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But the greatest of these is LOVE

What is it we're doing? We're planting a church! But what is it that we're really doing? We're making disciple-making disciples! But what is it that we're really doing? We're being obedient to God! But what is that we're really doing? We're loving God! But what is it that we're really doing? We're responding to God's love!  As we lean into the task of planting a church in Angier let us remember that the reason we are doing so is because we are responding to the love God has shared with us. First Corinthians 13:13 says, " But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love ." The three markers of a healthy Christian and a healthy church are faith, hope, and love; but of these love is the most important.  Why? It is because one day we will come face-to-face with Jesus, and in that moment there will be no need for faith or hope. In that moment our faith will be realized, and our hope will be fu