Jul. 12, 2026

“Be Loving” - Part 2

“Be Loving” - Part 2

Romans 12:10
Central Idea: The renewed mind loves others by putting them first.
• Question: What does the renewed mind look like as I live my life?
• Answer: Paul lays it out in Romans 12.
Outworking of this: Romans 12:3-9
• Be humble in how you see yourself (3)
• Be united & useful in serving one another (spiritual gifts) (4-8)
• Be loving as you abhor evil and cling to good. (9)
I. Love continued (10a)
A. Love of verse 9 - “agape”
• _________________, sacrificial and volitional
B. Loves of verse 10
1. Be devoted - ______ or affection for those closely related to us,
• tenderness, a sense of loyalty, of ____________________ to
each other within a family.
2. Brotherly love - Philadelphia
• The affection of _______________ + brother
• Paul is going to apply that truth to the ___________.
• Love like this regardless of your _______________.
II. Give preference to one another in honor (10b)
A. Give preference
• “to go ____________ & _________ the way” in giving honor
• “outdo one another” — this is a _____________________!
• Philippians 2:1-4 = Romans 12:10b / Philippians 2:20-21
B. In honor - showing _________ & ____________ the other person
• to show genuine appreciation & _________________ for others
• acknowledging the _______________________ of others
Application:
1. Don’t have a “________ __________” for yourself.
• Put aside your self-interest and ___________ somebody else.
• That’s why it requires ________________.
2. Do take the ________________ in honoring others this week.
• Be looking for __________________ to honor others,
• to __________ others,
• to show __________________,
• to __________ __________ of encouragement & blessing.
• If that was regularly happening in the church, who wouldn’t
want to be a ________ of that?
• This is what the _________ of Christ does for each other.