God does not command us to feel an emotion. God commands us to act; to give ourselves to one another sacrificially, even as He gave His Son to us sacrificially. The emotion that we colloquially call love is our reward for giving ourselves.
We ought not worry about the way that our obedience to God makes us look to others, nor ought we feel embarrassed when exercising our with faith in God, because our obedience, not our pride, matters to God.
1 Kings 19:1-2 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
February 27, 2011
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Submission and love is the crux of Christianity, and only as we show that love to one another in our most intimate relationships can others see our Christian testimony. If we show our Christian “love” only to those with whom our relationship is peripheral, we have not really passed the test, because the real test is our ability to sacrifice ourselves for one another, as Jesus sacrificed Himself for us.
Numbers 25:16-18 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
June 27, 2010
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God miraculously met the needs of the Israelites in the wilderness. And what did God ask in return? Love. And love, to God, meant the Israelites recognition of and gratitude for the great things that God did for them.
John 21:1-24 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
November 15, 2009
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Our sins are forgiven because of the mercy of God through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and our love for Jesus because of His goodness to us calls to love one another as He has loved us.
Matthew 21:28-32 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
April 5, 2009
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Both John the Baptist and Jesus taught that every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire, regardless of their position in the church. So, the question is not; when your Heavenly Father asked you to go into the vineyard, did you tell Him that you would? The question is: when your Heavenly Father asked you to go into the vineyard, did you go?
Luke 18:35-43 | Pastor Darryl Curtis
March 15, 2009
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Even those of us that believe in Jesus Christ and know about the Kingdom of Heaven tend to focus on the acquisition of possession rather than increasing the size of the Kingdom of God. As a matter of fact, the purpose of development of the doctrine of “Name it and Claim it” is to convince Christians that they can use the power of God to acquire possessions.