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God calls us to love him and to love our neighbor in a concrete, authentic, and responsible way. Our love for God is revealed in how we treat those close to us, even when their actions make us uncomfortable. It is not enough to say that we love; we must listen to how others experience our love and allow their perception to expose our contradictions.
We see life through the haze of experiences, judgments, impulses, and inner conversations that can distort reality. That is why we need to take our thoughts captive to Christ, examine our relationships honestly, and abandon the illusion that we are always right. Transformation entails an entirely new life, renewed moment by moment.
Love, transformation, and freedom require more than knowledge; they call us to listen as disciples, honestly examine our lives, and remain open to learning. Loving God and loving our neighbor are inseparable. We cannot measure love merely by our intentions, but must consider how those we claim to love actually experience us, even when their response challenges our view of ourselves.
We see life through the fog of personal experiences, judgments, emotions, impulses, and unconscious assumptions. Transformation comes as our minds are renewed and these inner barriers are brought into obedience to Christ. The truth that frees us is reality unveiled: instead of blaming others or depending on them to make relationships work, we take responsibility for living out our commitment to love.

Resilience: Competent in Christ
In this sermon, the speaker continues the theme of resilience and focuses on the ability to face challenges in life, even when they seem too big or in...
Resilience: Calls for Transformation
The sermon is about resilience, how to be resistant to adversity, and how to use pain and life struggles to become stronger. The Apostle Paul talks ab...
Living in the Power of the Resurrection
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the crowning event of the drama of salvation. It is the basis of everything in Christianity and gives hope for the...

Supernatural
God calls us to know him personally and experience his presence, not merely to know about his attributes. Job came to know him amid suffering, and Mos...
A Touch from God
All our neighbors, regardless of their character, appearance, or good works, need Christ because the human problem is sin. It is not for us to choose ...
Decisions in the Fear of God
As we believe God’s Word, our minds are renewed, and we can leave behind the guilt of past sins. Christ’s forgiveness has given us a new identity: alt...

God's Precious Treasure: You!
My beloved friends, what a grand paradox unfolds: God's truth reveals His greatest power most brilliantly displayed in our deepest weakness. Though we...
Kept from the Evil One
Beloved, we hear two voices of keeping: the Father’s promise and the Son’s prayer, both flowing from one heart of love. Our preservation comes not fro...
Hark! the Opened Ear
My beloved friends, the very root of all true faith and enduring obedience is the blessed posture of receptive listening, an "opened ear" to God's voi...

Lord, Let Your Light Shine Upon Our Plans
We can present our plans, desires, and expectations to God as an offering, asking his light and favor to confirm them while still acknowledging our ne...
Finding Comfort Along the Journey
Patience should characterize us, but we also need to discern when to wait and when to act. Paul, prevented from visiting the Thessalonians and distres...
Our Responsibility—preparing the Way for the Lord
In the deserts of the world and of our own lives, we are given the responsibility of preparing the way for the Lord. This requires a new way of living...

I Am
Let us remember who we are in light of who Christ is. He is the bread of life, the light of the world, the good shepherd, the resurrection and the lif...
Planning
The Ten Million Harvest reminds us that even ambitious plans can fail. When our plans change, impatience can lead us to struggle in our own strength u...
The Father’s Embrace
A childhood of daily conflict brought my adolescent pain to the surface in tears. When our strength runs out, we can look to the cross and take refuge...

Love and Respect in Marriage
A Spirit-filled life is expressed through worship, gratitude, and mutual submission out of reverence for God. In marriage, submission never means tole...
A Life That Shines
In Christ, we are a people blessed, adopted, and raised up by grace alone. We do not deserve it, yet we are beloved children and heirs of the kingdom....
The Gift of a Tender Heart Toward Others
In Christ, we are a blessed people, called to live in a supernatural way worthy of our calling. Transformation is not optional: it begins by renewing ...
Christmas – the God of the Impossible
The Magnificat is a song of victory and deliverance that can become our own when we experience God’s saving visitation. From his throne, God sees our ...
God Rewards Those Who Seek Him
Without faith it is impossible to please God: we must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who seek Him. This faith goes beyond logic and ...
Be Still, and Know That I Am God
God is our refuge, strength, and ever-present help, even when everything seems to be falling apart. Therefore, being still does not mean being passive...