I’m still thinking through this idea of how to love like Jesus based on John 13:34, 35. The other night at Bible study at the Mission, the guys and I started a list of the ways that Jesus loved his disciples: He served them. [John13:2-17] He taught them. [John 15:15] He challenged them. [John 6:35-68]...
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John 13:34, 35
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another. So…the question is: How did Jesus love his disciples? Because if we figure out the...
Words and Works
Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The WORDS that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His WORKS. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe...
Teachable and Humble
I am a just a man: called royalty by the King. [1 John 3:1-3] esv I am a sinner: but lovingly forgiven. [Colossian 1:13-14] nkjv I am not perfect: but completely accepted. [Ephesians 1:3-6] nkjv I am a work in progress: that He is faithful to complete. [Philippians 1:6] I have been challenged the last...
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Since I’ve been working at the homeless shelter, we’ve been doing Bible studies Monday-Thursday for about an hour each night. We’ve made our way through the book of James, then 1 John, and now we’re in the book of Colossians. As I was studying the other day, the very beginning of the 1st chapter records...
Out of the Overflow
One publication said this: 1500 pastors leave the ministry each month due to moral failure, spiritual burnout, or contention in the church. – First Cause Just for the heck of it I googled “burnt out ministry”, and I wasn’t surprised to find that there were plenty articles and resources for pastors and leaders who felt...
The Least of These…
Today I went to the post office. As I pulled up and parked, I noticed a man that seemed to be homeless approaching the future (aka, my van). My window was down and I was still finishing up what I needed to do before I went inside. My first thought was, “I really don’t feel...
Important People
If one is important, then we all are. Here are a few verses I ran across today. I am continually challenged by my inward focus and how I get so easily distracted. I pray I would love God and love people more consistantly. For this is THE MESSAGE that you have heard from the beginning,...
Love People.
I would love to tell you more about Crazy Love and how it’s rocking my world…however, a missionary stole it and I haven’t gotten it back yet. Seriously. It happened. (It was an accident, he called and apologized later. I forgave him.) So, I started a new book. After the first paragraph I realized that...
Impossible Failure
I must admit, I have to be up in 4 hours. I tried to go to sleep about 3 hours ago and was extremely unsuccessful. It was just one of those nights where my brain would not stop, and the last time that happened I ended up getting about 2 hours of sleep…which is not...