Loving Jesus
About this sermon
In “Loving Jesus,” Pastor Dean Odle uses Peter’s failure, restoration, and final testimony to ask what genuine love for Christ looks like in practice. Beginning with submission to God and resistance to the devil, he follows Peter from confident promises before the crucifixion to Jesus’ repeated question, “Lovest thou me?” and the command to feed Christ’s sheep. The sermon argues that love for Jesus cannot be reduced to emotion or religious language; it is shown through obedience, repentance, service, endurance, and a refusal to let the world displace devotion to Christ.
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Opening worship and prayer center the heart on Christ and prepare the congregation to receive correction.
Odle introduces loving Jesus through James 4 and Peter’s confident pledge before his denial, emphasizing humility and dependence on grace.
Jesus restores Peter in John 21 and joins love for Christ to caring for His sheep.
Second Peter 1 becomes the sermon’s framework: believers must diligently add moral and spiritual qualities to faith rather than remain barren.
The sermon distinguishes biblical knowledge from worldly claims and applies self-control and godliness to daily discipleship.
Love includes forgiveness, patience, truthful correction, and responsible discipline rather than indulgence.
Agape love is presented as steadfast action that bears hardship and remains faithful under pressure.
The closing prayer asks God to make these qualities abound and to remove idols that compete with love for Jesus.
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Here's [music] my heart, Lord. Here's [singing and music] my heart, Lord. Here's [singing and music] my heart, Lord. Speak what is true. [music] Here's [singing] my heart, Lord. Here's [singing and music] my heart, Lord. Here's [singing and music] my heart, Lord. Speak what [music] is true. I am [singing] found. I am yours. I am love. I'm a [singing] pure. [music] I have life. I can breathe. I am [singing] healed. I am free. Hear [singing] my heart, Lord. Here's [music] [singing] my heart, Lord. Tell them this morning, [music] here's [singing] my heart, Lord. [music] Speak [singing] what is true. I am found. I [singing] am yours. I am love. I a [singing] pure. I have life. I can breathe. I am healed. [singing] [music] I am free. You are strong. You are [singing] sure. You are alive. You [music and singing] endure. You are good. You're always [singing] true. You are alive [music] breaking through. [singing] Here's my heart, Lord. Here's [singing] my heart, [music] Lord. Here's my heart, [singing] Lord. [music] Speak what [singing] is true. Here's my life. Here's my life, Lord. [singing] We give you our life. Here's my life, Lord. Oh, here's my life, Lord. [singing] [music]
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peak what is true. Cuz you [singing] are more than enough. You are here. You are love. You [singing and music] are hope. You are grace. You're [singing] all I have. Yes, Lord. You're [music] everything. Yes, Lord. Here's my heart, [singing] Lord. Here's my heart, Lord. [singing] [music] Here's my heart, Lord. Speak [singing and music] what is true. Here's my life. And here's my life, Lord. [music] Here's my life, [singing] Lord. Here's my life, Lord. Speak what [singing and music] is true. Let's declare that part again. That you are more than enough. Y'all [music] ready? You are more than [singing and music] enough. You are here. You are love. [singing] You are hope. You are grace. [singing] You're all I have. You're everything. [singing] Yes. Here's my heart, Lord. We give it to you, Lord. Here's [singing] my heart, Lord. Here's [singing] my [music] heart, Lord. Speak [singing] what is true. Here's my life. Here's my life, Lord. [singing and music] Here's my life, Lord. Here's [singing and music] my life, Lord. Speak [music and singing] what is true. Speak [singing] what is true. [music] Speak what [singing] is true. [music] Speak [singing] what is true. Yes [music and singing] Lord. Yes Lord. Thank you Jesus. [music] Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Lord. [music] See, and we didn't work it out that way. This song says, "Speak what is true, Lord." Yes. And the [music] Lord was speaking to me saying, I speak in a a still small voice.
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[music] So I believe the Lord is wanting us to listen for him today. [music] Lord, [singing] we listen for your voice. [music] Speak Lord Jesus. We love [music] you, Lord. And we bind every demon spirit of [music] fear. And every interfer interfering [music] spirit we bind. We rebuke you and command you to stop maneuverings in Jesus [music] name. Thank you father. Thank you Lord. We listen for you, Lord. [music] [music] We invite you, Holy [singing] Spirit. Sometimes we need to do this all the time. And we need to do that. We need to break the rut of our tradition. [music] We need [singing] the Holy Spirit. We can't live. We can't [singing] live. We can't live without [music] you, Lord. This needs [music] to be our heart's cry. [music] Here's our horn. [music] We sing a song, we need to mean it. Lord told me that years ago. [music] Put your heart in it and mean it when you sing it to me. [music] It speak what is true [music] here's my life. [singing] Here's my life, Lord. [music] Here's [singing] my life, Lord. [music] [singing] Speak what is true. [music] Here's my heart. Here's [singing] my heart, Lord. [music] Here's [singing] my heart, Lord.
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Here's [music] [singing] my heart, Lord. Speak [singing] what is [music] true. Speak what's true. Speak what [singing] is true. [music] Speak [singing] what [music] is true. Thank you, Lord. [singing] Yes, Lord. [music] Sometimes the Lord will allow us to go through a little pain [music] to push in closer. Yes. Amen. Praise God. But he does it for our good because he loves us. [music] He loves us. Those who he loves, he rebukes [music] and chasens. He said, "Be [music] thankful in all things." Thank you, Lord Jesus. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Jesus. Give God another hand. Thank you, Lord. Give him the glory. [applause] Now, do a little better than that. [applause] Praise God. Praise God. Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord. Sometimes we need to just praise our way out. [music] Thank you, Lord Jesus. Yes. Thank you, Jesus. But that's not the song I was going to sing cuz I hadn't wrote it yet. Praise the Lord. Thank you, Jesus. [music] [music] Sometimes I [music] I get so happy I don't know what song I'm playing. You ever done that? No. If you don't play. So, [music] but you sing. All right. My Jesus, [music] my savior, [singing] Lord, there is none like [music] you. All [singing] of my days [music] I want to praise the wonders of your
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