Here are a few random thoughts as we turn the page for another go around the sun. About divine love, relationship with God and new life in Christ. Some have come to me in moments of quiet reflection, some in interaction with others. Many have been my tweets and Facebook updates. Some have been my Instagrams. Offered as “jump starts” for a Happy New Year!
- Love is not merely an asset or attribute of God. Love is the essence and energy of God, for God is love.
- God practices what Jesus preached.
- O Blessed Fellowship! I am in the Three and the Three are in me. It is a good day.
- King Jesus, who made all things in the beginning, will make all things new again.
- Jesus has been given the keys to death and hell. What do you suppose he will do with them?
- Faith in Jesus is trusting him with your past, as well as with your present and your future.
- Hell is not the absence of God but the soul unprepared for the presence of God in the radiance of his love.
- God always gets the last word ... and his final answer is love.
- Real love is cross-shaped.
- The Father, Son and Holy Spirit, dwelling in eternal community, know the all-surpassing power of love.
- Whatever happens — Keep Calm and Remember that JESUS is LORD!
- Put not your trust in judges or politicians ... nor fear them. King Jesus is Lord over all, and his love will prevail.
- All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Jesus the Messiah. Love is the outworking of that authority. When we walk in love, we walk in the authority of King Jesus.
- The full revelation of God is not found in a book, not even the Bible, but in a person: Jesus the Messiah.
- The revolution has come and Jesus the Messiah is Lord of all. Follow him.
- I worship the God who is man, the man who is God. His name is Jesus.
- King Jesus is making all things new by the consuming fire of his love.
- The mercy of God is available to anyone, anytime, anywhere. Always has been, always will be.
- One day everyone will get what they want ... but not everyone will like what they get. What is it you want?
- Lord, in your mercy, strip away in me everything that does not belong. Some things, I can easily tell. Other things, I do not trust myself to know the difference. Let only love be left in me. Amen.
- My faith is not in how the future will be taken care of, but in God, who will take care of the future, for he is greater than the future.
- Fear not the future. It is in God’s hands ... and God is love.
- This is the judgment of God: Jesus the Light has come into the world and exposed the darkness of our hearts. Follow the Light.
- God is not in the damning business. He is in the Search and Rescue business.
- The mysteries of God and His love are not for us to understand but to experience.