“Regarding what is to come, a return of our Lord into our world, ‘about that day and hour no one knows, but only the Father.’ So, KEEP AWAKE.”
Tag: love
Let Go
“We cannot do that without letting go of our own agendas and detaching from our primary relationships to cling to Jesus first and SHARE HIS LOVE IN FAITH AND SERVICE FIRST.”
Love Comes Alive
“If we forget or GROW PASSIVE or dormant or silent regarding the Word, regarding Love, then we’re like the unfaithful Hebrews of generations past. We forget about him. His commands are meant to be ACTIVE.”
Hand, Eye & Foot
“Being in the inner circle with Jesus may make you egotistical and arrogant if you focus on the benefits of the relationship rather than sharing the good news of God in deed and word to everyone in your path.”
Into Our Predicament
“God is very intentional, very active. God comes, God reveals, and God acts on our behalf. Amid God’s actions, there is something that begins to take place. We begin to believe that God’s activity is for our benefit, AND WE BECOME ACTIVE, AS WELL.”
You’re Loved
“When connected to the vine of Christ we grow in healthy ways and produce fruit that others feed from and grow strong because of the life of Christ in and through us.”
What Would God Do?
“The gospel story plays out with our sinless Lord dying at crucifixion, dying as a sinner, a law breaker and blasphemer, for our sakes, atoning for all sin for all time. We then plead for mercy throughout the ages, and our God forgives. Time after time after time. Century after century. Millennia after millennia.”
They Don’t Need to Leave
Jesus told the disciples, “I discerned their illness, and they were healed. You discerned their hunger. You feed them.”
Let Them Grow Together
Matthew 13: 24-30 The phrase that catches me in this parable is, “Let both of them grow together.” The slaves of the householder ask how those weeds got among the wheat, and do you want us to go and gather them? The common weed that grew among wheat in those days in those circumstances appeared…
Everyone Will Know (Holy Thursday)
John 13: 1-17 Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and to go to the Father. HIS HOUR HAD COME. The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas to betray him. All of this going on under the surface and knowing that the Father had given all…
Psalm 102 in The Message 