Reframing Love - Blueprint - Mark Simpson

And everybody said, "Amen." All right, so we are starting a new series this morning, and our series is called Reframing Love.

And this is gonna be a four-week series, a four-week journey, in which we are gonna be talking about love, we're gonna be talking about relationships, and we're gonna be talking about marriage.

Can you get excited about that this morning? That's pathetic.

Can you get excited about that this morning? All right.

I have heard that there is excitement.

Um, I'm just waiting to hear it come back at me.

But, um, we are excited to be talking about God's heart for relationships.

And I think it's so important because the vast majority of our world, um, and our life is spent around people.

Um, not only our love for the Lord, but our interactions with people.

And a massive part of our lives, regardless of the season or situation you find yourselves in, is around, uh, love and romance and, and marriage.

Um, and so we feel like it's really important that we speak into that space.

Um, I know that in the room there are people in varying seasons in their lives.

Uh, some people are single.

Uh, some people are dating.

Some people are engaged.

Some people are married.

Some people are happily married.

Some people are struggling in their marriage.

Some people are divorced.

Some people have lost a spouse.

Um, and so I want you to know that even though we're gonna go after a particular area, we, we see you, and God sees you.

And whatever season you find yourself in, I want you to know that God cares for you, and I'm trusting that the word that is preached, um, that God will speak to you through it for the season that you find yourself in.

And so I wanna ask you this morning to come on this journey with me and us to the Word of God with faith in your heart.

And even if there's something that I share that you might go, "Well, that's not for me in this particular season," um, still embrace it with faith, whether it be for you, but also for the person that's next to you.

I have the sense in my heart that this journey that we're going through is not just for us in the room.

And everybody said, "Amen." All right, so we are starting a new series this morning, and our series is called Reframing Love.

And this is gonna be a four-week series, a four-week journey, in which we are gonna be talking about love, we're gonna be talking about relationships, and we're gonna be talking about marriage.

Can you get excited about that this morning? That's pathetic.

Can you get excited about that this morning? All right.

I have heard that there is excitement.

Um, I'm just waiting to hear it come back at me.

But, um, we are excited to be talking about God's heart for relationships.

And I think it's so important because the vast majority of our world, um, and our life is spent around people.

Um, not only our love for the Lord, but our interactions with people.

And a massive part of our lives, regardless of the season or situation you find yourselves in, is around, uh, love and romance and, and marriage.

Um, and so we feel like it's really important that we speak into that space.

Um, I know that in the room there are people in varying seasons in their lives.

Uh, some people are single.

Uh, some people are dating.

Some people are engaged.

Some people are married.

Some people are happily married.

Some people are struggling in their marriage.

Some people are divorced.

Some people have lost a spouse.

Um, and so I want you to know that even though we're gonna go after a particular area, we, we see you, and God sees you.

And whatever season you find yourself in, I want you to know that God cares for you, and I'm trusting that the word that is preached, um, that God will speak to you through it for the season that you find yourself in.

And so I wanna ask you this morning to come on this journey with me and us to the Word of God with faith in your heart.

And even if there's something that I share that you might go, "Well, that's not for me in this particular season," um, still embrace it with faith, whether it be for you, but also for the person that's next to you.

I have the sense in my heart that this journey that we're going through is not just for us in the room.