBeyond and in the world.”
• Titus 2:11-14
• Romans 5:8
• Psalm 9:8-10
• Psalm 146:7-8
• “There’s no other way for us to be as followers of Jesus than to love. To notice those who are close to us, as well as those who may be far away. To lift the heads of those bowed down. To provide physically, emotionally, intellectually. This is what transformational education can accomplish in the power of the Holy Spirit.”
• 1 Corinthians 13:4-12
• “We long for the day when the fullness of God’s love surrounds us, when His Kingdom comes and His will is done on earth as it is in Heaven. Until then, as people loved by God, we follow Him in the way of love, which includes sacrifice, learning, listening, and becoming all He intends.”
• Hear a past episode about Deuteronomy 6 here!

January Reflection: What will you do today or this week to show your love for God and to show His love to someone else? 

What’s changing our lives:

• Keane: A new water bottle
• Heather: Helping friends prepare for a move
• Brian: A working furnace

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