Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. (John 15:13 NIV) This week I am stage managing the student production of a play written by several of the high school students. The play tells the parallel stories of the Choctaw Trail of TearsContinue Reading
“Teacher,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever isContinue Reading
“In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.” (Romans 6:11-12 NIV) Once I hear a pastor tell the story of being at his construction job, and a groupContinue Reading
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.” (1 John 4:7-8 NIV) The word “LOVE” is often misunderstood and warped in much ofContinue Reading
And now there remain: faith [abiding trust in God and His promises], hope [confident expectation of eternal salvation], love [unselfish love for others growing out of God’s love for me], these three [the choicest graces]; but the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13 AMP) Yesterday I was readingContinue Reading
May God himself, the heavenly Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, release grace over you and impart total well-being into your lives. (Ephesians 1:2 TPT) I’ve been “in” the first chapters of Ephesians recently. Unlike other books where the Apostle Paul is explaining deep theology or reprimanding believers for untrue doctrineContinue Reading
Everyone who loves is fathered by God and experiences an intimate knowledge of him. The one who doesn’t love has yet to know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8 TPT) I came across a video that uses the words of a prophetic teacher and pastor, Graham Cooke. I neededContinue Reading
We have come into an intimate experience with God’s love, and we trust in the love he has for us. God is love! Those who are living in love are living in God, and God lives through them. (1 John 4:16 TPT) As humans infected by the sin of thisContinue Reading
Love is large.Love is incredibly patient. Love is gentle.Love is consistently kind to all. Love refuses to be jealous when blessing comes to someone else. Love does not brag about one’s achievements nor inflate its own importance. Love does not traffic in shame and disrespect.Love does not selfishly seek its own honor. Love is notContinue Reading
If today you feel restless, anxious, worried, or generally not at peace, I invite you to hear the words of God: Even if the mountains were to crumble and the hills disappear, my heart of steadfast, faithful love will never leave you, and my covenant of peace with you will never beContinue Reading