Love 1st, Love 2nd, Love 3rd
God is Love – Jesus is God – Jesus is Love 1 John 4:8 – “Whoever does not love, does not know God, because God is love.” John 8:58 – “Very truly I tell you, before Abraham was, I am!” “When Love Came to Town” I was there when they crucified my Lord I held the scabbard when the soldier drew his sword I threw the dice when they pierced his side But I’ve seen love conquer the great divide…
Life to The Full: Faithfulness
“ The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” John 10:10 “Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift”. 2 Corinthians 9:15 (GIFT = JESUS) The Bible Has 3 Basic Sections He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not…
How Much You Mean to God: When Jesus Goes Out to Eat
4 BAD WAYS TO LOOK AT YOUR VALUE “Jesus was going through the city of Jericho. A man was there named Zacchaeus, who was the chief tax collector, and he was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but he was too short to see above the crowd. So he ran ahead to a place where Jesus would come, and he climbed a sycamore tree so he could see him. When Jesus came to that place, he looked up…
Worship Is Powerful: When Jesus Goes Out to Eat
“Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfume, and as she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: Changing Thoughts About Pain
“22 What do people get for all the toil and anxious striving with which they labor under the sun? 23 All their days their work is grief and pain; even at night their minds do not rest. This too is meaningless.” Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 We know that IN all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28 Ways To Use Your Pain For God: USE PAIN TO DRAW…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: Thoughts On Love & Heart
1. Love Centric: Love must be directed toward God and provides to others in forms that resemble God. “Jesus replied, ‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart,all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.Matthew 22:37-38 “We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: 3 Thoughts to Change Your View of God
“Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.” Psalm 145:3 (NLT) 1. ACCEPT HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— Ephesians 2:8 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace withGod through our Lord Jesus Christ” Romans 5:1 God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: Being Made New
“Be made new in the attitude of your minds.” Ephesians 4:23 “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve whatGod’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 CONFORM: to fit into a mold; make or become the same; to behave in a conventional way by accepting without question the customs, traditions and prevailing opinions of others. TRANSFORM:…