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What Does Real Love Look Like? - Love Worth Finding - July 29

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July 29, 2025 – What Does Real Love Look Like?
1 John 4:16
Sermon: 2331 Raising Kids That Count, Part 2

Pray Over This

“And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.”
1 John 4:16

Ponder This

We need to give our kids unconditional love. I’ve often noticed that men who had fathers who did not love them do not know how to love to their kids—they must be taught. We need a generation of men to mentor other men who never had fathers who taught them unconditional love. We must break that cycle.

Unconditional love doesn’t mean you give a child everything he or she wants. That’s not really love at all. True love is not giving others what they want, it is giving others what they need. There must be unconditional acceptance, regardless of the child’s behavior. I may not accept what you do, but I accept you. Children need to know that so deeply that when they are in trouble, they won’t be afraid to come to you. If children don’t have a sense that their parents love them no matter what they do, they’re not going to share their mess-ups with you, and you won’t have the opportunity to help them through their greatest challenges.

  • Who are the people who were there for you in your hardest points of life? How have you learned love from them?
  • What are some things that make it challenging to love others unconditionally?

Practice This

Thank someone today who loved you unconditionally while you were growing up.

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