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Life and Death part 2

06/12/2018 19:56

I think if you look at heaven as life and hell as death--not destinations, but states of being--then everything is a heaven and hell issue. Because I think everything is a life or death issue. As one of my favorite movies says, "Get busy living or get busy dying." As I see it, those are your...

Life and Death part 1

06/11/2018 19:44

I heard a preacher say one time, "We make everything out to be a heaven and hell issue... when really most things are life and death issues!" And his point was that we spend so much time thinking about the afterlife that we miss out on the life we have right now. And I'm not going to get into what...

A Verb part 5

06/10/2018 19:45

Love is... giving. Plain and simple. It is the act of giving yourself--everything you have and everything you are. Laying your life down for your friends. Esteeming others higher than yourself. Not trying to get anything, but knowing that you have everything, and giving what you've got. Like I...

A Verb part 4

06/09/2018 19:41

Here's what I want to say tonight: If love is a verb (and it is)... don't be afraid to act in love. And to back this up I want to quote 1 John 4:18, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." And I think the...

A Verb part 3

06/08/2018 20:34

Charity is love in action. Love is an action word. True, sacrificial, agape love is where the rubber meets the road. Where you lay your life down for your friends. Give everything you have and everything you are. Love is giving, and giving is an action. What I'm trying to say is: You can give...

A Verb part 2

06/07/2018 20:04

Faith without works is dead, right? Because what you do flows from what you believe. Love as an idea doesn't really help anybody, but when the Word (which is Jesus, which is love) is made flesh... that's when it becomes charity--love in action. And that's what love truly is: The act of laying your...

A Verb part 1

06/06/2018 18:26

Love is a verb. That's what I want to say. And I'll say it for the next few days, at the very least. Because if love isn't a verb, or an action word, then it isn't really anything. Look at James 2:15-16 (NLT), "Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say,...

Endings part 5

06/05/2018 19:48

An ending doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing. Even when its a good thing that's ending. Because there's always something else around the corner. Nothing lasts forever except love. So if you walk by faith (in love) and not by sight, you can roll with the seasons. For everything there is a...

Endings part 4

06/04/2018 19:46

There are lots of endings that are good. I've been trying to hit that pretty hard. But today I want to take some time to address when its something good that ends. Because that happens. We refer to those times as the "good old days," right? And we look back fondly on them. As we should. But the...

Endings part 3

06/03/2018 19:40

The first time the word "end" is used in the King James Bible is in Genesis 6:13, "And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth." Sounds pretty doom and gloomy, eh? But not when...

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