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Love Each Other

24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. ~ Genesis 2:24

After God created woman and brought her to man, it says that the two shall become one flesh. Jesus recites the same words in Matthew 19:5 and again in Mark 10:7. Love binds together, hate scatters apart.

A man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife, and the two shall become one. And so, that is the reason why husbands must love their wives as Christ loved the Church, because they have become one flesh with us. Therefore, if we do not love our wives, we do not love ourselves.

In the same way, if we do love our wives, then it shows that we also love our own selves. It’s a win, win kind of situation. We are not in competition with each other. We are not envious of each other. When one succeeds, we both succeed. We have become one flesh. This is An Acceptable Kind of Love.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Love Each Other.

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Ride Out The Tracks

33 I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. ~ John 16:33

We are taught that life is a series of hilltops and valleys… It’s either, or, but not both at the same time. But that doesn’t seem to be the case at all. It might seem that way when we are on the hilltop, or especially when we are in the valley. We can’t see the forest for the trees.

When all hell breaks loose against us and we can’t even seem to see a hill, much less a hilltop. It’s hard to see the good. It’s hard to stay encouraged. It’s hard to remain joyful.

But to suggest that life is a series of hilltops and valleys would suggest that life is either all good, or all bad. If that is the case, if life is either 100% all good, or 100% all bad, at any given point of time, then how can we rejoice always if it’s all bad, 100% bad? The quick and simple answer is, you can’t, because there would be nothing at all to rejoice about.

There is no problem rejoicing when we’re on the hilltop and life is 100% good. But how can we rejoice if life is 100% bad? So, life is not a matter of hilltops and valleys, but rather, life is like a railroad track.

Train tracks are built with two tracks so that the train rides smoothly on it. There is one track on the right side, and there’s another track on the left side, and we are the train that runs on those two tracks.

The train cannot run on just one, it needs both. It needs the two tracks to safely reach its destination. And if the train runs off the track, or derails, then there is a crash which ends in much loss of product, whatever the train is hauling, and even loss of lives. The environment around the crash site might even be impacted by the crash, depending on the type of material, and if it was toxic or not.

Life is much the same way. On one side we have the good, but on the other side, running parallel right alongside, we have the bad. And when you have a derailment in life, it can become very toxic depending on how you handle the situation. The more anger, the more wrath the more the environmental toxicity.

So, here is how it works. Those tracks that the train runs on, they take that train to its destination. The train cannot move without them. Likewise, the tracks of life have brought us to where we are now. It’s those ups and downs of life that have shaped, molded, and made us who we are today. The things that seem so huge, and even life changing, or life threatening, sometimes turn out to be minimal; or at least, not as impactful as it had appeared to be.

Peace. Love Go Forth and Ride Out The Tracks.

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Return To The Roots

24 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it. ~ Matthew 7:24-27

Tim Barton of WallBuilders.com (and if you’ve never checked out this website, I strongly encourage you to) reminds us that a staggering 34% of all Founding-era political documents, written between 1760 and 1805, contained direct quotations from the Bible.

Think about that … One-third of our formative political writings were Scripture! That’s not just a coincidence—that’s a testimony. It reveals just how deeply God’s Word shaped the thinking, language, and convictions of the men who formed our republic. It shows that the Bible wasn’t merely a book of private devotion—it was the public foundation of policy, liberty, and national purpose. It shoots down every accusation and every attempt to try to deceive us that America was not formed on biblical values. It’s just a great, big lie to deny.

A 1984 study by political scientists Donald Lutz and Charles Hyneman confirmed what WallBuilders.com continues to teach: that the Bible was the single most frequently cited source in all political discourse of that era, far more than any Enlightenment philosopher like Locke, Montesquieu, or Rousseau.

This tells us something profound about our Founders: they didn’t look to France, or to the halls of academia, or to the ideologies of men to figure out how to build a just society. They turned to God’s Word.

The Bible shaped their understanding of:

  • Human nature (fallen and in need of accountability),
  • Law and justice (rooted in God’s character),
  • Government (limited in power, answerable to God),
  • Freedom (not license, but liberty under truth),
  • and Morality (objective right and wrong, not relative opinions)

Concepts such as inalienable rights, checks and balances, the rule of law, and personal responsibility are not modern inventions—they are biblical principles that our Founders drew directly from Scripture. The farther we stray from these well grounded and spiritually/biblically sound beliefs held by our founding fathers, the farther we go into darkness and chaos. Many big cities look like the third world countries now. There’s no safety, hygiene, or sanity in many areas of the US today. Why? Because we push against the natural order given to us in Scripture and push forward anarchy. We as a nation cannot thrive in chaos. So, let us return to our roots. Let us once again look to Scripture as the source of justice, righteousness, and the liberty.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Return To The Roots.

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Turn Back To Christ

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ~ John 15:4-5

Last year a group of fifth-grade students in Arizona were arrested for “allegedly” plotting to murder a fellow student and make the incident appear as a suicide. This group of 10–11-year-old girls were planning to murder a fellow student because he cheated on one of the girls in the group. Let that sink in for a second. When I was 10 and 11 years old, I didn’t think about stabbing anyone because they were mean to me or did something that upset me. This isn’t normal 10- and 11-year-old behavior. So, what’s going on?

I believe it boils down to one answer, we’ve removed God from our schools and homes. We’ve removed the source of morality and our conscience. We’ve removed the source of good. What have we replaced God with? Instant gratification. Overindulgence. Secular humanism. An evermoving standard of morality.

When we remove the very source of good from our lives, the little bit of good that we are born with is strained from us and we are more susceptible to evil. Jesus warns us that we cannot bear good fruit apart from Him. Why? Because He is the source of good.

