LIVE LOVE

Psalm 145 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. Thy kingdom is ...

"WHOSOEVER COMETH TO ME, AND HEARETH MY SAYINGS, AND DOETH THEM, I WILL SHOW YOU TO WHOM HE IS LIKE: HE IS LIKE A MAN WHICH BUILT AN HOUSE, AND DIGGED DEEP, AND LAID THE FOUNDATION ON A ROCK: AND WHEN THE FLOOD AROSE, THE STREAM BEAT VEHEMENTLY UPON THAT HOUSE, AND COULD NOT SHAKE IT: FOR IT WAS FOUNDED UPON A ROCK. BUT HE THAT HEARETH, AND DOETH NOT, IS LIKE A MAN THAT WITHOUT A FOUNDATION BUILT AN HOUSE UPON THE EARTH; AGAINST WHICH THE STREAM DID BEAT VEHEMENTLY, AND IMMEDIATELY IT FELL; AND THE RUIN OF THAT HOUSE WAS GREAT." Luke 6:47-49 Jesus says more than once, "COME." Come unto me. I think that is one of the first things we forget to do. We are unable to do anything else that He says if we do not first COME UNTO HIM. If we will come to Him then we can hear what He is saying. Beyond coming to Him and hearing His words, we must choose to do what He says. Storms are going to come, the river of life is bound to change, the current is going to get stronger, wind...

BUT THE WISDOM THAT IS FROM ABOVE IS FIRST PURE, THEN PEACEABLE, GENTLE, AND EASY TO BE ENTREATED, FULL OF MERCY AND GOOD FRUITS, WITHOUT PARTIALITY, AND WITHOUT HYPOCRISY. AND THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SOWN IN PEACE OF THEM THAT MAKE PEACE. James 3:17,18 Would you like to know a little more than you do? About anything? Yeah, me too. We should ask God. Be slow to speak. I am learning that waiting can sometimes not only be wisdom, but love in action (especially when it comes to dealing with others hearts). I was looking at a huge pile of trash the other day and then a friend came and got the trash to burn it. What a raging fire it was. It left no trace of what it was, but just ashes. The thought came to my mind that this is exactly what we should be doing as The Body of Christ. When accusations come up in our mind of our brothers and sisters in the Lord, we should throw it in the fire and LEAVE NO TRACE. The ashes will cause others to grow, to have hope, and to know that Jesus...

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other. " John 15:12-17 I have yet to read anywhere in God's word where He says that it is an easy thing to love. Love hurts. It is a good kind of hurt. The kind of hurt or pain that purifies and tries the heart for all it is worth. God's kind of love is strong love. It does not give up, it does not walk away, it does not keep record of our faults or disregard us because of our imperfections or brokenness. It e...

http://www.videoverse.org/displayrecording/530/IvorMyers-EscapeFromTheBlackHole (Please copy and paste this address to your url bar) Just happen to find this little admonishment to the Body of Christ the other day. Felt the need to share it with whoever would dare to hear it. How I pray that we will take the Word of God personally. Proverbs 4 is speaking as a Father to his son...Father is speaking to us, His little ones...LISTEN TO WHAT I AM SAYING. HEAR MY WORDS FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE THAT FIND THEM AND HEALTH TO ALL YOUR FLESH.

What do your relationships consists of? Surface conversations or true communication? Quality time or "things to do"? What can you really say you know about the people you call family and friends? Individually or Collectively? What is the motive behind the questions you ask anyway? Ingredients are important. Thankfulness is a good ingredient to life and relationships. No artificial ingredients. Sharing with love makes any recipe so much better than it would have been. Serving something up with no thought can be quite tasteless and bland. We are to do all that we say, do, and think as UNTO THE LORD. Restoration comes when we are simply obedient even in the small things. Love is Obedience to God. Obeying God is loving Him with all we are (by hating what is evil) and loving our neighbor as ourself, and this is the main ingredient of the Christian life. "BUT TO DO GOOD AND TO COMMUNICATE FORGET NOT: FOR WITH SUCH SACRIFICES GOD IS WELL PLEASED." Hebrews 13:16