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Hold On part 1

10/14/2019 20:17

There's a saying that I like quite a bit that goes, "If you're at the end of your rope... tie a knot in it and hang on!" Another one says, "If you go down swinging, you might not go down at all." See the theme? Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And, as we're going to see in this Rant...

The Cost part 5

10/13/2019 19:46

When you're counting the cost it's important to understand that we are called to live out of our abundance. Jesus came that we might have life, and have it more abundantly. So we don't have to kill ourselevs in order to lay our lives down, if I can say it that way. If you have two coats, and...

The Cost part 4

10/12/2019 20:27

What I'm going to Rant about tonight can be summed up like this, "It's ok to have stuff. It's not ok for stuff to have you." Jesus spoke many times of selling all you have, or giving all you have, to the poor. Which has kind of given the church world a poverty mentality. Made us think we shouldn't...

The Cost part 3

10/11/2019 20:07

It costs something... to love somebody. But in the grand scheme of things, it's a small price to pay. Giving everything you have and everything you are is what you were put here to do. To be loved, and to love. To be known and to know. That's our purpose. That's why we were created. So anything...

The Cost part 2

10/10/2019 20:18

Nothing worthwhile happens on accident. It must be purposeful. And, quite frankly, it must cost something. Look at 1 Chronicles 21:24, "And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings...

The Cost part 1

10/09/2019 19:59

There's no such thing as a free lunch, right? That's conventional wisdom. If someone buys you a meal, chances are they're looking at it like an investment. They're doing something FOR you... because they want something FROM you. Kindness for kindness's sake is pretty rare. Because we seem to...

It's About part 5

10/08/2019 19:40

I just want to point people to God. To love. To Jesus. To God in the flesh. Love in a body. God in OUR flesh. Love in OUR body. And that love in our bodies coming out. Because that's what it's about. It's about living and loving. Which, really, are the same thing. It's about receiving and...

It's About part 4

10/07/2019 19:53

It's about love. Pure and simple. So that means it's about people. People other than yourself. You can't love people while you're also trying to get things from them. Because love is never about getting. Because love IS giving. For God so loved the world He GAVE. I always say it like this: You can...

It's About part 3

10/06/2019 20:00

It's about love. Which means it's about people. Because love is giving... giving everything you have and everything you are... to people. I always talk about God and people. Loving God and loving people. Loving God BY loving people. I want so badly to be able to help people--that's my goal in life,...

It's About part 2

10/05/2019 20:34

In order to understand what it's about, you have to understand what it's NOT about. It's not about you. In the sense that while you are the main character of YOUR story... your story isn't the only one being told. You have to understand that what you do affects other people. You can't just do or...

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