Intentional Love
“Power of Touch”

1 Timothy 1:5

Love
To intentionally will someone good
Enters in the experience and burdens of another person
Empathy vs. Sympathy

People experience love by…
	Words of affirmation
	Quality time together
	Acts of service 
	Giving or receiving gifts 
	Physical touch
	Kingdom action

Physical touch
	Of some form, is used in all societies as a social greeting
Requires very little time, but a lot of thought and effort
Communicates emotional love
Is a powerful communicator during crisis  
 	Essential in communicating marital love
	Can make or break any relationship

The body was made for touching. To touch a body is to touch the person.

Let’s redeem physical touch back to what God intended!

Jesus used…
	Touch for reassurance – Matthew 17:6-7
		Physical touch has the power to empower.

Touch for healing – Mark 1:40-42
			Peter’s mother-in-law
			12-year-old girl
			2 blind men in Capernaum
			Deaf mute Jerusalem
			Blind man in Bethsaida 
			Woman who couldn’t stand straight
Blind man in Jerusalem; 2 near Jericho
		No one is untouchable to God.
		Physical touch has healing power.

	Touch for affirmation – Mark 10:13,16
		Physical touch gives value.

	Touch for apology – Luke 22:49-51; John 20:27
		“None of this”
		“I am sorry”
		Physical touch can restore relationships.

Physical touch is not about my comfort; it’s about the “good” of the other!