Thoughts

Thoughts on my heart:

Mankind--everyone of us--has inestimable value and worth because we are created in the image of God Himself. To deny that that is true is to rob a human being of his inestimable value and worth.

A nation in order to be blessed by God must be just, compassionate, and righteous. Not one of these; all of these.

Jesus set this example for us: "Let each of us esteem others to be better than ourselves." Esteem. Better. Each of us.

The one assignment God has given all His people--Be a servant. Minister to others.

The great obstacle to understanding is the 2 x 4 in my eye.

Listen don't talk. And when you feel like you must say something, powerful speech emanates from a soft answer. It is the soft answer that cures anger.

The community that must be seen with its arms wide open, its heart broken, its humility confessional, its compassion bottomless, its prayers inclusive, and its comfort inescapable is His church.

If my application of the principles of God's Word contradicts the clear teaching of God's Word, my application is ungodly.

Small acts of kindness, small words of encouragement, small deeds of love and acceptance are spectacular acts of healing because everyone of us can do them every day.

The greatest power for good in the world and permanent change--perhaps the only power for good and permanent change--is the individual Christian and the body of believers as one mind demonstrating in word and action the unquenchable love of Christ. Yes, it begins with the truths I hold to in my mind.

Don't stop at the one mile marker when doing good.

Everyone with a need is your neighbor--spiritual need, physical need, emotional need. Need. The Gospel: you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and your neighbor as Christ loved you. It is not the other person's responsibility to love that way that matters. It is my Spirit--controlled responsibility to love that way. And its source must be the Spirit. I cannot spiritualize the natural man that is me.

God is on His throne. The earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord. Lord empower us to make the significance, the weightiness of Your presence, visible to the world. Today.