If we want to see a change in our country. A change in our people. A change in our children, we have to invite Christ back into our country. Back into our society. Back into our lives because without Christ we have no morality. We’re hopeless.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Turn Back To Christ.

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Pay Attention To How You Live

Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the LORD. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth… ~ James 5:7

A farmer doesn’t give up in the middle of the growing season. He knows the harvest takes time. So does your heavenly Father.

Paul says in verse 10: “As we have opportunity…” That means the opportunity will not last forever.

  • You have a moment to sow
  • A moment to speak truth
  • A moment to act in love
  • A moment to obey God’s prompting
  • Don’t waste your moment

Ephesians 5:16 — “Making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.”

We don’t have time to waste. We must live urgently, generously, and eternally-minded.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Pay Attention To How You Live.

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Trust In The God Who Remembers

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for His name in serving the saints, as you still do. ~ Hebrews 6:10

God does not forget. People might forget. The world might overlook you. But God never misses a single seed sown in faith.

Let me remind you today:

  • Your labor is not in vain in the LORD
  • Your obedience is not overlooked by the LORD
  • Your tears are not wasted in the LORD

Some of you have been sowing in hard ground. You’ve been praying for a family member for years. You’ve been faithful to a ministry that doesn’t seem to grow. You’ve been giving generously even when finances are tight. You’ve been doing good — but weariness has crept in.

Can I encourage you? Your due season is coming — but you must not give up. So, don’t confuse delay with denial.

Sometimes God holds off the harvest to build our trust and our character. He allows the waiting season to refine our hearts — to stretch our faith — to deepen our roots.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Trust In The God Who Remembers.

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Persevere

9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. ~ Galatians 6:9

Paul encourages us to not grow weary of doing good, but what does he really mean by that? This phrase translated as, grow weary, is the Greek word egkakōmen, which means:

• Don’t lose heart

• Or become discouraged

• Or slack off

But continue pressing forward. Continue living to the Spirit, continue doing what is pleasing to God, and do not quit, for in due season you will be rewarded by our Father who art in heaven.

This phrase “in well doing” includes: Obedience, Service, Prayer, Generosity, Faithfulness, And basically, all forms of Spirit-led living.

And “in due season” speaks of God’s appointed time for harvest. It’s all about God’s strategic moment.

But the harvest is not unconditional; it requires perseverance. So, keep on keeping on; the harvest is on its way.

Peace.  Love. Go Forth and Persevere.

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Admire His Creation

Romans 1:20 NLT

[20] For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see His invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

I’ve been cleaning a lot of old records lately. 45s to be exact. And one thing that catches my attention is the grooves in the records and how if they’re damaged in any way, shape, or form, the music recorded in it won’t play. Why? Because when it was being recorded the music literally imprinted itself through vibrations into the record itself. So, if there’s any hindrance in the grooves, even something as tiny as a dust particle or something as large as a scratch, the record will not play correctly. The world, is much like this.

Just as the engineer recorded the music onto the record and the music made its imprint in the record, so did the Father record the Son and the Son make His imprint in all of creation. God spoke and His Word (Jesus, John 1) went out and fulfilled all that He spoke. His Word, left an imprint, just as recording sound on a record does.

Physics even hints at this with the string theory. The String Theory suggests that everything is made of tiny vibrating strings. Each vibration is a different particle. The Quantum Field Theory describes particles as excitations (ripples) in invisible fields—vibrational phenomena. Now, sound is a vibration in air, but physics tells us that everything is governed by waveforms, oscillations, and resonance. What does that mean? That something (or someone) has spoken, causing the sound vibrations that are in everything, and holding everything together (creating everything in the entire universe).

This universe wasn’t created randomly. It wasn’t created without design or purpose. God created all things and imprinted Himself into everything so that His very creation would point to Him. Therefore, be encouraged for we serve a great great God.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Admire His Creation. 

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Sow To The Spirit

8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Paul adds to Jesus’ warning of what you stole you shall reap. Jesus left the statement very general, but Paul got specific by bringing in the flesh and the spirit. What does it mean?

Well, Paul is explaining that living to gratify the sinful nature:

  • Lust
  • Selfishness
  • Laziness
  • Impurity
  • Pride
  • Sexual immorality
  • Along with others

You will only reap corruption. Which means: Decay, ruin, death. Not just future judgment, but present spiritual deterioration as well.

But there is a better way. Sow to the spirit, which means living in step with God’s Holy Spirit and doing what pleases God.

Then you will reap the blessings of God and experience the abundant life…life everlasting. You will have a hope and a future.

What are we talking about? We’re talking about living your life in such a way that you do not grow weary.

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Do Good

10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. ~ Galatians 6:10

Doors of opportunity are always opening and closing. We must seize the God-given moment before the chance is gone. If God has given you a blessing to give to someone else, you do not want to be caught in possession of someone else’s blessings. So, you had better give it to them.

Then it says, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. … do good … is a broad command that includes:

  • Acts of kindness
  • Performance of service
  • Generosity
  • And love

To whom? Unto all men. Christian love or charity is not exclusive, but it reaches beyond church walls and into the community that we serve. But the thing is, it must be prioritized to place your spiritual family, or the Church, first in your good works, as Paul indicated when he wrote, … especially to those who are of the household of faith …

We must understand that this is the outward expression of Spirit-led living: We sow good deeds consistently, not just inwardly or spiritually, but practically and relationally. Christian love is universal. We are called to bless all people, fellow believers first, but also to those not of the Church. Therefore, we should be a lighthouse, a model of generosity, encouragement, and service.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Do Good.

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