When we live open-handed, we live free. We stop clinging to what we have and start trusting the God who provides. A grateful heart always becomes a giving heart. Thanksgiving is not only something we feel — it’s something we live.
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Sermons on Compassion
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John 13:34–35 Love is much more than a “feeling.” It’s costly, it’s often messy, and it requires action. Jesus didn’t just…
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step…
We live in a time and culture where the “pecking order’ has great importance. Status, race, wealth… all seem to play a part in how we judge or are judged. One of the reasons God sent Jesus was to dismantle this idea of a pecking order – to level the playing field. Jesus crossed lines…
So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” John 13:34-35 NLT
10 Jesus stood up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” John 8:10-11 We live in a time when people are quick to judge and condemn. F. B. Meyer…
5 Walk in wisdom toward outsiders, making the best use of the time. 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person. Colossians 4:5-6 What does it mean to walk wisely?- seeing life from God’s point of view; properly evaluating circumstances and making godly…
The parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke, is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a Jewish priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan happens upon the traveler. Samaritans and Jews despised each other, but the…
And have mercy on those who doubt; save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh. Jude 22-23 Jesus says that He is the Way, the Truth and the Life. In a day of false teachers, there is no substitute for…