Loving God and Others

Loving God and Others

How do we love God and others?

We love God and love people through a Spirit-empowered faith! The ultimate goal of our faith journey is to relate to the person of Jesus. It's this deep, relational connection with our Savior that gives the experience and power to love God and love others well.

At GCN, we believe Spirit-empowered discipleship is about growing in these relationships. We've developed forty, specific outcomes that help us measure spiritual growth. The forty outcomes of a Spirit-empowered faith are discerned from Scripture and drawn from a cluster analysis of several Greek (diakoneo, leitourgeo, dou-leuo) and Hebrew words ('abad, sharat). They are based on the Ephesians 4:12 declaration that Christ followers are to be equipped for works of ministry or service.

Where are you on your Spirit-empowered Faith journey?

The 40 Spirit-empowered Faith outcomes are organized into four groups of ten:

L1–L10

 

"While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting" (Acts 13:2).

 

W1–W10

 

"But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word" (Acts 6:4).

 

P1–P10

 

"Through love serve one another" (Galatians 5:13).

 

M1–M10

 

"Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation" (2 Corinthians 5:18).

 

Want a detailed list of all 40 outcomes?

Dive into the Spirit-empowered Faith Outcomes, their Scripture references, and an overview explaining the significance of these outcomes in the lives of believers.

Download the 40 outcomes here

Want some teaching outlines?

We have twelve teaching outlines that cover all forty outcomes. These teaching outlines can be used as small group facilitator's notes, personal study, or even sermons.

Download the SEF teaching outlines here
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