J. Daniel Sims said: “When we confuse our jobs with our worth we end up calculating our innate value on spreadsheets and forgetting the true nature of our deep interconnections. We forget that others are more than their relative place in the pecking order. We forget that this pecking order, which now extends globally, is profoundly inhumane and unchristian in both its ideology and impact. If we are all equal before our Maker, why are some still slaves.”
1. Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins. 2. Love intensely means you forgive and disregard the offenses of others. 3. Conceal an offense to advances love 4. I think the flawlessness of affection is that it’s not perfect. Love more to make things perfect
Have you heard that when you love the most intensely and most humanly that you can recognize how tepid is your love for others? When is love at just that point? It is the point at which you love the most strongly and most humanly that we can perceive how lukewarm is our affection for other people. The perception and power of adoration carries with it enduring, obviously, yet delight too in light of the fact that it is a…
Ben Carson said; “If someone asks about your educational background, proclaim boldly that: the church is my college. Heaven is my university. Father God is my counselor. Jesus is my principal. The Holy Spirit is my teacher. Angels are my classmates. The Bible is my textbook. Temptations are my exams, and overcoming Stan is my hobby. Winning souls for God is my assignment. Receiving eternity is my degree. Praise and worship are my slogans.” That’s it!!!
1. Satan falling from heaven means with his angels will be thrown into hell. 2. You are free from Satan means the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. 3. Sin not to remain in holiness. 4. Live as a free person, but do not use your freedom to cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
George MacDonald said: “For the righteousness of God goes far beyond mere deeds, and requires of our love and helping mercy as our highest obligation, and justice to our fellow humans, those of them too who have done nothing for us – those even who have done us wrong. Our relations with others, God first and then our neighbors, must one day become as in true nature they are, the gladness of our being; and nothing then will ever appear…
Have you not heard that your testimony shall be full? Have you not heard that on your path there is no needless cry, and you will not mourn? Have you not heard that the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray? Just remember an assignment for you: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”(James 4:7 KJV). The Scripture didn’t say you resist…
1. A friend always remains friendly and helpful. 2. Difficult times help with uncovering the reality of friendship. 3. Those who face failure and suffering develop a nourishing faith. 4. The individuals who face disappointment and enduring build-up is feeding confidence. Manure smells, yet it helps things develop.
Have you not heard how friends help in difficulty and suffering determine if the relationship is real or not? Have you not heard that God won’t give us too much to handle? Have you discovered that there are times when life is altogether too much to run? In all that might come your way in life, remember that real friends give you courage when you don’t have it; offer a listening ear; find joy in difficult times, and much more….
Philip Yancey said: “Suffering is not a mathematical puzzle. It’s a desperate human need. We should respond not with words but with practical acts of love and compassion. Remember, Job’s three friends? They tore their clothes and sat with Job in silence for seven days and seven nights. That was true friendship. The problems started when they opened their mouths. Those who face failure and suffering develop a nourishing faith. Fertilizer stinks, but it helps things grow.”