The GOOD News:For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL.
THE whole chebang IN A NUTSHELL
"‘Love the Lordyour God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. Ooops. The Pharisees confronted Jesus about it. Another Sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. M-hm! The Pharisees and the teachers of the law watched Jesus closely to see what he would do. Yikes. (Cue the Tarzan music). Jesus said, "Stretch out your hand." Oh dear me! They got furious!
Jesus the Christ
(Luke's account)
{ a "secret" . . . purpose }
{ a "secret" . . . freedom }
{ a "secret" . . . goodness }
It is a reality easily taken for granted: there is only this ONE you! It is true of you. It's true of each of us. Forever and ever, there will never be another you, and has never been another you. There is no one like you; there will never be another one like you. This appreciation can be enormously evocative. The Great Creator, The Omnicient One, The Omnipresence, knows there is not another you, and not another like you, and that there will never be another you or another like you. Wow! Isn't that something? Transformative. Could it be there is something only you could do? Hmmm?
CRACK THE NUT
My Friend,
if you take my words to heart, if you set store by my commandments, turning your ear to wisdom, turning your heart to understanding, yes, if your plea is for clear perception,
if you cry out for understanding, if you look for it as though for silver, search for it as though for buried treasure, then you will understand what the fear of the Lord is, and discover the knowledge of God. For the lord himself is giver of wisdom, from his mouth issue knowledge and understanding.
A Sparkling Gem
Muffle the noise. Quiet the chatter. Brush away the dust. See through new eyes. YOURS. Integrated. Inter-connected. Whole. Owned 100%. Original. Intimate. True. Peaceful. Powerful. Hospitable. Joyful. There will be Pharisees and Sadducees being pharisees and sadducees. They've made their choice. Let them be. You BE you. Live out the gifted goodness. You've got awesome company.
Luke Chapter Six
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Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things.
The Appostle
And all my life You have been faithful. And all my life You have been so so good With every breath that I am able Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God. (Yeah).
Cece Winans
Nicolette Sowder
"Give me the wild children with their bare feet and sparkling eyes. The restless, churning climbers. The wild ones using their outside voices, singing all the way home. Give me the wonder-filled, glorious mess makers dreaming of mountains and mud, aching to run through a field of stars."
Heal the broken heart - Free the oppressed
Love your Neighbor as Yourself
What's your NEXT in THIS Season? (Learn. Re-learn. Enjoy)
- Love your Neighbor as Yourself -
Isaiah, the Prophet
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners."
Bishop Gene Robinson
"It's funny isn't it? That you can preach a judgmental and vengeful and angry God and nobody will mind. But you start preaching a God that is too accepting, too loving, too forgiving, too merciful, too kind . . . and you are in trouble."
Desmond Tutu
"You may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.."
- A Sprinkling of Salt -
The gifted goodness of God is transformative; it's practical; it's proficient; it is lived out through the actions of Jesus the Christ. When our eyes are opened to how and what Jesus did each of all days reported while He was physically on earth, we benefit from remarkable guidance and powerful examples of living 'that you', which is beyond working-and-waiting for an afterlife. Look again. Do you see?Can you see? May our eyes remain open - healed - and not again be clouded by fear and false piety. Don't betray yourself. There is only ONE you. See how much The Great Creator wants you to be you - the only one! So, why are YOU here - at this time? Don't betray yourself.
Dear God, grant me victory today over all that assails. Help me square up to even the greatest challenges and claim authority over them, unafraid. Amen.
"It was not enough to come and listen to a great sermon or message every Sunday morning and be confined to those four walls and those four corners. You had to get out and do something."
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