June-July 2025 Sermon Series: Default to Love: Love replaces fear with faith!

Just imagine what would happen if the people of God united in spreading the love of Jesus Christ. What would a Love Revolution look like in today’s culture? All revolutions start when people are tired of the status quo. When people have had enough evil, injustice, and despair, it drives humanity to the brink of collapse. In today’s culture, maybe we have had enough of people hurting people, abused, neglected, and devalued. No longer does the current system allow people to breathe because love is void. The world is waiting for something different—something divine. Could it be that the Church has the answer, but we’ve forgotten how to lead with it? We must be intentional about choosing love as a way forward.

The prophets cried out in their day, and so must we in ours. The blood of the innocent cries out from the ground, and the Spirit is still hovering over the chaos, waiting for the people of God to move in holy defiance of hate. Jesus demonstrated “out loud” in public spaces with the prophetic nature of love. This is not a season for silence but for sacred disruption. The Church must rise—not with noise, but with love that heals, confronts, and transforms. Love is not passive; it is prophetic. Love holds all things together.

Memory Verse: 1 John 4:7-8 NRSV

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.