Fwd: CHRISTIAN CONNECTION SUPPLEMENT 06-03
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
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I thought I would send you an extra message this weekend to encourage
you in your daily thoughts, prayers, and struggles. I am enjoying a
fine weekend. Today, I had a small party to celebrate my recent
wedding to my bride, Brenda. We had a small, quiet wedding back on
May 24.
As we celebrated our day together today, I found out that my accountability
partner also got married on the same day --- except he beat us to it by
TWO WHOLE HOURS. This dear brother in Christ had told me that he expected
to marry soon, but theirs would be a quiet "elopement". When I told him
that I was getting married on the 24th, he told me he couldn't make it.
He didn't tell me WHY until today. What a surprise! I'm really glad,
not only for my own situation, but for my friend as well.
Both of us had made many ill-advised choices in the past, and had failed
to yield to the directions in which God had been leading us. It has taken
a lot of time and a lot of healing for both of us. Today, we celebrated
what God can do, even in such brokenness. We did not give our best to
God, not at first, anyway, but God gave His VERY BEST to us, and demonstrated
His love for us.
Do you remember John Lennon? I remember him well. I often used to listen
to the Beatle's music, and to John Lennon's music after he left the
Beatles. He was a very talented musician, but a spiritually misguided
man.
Do you remember his song, "Imagine?" It sounded SO good --- that is,
until you REALLY LISTENED to what his song was proposing, then it sounded
TERRIBLE. He said,
"Imagine all the people living life in peace..." that sounded pretty
good. But then, he imagined a life with no religion, loose, "free love",
and all the typical "hippie" mumbo jumbo of the day. No responsibility,
no accountability for actions and decisions. It might sound good --- but
not to me.
I've learned much, some even from following such "lame theology". It
doesn't work, my friends. What DOES work is the wholesome, honest,
beautiful, acceptable, and pleasing love of God, the Father of all
Creation. It is in Him that I have my first love, and it is in Him
that I am able to love another, even my wife.
Brother Brian
--- MorninGloryPubl@aol.com wrote:
> From: MorninGloryPubl@aol.com
> Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 11:07:14 EDT
> Subject: CHRISTIAN CONNECTION SUPPLEMENT 06-03
> To: MorninGloryPubl@aol.com
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> THE CHRISTIAN CONNECTION NEWSLETTER
> Supplement ~ June 03, 2000
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> e Christian Connection Newsletter
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> LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED!
>
> I recently watched the block buster movie "Independence Day". One of the
>
> actors said, "Love is all you need" which, of course, is so very true. The
> only problem was he attributed that truth to John Lennon.
>
> Jesus said...
> "Love the Lord your God with all your heart,
> soul and mind. This is the first and greatest
> commandment. The second most important is similar:
> Love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.
> All the other commandments...stem from these
> two laws and are fulfilled if you obey them."
> Matthew 22:37-40
>
> Jesus continued by saying, "Keep only these two commandments and you will
>
> find that you are obeying all the others." We must love God first... then
> the measure we show love to others is based upon the measure with which we
> actually love ourselves.
>
> Psalm 118:24 tells us that God's lovingkindness endures forever. It's
> important to understand that God isn't just kind, He isn't just loving, He's
> lovingly kind! Literally, it means that His love is unconditional. No
> strings attached. No conditions or limitations. And why is that? It's
> because He is LOVE (1 John 3:7-10). He doesn't have more of it ~ HE IS IT!
> He proved His love by sending his Son, Jesus Christ, to be our salvation if
> we believe in Him (John 3:16-21). He didn't send Jesus to "judge the world,
> but that the world should be saved through Him." Try to imagine the worst
> criminal on earth... or even the gossip down the street. Would you give up
> your child to save this person? Thank God that decision wasn't left up to
> us.
>
> Beloved, if we love one another, God literally abides in us and His love
> is perfected within us. We know this because scripture also tells us that
> He's given us His Spirit ~ the holy basis for carrying out His magnificent
> plan for our lives. Humanly speaking, we don't become God-like overnight but
>
> spiritually speaking, Love abides within us immediately upon receiving Jesus
> Christ into our lives ~ providing us with the means to Christian growth.
>
> "The fruit of the Holy Spirit is love..." as well as joy, peace, patience
>
> (long-suffering), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness (gentleness) and
>
> self-control (Galatians 5:23). Why do you suppose love is the #1 "fruit"
> listed here? Because true love brings about all the rest. "If we live by
> the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk" (Galatians 5:25). We must grow
> in love, His love. Yes, love is all we need!
>
> Joy in Jesus!
> Gloria J. Moore
> Joy in Jesus!
>
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> "P.U.S.H!"
> When everything seems to go wrong... just P.U.S.H.!
> When the job gets you down... just P.U.S.H.!
> When people don't react the way you think they should... just P.U.S.H.!
> When your money looks funny and the bills are due... just P.U.S.H.!
> When you want to curse them out for whatever the reason... just P.U.S.H.!
> When people just don't understand you... Just P.U.S.H.!
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> TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL
> Another hoax! Thank you, Doug, for bringing this to our attention!
> <A
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> by+an+Angel">Madalyn Murray O'Hair vs. Religious Broadcasting - Urban Legends
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> and Folklore
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> A Diet With
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> The
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> Anxiety and the
> Weight Loss Process
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