Follow Along with the Message

SERMON NOTES

Like a Good Neighbor 

What if Neighbor means Neighbor? 

Text: Luke 10:25-37

How could that command to love my neighbor be so  in the Scriptures and yet so  in my life? 

Jesus said that every person I come into contact with is a . 

When I try to aim for , I get discouraged and I end up loving . 

Jesus wasn't  the word "neighbor" in Luke 10. He was  it. He was saying it  includes the people next to you,   includes people you don't like. 

Start with loving your  neighbor as yourself. 

To love someone, it helps to . 

The ultimate goal can't be to make friends. It has to be to make Jesus-followers. But if you live your life for Christ, the first step to making a  is making a . 

2 Action Steps: 

Resource to help with praying for your neighbors: www.blesseveryhome.com

Two books used in the preparation of today's sermon:

• The Neighboring Church by Rick Rusaw & Brian Mavis
• The Art of Neighboring by Jay Pathak & Dave Runyon