KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:
As a child of God, you have been PREDESTINED (your destiny was set before you were born) to be “conformed to the image of His Son”!!!
When you understand GOD’s divine design for suffering, then you EMBRACE it!!!
Since our Father loves His children, He disciplines them. Said discipline is meant to sanctify His own, which means that His divine intention is that we “be conforming us into the image of His Son” (Ro 8:29).
You must have a balanced diet of training and discipline so that your whole body is ready to race.
God has a habit of disciplining our WHOLE bodies through a variety of suffering. Same goes corporately in the Body of Christ.
How To Love Like Jesus – blog 2/14/26
Agape love is unique because it is most often used to describe godly love. As demonstrated by God, Himself, this love is expressed by what it does for others. It is compelled to help those in need, even when the object of this love is unaware of their need (the Cross of Jesus Christ is the greatest example of godly love we have). As I like to say from my pulpit, “Love cannot help but express itself.” What I mean is that it abounds with grace, which manifests in myriad ways. In all cases, it gives and it serves.
There you have it, my friend. To love like Jesus is to give sacrificially at personal expense, for the sake of others, especially those in need. It is to allow circumstances, not emotions, to dictate your responses. It is to act with integrity towards what you know is right (James 4:17).