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The Love of Christ part 4

01/29/2017 16:50

Love is what matters in this life. Because you can't have life without love. The tricky part is when you understand that love is never about getting. Because love IS giving. It seems backwards, and upside down. But that's the way of the Kingdom. James 4:10, "Humble yourselves in the sight of the...

The Love of Christ part 3

01/28/2017 18:07

It's only when we understand how loved we are, that we can begin to truly love one another. Because you can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what you do have. Because the New Commandment is to love one another AS JESUS loves us. Which brings me to my point for today: It is only...

The Love of Christ part 2

01/27/2017 17:27

Here's what I was thinking--because I'm a writer, so words are very important to me--when we use a phrase like, "the love of Christ" what we're really saying is "how Jesus loved." And this is how Jesus loved: He loved us so much that He would rather die than be without us. Literally. He loved us so...

The Love of Christ part 1

01/26/2017 17:34

I asked my son, Logan, what I should Rant about today and he said, "God... love... you know, all that good stuff." And I said, "Okey dokey, little buddy." And I couldn't keep the smile off my face. Because I feel like in a very large way I've already succeeded with him. Every night when we say our...

Perfect Timing part 5

01/25/2017 18:17

I don't necessarily like to start a Rant by quoting a Bible verse, or passage. So I usually ramble a little bit and then quote it. Like so. "...we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom...

Perfect Timing part 4

01/24/2017 17:47

Our own expectations set us up for disappointment more than anything else. We want what we want and we want it when we want it. Then, when it doesn't come, we tear our clothes and blame God. When, in truth, many times when we DON'T get what we want, that is God's hand protecting us. Keeping us from...

Perfect Timing part 3

01/23/2017 17:26

One of my friends pointed out to me that God's timing is NOW. He's a NOW God. NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for. And I believe that. Absolutely. Everything we need has already been provided for us and it's available to us right now. All of the promises of God are yes and amen. But at...

Perfect Timing part 2

01/22/2017 12:45

God's timing is absolutely perfect. It just doesn't always SEEM that way. Especially when we're banging our heads against the wall trying to MAKE something happen. Jesus said it like this, "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent...

Perfect Timing part 1

01/21/2017 17:31

Do you ever wonder why nothing ever works out... until it does? Has anything ever happened and it seemed like it was the worst thing that could possibly happen? Only to find out later on that it was the start of something amazing? What I'm trying to say is... sometimes you have to fall before you...

The Power of Love part 5

01/20/2017 15:12

The power of love is that it is not over powering. Look at what 1 Corinthians 13:5 in the NLT says about love, "...It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged." Love gives everything it has and everything it is with NO EXPECTATION of getting...

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