All You Need Is Love

The Beatles wrote a song entitled “All You Need Is Love.” Now, I am not sure that they were necessarily pulling their lyrics from Scripture, but what they sang was biblical. Right now I am re-reading Rick Warren’s book Purpose Driven Life. This book is full of mini sermons and life changing thoughts. Mainly because he is pulling all of the concepts right from the Word of God.

I have been reading the chapter entitled “What Matters Most”.  This chapter is dealing with love. He opens the chapter with this statement, “Life is all about love.”  How true this statement is! I, like many of you, are challenged with the concept of loving all people and seeing them as Christ sees them. There are time when people get under your skin and make it difficult for us to love them. But the reality is, we can be that person as well.

Rick makes this statements in his book have really challenged me today. I am sharing them with you that they may do the same for you.

1. The Best Use of Life is Love.
2. Life without love is really worthless.
3. Love will last forever.
4. We will be evaluated on our love.
5. The Best Expression of Love Is Time.
6. The Best Time to Love Is Now.

I believe that how we love others shows the quality of our relationships, and the quality of our relationships shows the quality of our lives.

Quality Relationships=Quality Lives.

Be Blessed and love others as Christ loves you.

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Preparing The Dreamer

Yesterday, our pastor spoke a message based out of Gen 37:3-10 on the story of Joseph and his dreams.

The concept of the message was that everyone has a God-given dream, but some have either not realized it, or it is being hindered by something. How about you? Do you have a dream that God has given you? I am not talking solely about a dream at night, but rather something that God has placed in your heart. It could come from multiple ways; Dream, prophecy, God’s Word, your passions, etc.

The thing that we need to realize about our dreams is that God has placed them in us, and He is working them out. he does not give them to us for us to figure out on our own how to accomplish them. God is always true to His word.

Now the harsh reality that I have been living; the dream does not come true on our time, but on His. Our pastor made this statement “God has to develop the dreamer to live the dream.”

What is God developing in you to live out the dream He has given?

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