Église Lille Métropole · 8 min read
Honestly, who still uses the word 'joy' today? When we hear 'joyful,' we think of the dwarf from Snow White or the happy fool who smiles all the time.
18 message(s) on this topic.
View articles"Love one another. As I have loved you" (John 13:34): the Bible makes relationships the place where faith becomes visible. It describes concrete love — patient, kind, without envy (1 Corinthians 13:4) — and gives very practical keys: forgive as God forgives, bear with one another, love without naivety.
The sermon summaries on this page speak of friendship, marriage, conflict, forgiveness and relational disappointments. Each summary distils a church's teaching with its key verses and links back to the full sermon on video.
« A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another. »
« Love is patient and is kind. Love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, »
« And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. »
« A friend loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity. »
« Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. »
« In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate to one another; in honor preferring one another; »
« bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. »
« And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins. »
Église Lille Métropole · 8 min read
Honestly, who still uses the word 'joy' today? When we hear 'joyful,' we think of the dwarf from Snow White or the happy fool who smiles all the time.
Église Hillsong Paris · 6 min read
When Brendan White was a child, he asked his father to build a birdhouse for a quail a neighbor had given them. He thought a morning would be enough. His father took six weeks.
Église Hillsong Paris · 7 min read
An enemy does not always come at you head-on. Sometimes he comes at night and sows something in your field that looks like what God planted there.
Efficient Church · 8 min read
A judgment-free atmosphere, open-ended questions, pair work, and flexible round-table sharing: practical ways to help every group member participate.
Église Momentum · 5 min read
When Brendan White arrived in France in 2004, one thing struck him: in the metro, on the commuter trains, on the bus, people were constantly apologizing. 'Pardon. Excuse me.'
Efficient Church · 9 min read
The facilitator's role, open-ended questions, managing silence, practical application: the keys to leading a lively Bible discussion in a group.
Efficient Church · 8 min read
Choose the passage, observe, interpret, apply, write open-ended questions, manage time: the method for preparing your Bible study.
Église Hillsong Paris · 5 min read
Forgiveness is a beautiful idea, until there is actually something to forgive. That is the sentence Brendan White uses to open this message at Hillsong Paris.
Église Momentum · 4 min read
Just hours before the cross, Jesus makes a surprising choice: he does not withdraw, he does not prepare a grand speech, he does not go settle things with the Pharisees. He sits at the table with his disciples.
Église Hillsong Paris · 8 min read
For a year and a half, Flore Legouis has been leading the Hillsong Lausanne campus with her husband Matthieu. This Sunday morning, she comes to share the Word at Hillsong Paris; the church she calls home.
View all 18 sermons on "Relationships" →
Ephesians 4:32 grounds forgiveness in the forgiveness we received: "forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Forgiving is not excusing or forgetting: it is releasing the debt so the offense no longer holds you prisoner.
"A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity" (Proverbs 17:17). The Bible values faithful, deep friendships: two are better than one, for if either falls, the other lifts them up (Ecclesiastes 4:9-10).
Yes — Jesus himself loved to the end without naivety: "be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves" (Matthew 10:16). Several sermons on this page show how to love wisely, set boundaries and remain kind.