When love spills over | Col. 2:6-7, John 15:5-17 – DFBC

When love spills over | Col. 2:6-7, John 15:5-17

Dr. Miguel Lopez

February 15, 2026

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Healthy things grow but not everything that grows is healthy. Because DFBC exists to multiply Christ-like disciple-makers, this is a critical time for our church family to loot into our lives and commit to God’s priorities. Since we multiply who we are, it is imperative that we become who God wants us to be. Are we ready to grow?

What happens when love spills over in the life of the Christ-like disciple?

When God’s love fills the life of Christlike disciples and spills over those around, this love generates a disciple-making community where every disciple passionately seeks to…

I. Be with Christ – “Abide in me, and I in you.” (John 15:5-8)

a. The life-giving presence of God and the blessing of fruitfulness.

b. Through word and prayer in community (cf. John 14:23, 16:13-15).

II. Be like Christ – “Just as I have kept my Father’s commandments…” (John 15:9-11).

a. Christ-like transformation by obeying God’s word moved by the Father’s love (vv. 9-10).

b. Christ-like joy as the fulfillment of Christlike obedience and abiding in God’s word (vs. 11).

III. Love like Christ – “Love one another as I have loved you.” (John 15:12-15, 20:18-23)

a. The journey of love: servants, friends, family.

b. Great commission: big enough for kingdom impact, small enough to be family – the power of the Spirit.

Be with Christ, Be like Christ, Love like Christ.

1. Are your daily walk and life-rhythms built around Christ’s priorities for your life? Consecrating time and space to be with Christ and receive his word is the first step to experience Christ-like transformation.
2. Would you be willing to ask the Lord to make you someone whose life’s top priorities are to be with him, to be like him, and to love like him? Jesus promised to give us what we ask if we ask according to his will and these three priorities are right at the center of God’s will for every disciple.

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