{"id":12,"date":"2018-11-06T15:59:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T23:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migrate.bettersermons.org\/?p=12"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:41:34","slug":"love-cant-be-put-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/love-cant-be-put-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Can’t Be Put Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

Objects:<\/strong>\u00a0Relight candles. (A birthday candle that can’t be blownout.)<\/p>\n

Lesson:<\/strong>\u00a0Love can’t be extinguished.<\/p>\n

Outline:<\/p>\n

<\/strong>1. Love is wonderful
\n2. God’s love can’t be blown out.
\n3. We should love God and everyone with this kind of love.<\/p>\n

Love is a wonderful thing. You need it and I need it. Not only is love a wonderful thing to receive, but it is a wonderful thing to give. However, there is one thing about love that stands out above all other things. If love is real\u2014really real\u2014it cannot be put out. God has such a love for each one of us and we can see that love in His son, Jesus, the Christ.<\/p>\n

Can anyone tell me what this is that I have in my hand? (Hold your re-lighted candle.) That\u2019s right. It\u2019s a birthday candle. I\u2019m going to light the candle. This candle is like the love that God has for each one of us and for all people. You\u2019re going to see that the flame can\u2019t be blown out. (Light candle\u2014blow it out. It will, in a few moments, relight. Do this several times. The children will react. Each time remind them that love lasts, love endures, love can\u2019t be extinguished.)<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t it wonderful that God loves us this way and that His love doesn\u2019t blow out? He wants us to love Him and one another the same way. Love is the most powerful thing in the whole world. It can\u2019t be put out.
\n______________________________<\/p>\n

Excerpted\u00a0from\u00a0Elder’s Guide<\/em>, Volume A, General Conference Ministerial Association. Reprinted with permission. Visit the Ministerial Resource Center,<\/span>\u00a0GC Ministerial Association<\/a>\u00a0to purchase this\u00a0and other\u00a0helpful resources. Better Sermons \u00a9 2005-2008. Click here for\u00a0<\/span>usage guidelines<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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