God's love doesn't seek value, it creates value. It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.
03589 – Our Value and God’s Love
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03567 – If I Go…
Right now, there are people literally considering leaving their homes to gather with others for worship, wondering: -If I go, can I stand or sit in that area of the sanctuary where we sat together for 18 years before his passing without sobbing so loud I'll distract...
03562 – You are Equipped
[God speaking:]OK child, you are equipped with everything you need to partner with me in the healing and renewal of this world. I've shaped you through all your life events up until this very moment for this purpose. So move forward with confidence, trusting my work...
03549 – The Truth of the Matter is…
The truth of the matter is, we all come to prayer with a tangled mass of motives altruistic and selfish, merciful and hateful, loving and bitter. Frankly, this side of eternity we will never unravel the good from the bad, the pure from the impure. God is big enough to...
03548 – God Loves You
God loves you! And God's love is so great, God loves your enemies, too.
03542 – The Name of God on Our Lips
There was a moment when Moses had the nerve to ask God what his name is. God was gracious enough to answer, and the name he gave is recorded in the original Hebrew as YHWH. Over time we’ve arbitrarily added an “a” and an “e” in there to get YaHWeH, presumably because...
03541 – Key to Relationship with God
I think good preachers should be like bad kids. They ought to be naughty enough to tiptoe up on dozing congregations, steal their bottles of religion pills, spirituality pills, and morality pills, and flush them all down the drain. The church, by and large, has...
03540 – When Do We Know?
When we Christians become convinced that we are the only authority on truth, that anyone who opposes us is evil, and that things will only get better if we are in charge of all positions of power, that is when we know that we are no longer worshiping God. We are...
03537 – Reverence: Pivot of the World
Reverence is the pivot of the world,reverence for nature,for fellow human beingsand for God.
03536 – Losing Sight of the Big Picture?
Jesus lived by moral commands which he believed came from God and yet he never lost sight of the big picture--the reign of God, the deliverance of the oppressed, the priorities of justice, mercy, and love.