Anointed to Love

INTRODUCTION

Closing our Love series. We received it. We released it. Now we are challenged to reaffirm it — and this is where most of us struggle.

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POINT 1 — RECOGNIZE

1 Corinthians 5:1–2 | Luke 15:17–20

Love is not blind. Real love sees the problem and responds — not out of wrath, but with redemptive intention. There is a difference between punishment and discipline. Discipline always has restoration as its goal.

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POINT 2 — REPAIR

2 Corinthians 2:4–8 | Galatians 6:1

Repair cannot be completed without repentance. Once repentance occurs — the assignment changes. To withhold restoration from a repentant person is not righteousness. It is dangerous.

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POINT 3 — REAFFIRM

2 Corinthians 2:7–8 | Psalm 136:1 | Romans 5:8

The hardest movement. We stall here because of trauma, not just pride. But God’s mercy endures forever — and we are called to reflect it. Reaffirmation is not naivety. It is the character of the Kingdom made visible.

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CLOSING THOUGHT

We are not asked to do this in our own strength. We are anointed to love — and the anointing covers the whole journey, from recognition all the way to reaffirmation