The document discusses how Jesus commands believers to love one another. It defines what it means to be empowered, noting that through Jesus we are empowered to obey His command to love. It explores what love is, examining that true love is not just a feeling but requires overcoming the desires of the flesh and the world. It provides steps to know how to love, including developing an intimate relationship with God through quiet time, loving yourself by being freed from condemnation, and applying the qualities of love described in 1 Corinthians 13 to others. The overall message is that Jesus empowers believers to love others as He has loved them.

1. Empowered
to
John 13:34-35
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I
(JESUS) have loved you, so you must love one another.
35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if
you love one another.”

2. Empowered
Definition
• To Give Power to (someone)
• To give official authority or legal power to (someone).
-Merriam Webster
 We are Empowered Through Jesus Christ.
Matthew 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in
heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you always, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.

3. Empowered
 to Obey His Command. (Mark 12:30-31)
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And you
shall love
the Lord
your God
with all your
heart and
with all your
soul and with
all your mind
and with all
your
strength.
‘You shall love
your neighbor
as yourself.’
There is no
other
commandment
greater than
these.”
To LoVE…BUT, HOW
???

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LOVE
• What is Love?
An intense feeling of deep affection. (google)
It’s just a feeling?... Likes ? Or desire?.

5. LOVE
1 John 2:15-16 (NIV)
15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the
Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world— the lust of the flesh, the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world.
Jesus Christ Overcome temptation (Matthew 4: 1- 11)
To overcome this World. (Romans 8:37)
In all these things we are more than conquerors
through Him (JESUS) who LOVED (John 3:16) us.
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6. Love
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7. Knowing How to Love?
1. GOD is Love. ( 1 John 4:8)
 Knowing God and have personal Intimate relationship first
in Him.
Quiet Time - regular individual sessions of Christian spiritual
activities.
Prayer.
Private meditation.
Praise and worship to God.
Studying the Word of God.
Personal Encounter.

8. Know How to Love?
2. Love yourself
Set Free from the Bondages, condemnation and sin.
Replace Your thought On His Love.
Romans 8:38-39 (NLT)
And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s
love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our
fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the
powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the
sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation
will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is
revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
To BREAK every chain…

9. Know How to Love?
3. Love others as Yourself.
Apply those essential qualities of Love in Spirit and in truth.
Love
-1 Corinthians 13: 4-8a
4.Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not
boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not
self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of
wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the
truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes,
always perseveres.
8 Love never fails…

10. Conclusion
John 13:34-35
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I (JESUS)
have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone
will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
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11. Challenge
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Empower to Love and
make difference…