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What Manner part 2

05/23/2018 19:45

Its all about love. Really, it is. The God who IS love created us in order to express His love in us, and through us, and as us. That's why we're here. That's the whole point of the whole thing. And, as disciples of Christ--students of love--we learn how to love as we learn how we are loved. Look...

What Manner part 1

05/22/2018 19:44

Sometimes--a lot of the time... most of the time--I just think about love. I'm kind of obsessed with it. And the thing about love is... you can't really get to the bottom of it. One of my favorite passages of Scripture goes like this, "That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory,...

The Bond of Peace part 5

05/21/2018 19:46

What's inside comes out. Its only when you're at peace with yourself that you can be a peacemaker. Only when you stop trying to be someone you're not in order to get something you think you haven't got that you can be yourself. Your true self. Who you are in Christ. Which is who Christ is in you....

The Bond of Peace part 4

05/20/2018 19:57

Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit. The bond of peace. Not an absence of things (or people) that bother you, but joining together with people as you put in the effort to understand (and love) them. Endeavouring meaning "hurry up and enjoy the peace that comes from knowing the work is...

The Bond of Peace part 3

05/19/2018 20:09

I want to quote our key verse again because we're going to dig in to some more definitions, so we can be clear about what we're talking about. Ephesians 4:3, "Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." And today we're going to look at the word "endeavouring." It is number...

The Bond of Peace part 2

05/18/2018 19:58

Peace means joining. So its almost redundant to say "bond of peace." But I think I understand where they're coming from. Because its easy to be nice when there's no one to be mean to. Easy to be peaceful when you're by yourself. Although, in another way, sometimes being by yourself is very...

The Bond of Peace part 1

05/17/2018 20:02

I've heard this idea a lot lately, "We dislike the same things (or people), so we get along well." Basically, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. And I can see how that would be a thing. But the thing that it seems to be... is "misery loves company." Because even when we're commiserating with...

Forbearing part 5

05/16/2018 19:56

There's a big difference between putting up with someone and forbearing them in love. And the difference is the last word of that sentence. Love. I've long preached and Ranted about how the people who are the hardest to love are people who need love the most. Because they aren't getting any....

Forbearing part 4

05/15/2018 19:41

I've been saving this one, but today is the day for it. This is verse that recently struck me very hard, just the other day. "But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you" (Matthew...

Forbearing part 3

05/14/2018 19:49

This skill takes a lot of empathy. Because, as we're hopefully starting to see, its about more than just putting up with people. Its about having affection towards them even when they get on our nerves. Let me quote Matthew 5:41, "And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain."...

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