Love (Agape) Advent Word Study

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  1. 4. "Hear, O _______: The Lord our God, the Lord is one."
  2. 9. "And you shall love the Lord your God with all your _______ and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength."
  3. 11. "The second is this: ‘You shall love your _______ as yourself.’"
  4. 12. CHALLENGE: Soft bed, but not five stars.
  5. 13. "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or _______, it is not arrogant."
  6. 16. "You shall treat the _______ who sojourns with you as the native among you..."
  7. 18. V: We wouldn’t be talking about Jesus today if he had only SAID things like "love your enemy." This is how he actually _________.
  8. 20. V: Jesus taught that genuine love for God and others means seeking people’s well-being without expecting anything in _________.
  9. 23. CHALLENGE: Woolly witnesses at the first Christmas.
  10. 24. CHALLENGE: This is a green gem.
  11. 25. V: Jesus’ followers translated his teachings into Greek and used the word _________ for love.
  12. 26. CHALLENGE: The color of envy.
Down
  1. 1. "Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you."
  2. 2. V: According to our video, love is not primarily a feeling but an ___________, a choice to seek the well-being of others
  3. 3. CHALLENGE: Town of a quiet night, a holy night.
  4. 4. CHALLENGE: Sorry, folks, we’re fully booked.
  5. 5. CHALLENGE: Winter solstice marks the _______ night of the year.
  6. 6. CHALLENGE: This is a red gem.
  7. 7. V: When Jesus eventually marched into the city of _________________, he made himself an enemy of the leaders of his people by accusing them of hypocrisy and corruption.
  8. 8. CHALLENGE: The Grinch's reindeer impersonator
  9. 10. "If you keep my _______, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love."
  10. 14. V: The New Testament meaning of agape love involves creating an ecosystem of _______-giving love.
  11. 15. "And if you _______ to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners ________ [same word as previous blank] to sinners, to get back the same amount.
  12. 17. CHALLENGE: The color of Mars.
  13. 19. V: This is the language that Jesus spoke in and taught in from day-to-day.
  14. 21. CHALLENGE: Santa's landing zone.
  15. 22. "As the _______ has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love."