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The Light of Love part 4

06/13/2021 20:29

I like to try to make things as simple as possible. Get down to the bottom line. Or, as one of my old pastors used to say, "Major on the majors and minor on the minors." Keep things in perspective. Don't sweat the small stuff. All of those sayings and cliches. And that, believe it or not, is one of...

The Light of Love part 3

06/12/2021 19:22

When the light shines you can see clearly. And, just for the record, the light always defeats the dark. Look at Psalm 68:1, "Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered..." And look at 1 John 1:5 (NLT, "This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no...

The Light of Love part 2

06/11/2021 18:22

Living in the light, or walking in the light, is all about living, or walking, in love. Because here's the deal: God is love. God is light. They--like life and love--are not just connected, they are the same thing. You can't have one without the other and you can't do one without the other. When...

The Light of Love part 1

06/10/2021 19:33

Here's the gist of what I'm going to try to say in this Rant series: If you're hiding what you're doing... you probably shouldn't be doing it. And, listen, I'm not talking about good surprises for people. Obviously. I'm talking about doing things in a way that you feel you need to hide from...

The Son's Responsibility part 5

06/09/2021 19:31

When you know and believe that you are loved, you have a responsiblity to love. Because receiving is only the first part of the equation. This life is lived by receiving AND releasing the love of God. It's the idea found in Genesis 12:2 (NLT), "I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you...

The Son's Responsibility part 4

06/08/2021 19:31

Everything we do is a response to the Father's love. "We love each other because he first loved us" (1 John 4:19 NLT). And I like how in other translations of this verse, like the KJV, it reads, "We love him, because he first loved us." I like that because we love Him BY loving each other. How we...

The Son's Responsibility part 3

06/07/2021 19:30

Here, in my opinion, is the ultimate truth of the universe: "The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands" (John 3:35, NLT). God is love and He loves you. And that, friends, is why I think the Son has a very important responsiblity. Let me say it another way, "My Father has...

The Son's Responsibility part 2

06/06/2021 19:14

This is as simple as I can put it: "Owe nothing to anyone--except for your obligation to love one another. If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill the requirements of God's law" (Romans 13:8, NLT). Your responsibility in this life... is to live. With the understanding that to live is to love...

The Son's Responsibility part 1

06/05/2021 20:45

The love of a Father always equips and empowers His Son. A few Rants ago we looked a little bit at how Jesus, knowing who He was from the very beginning, and knowing who His Father is from the very beginning, was about His Father's business from a very young age. In fact, when He was "lost" in the...

The Father's Love part 5

06/04/2021 18:07

There's a reason why the Father loving His Son relationship is the biggest and best picture of God in the Bible. And it's a reason I didn't fully understand until I had a son and became a father. Ready? Jesus put it in slightly different terms in John 10:11 (NLT), "I am the good shepherd. The good...

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