It seems the more I think about not sinning, the more I sin, but the more I think about just loving Jesus, the less I seem to sin. Falling in love seems to be the key.
Interpretation
Focusing on love rather than avoiding sin changes behavior positively.
John Wimber's quote implies that preoccupation with sinning can lead to more of that behavior, while focusing on love—specifically, a deep love for Jesus—can transform one's actions and reduce sinful behaviors. This suggests that love and positive thinking can be more powerful than fear or guilt in guiding one's moral choices.
In practice
During a sermon, the pastor quoted John Wimber to emphasize the importance of love in overcoming personal struggles.
Our passion is to imitate the ministry of Jesus in the power of the Spirit. This requires we must follow Jesus out of baptismal waters, through our personal deserts, and into the harvest. We want to take the ammunition of the balanced evangelical theology with the fire power of Pentecostal practice, loading & readying the best of both worlds to hit the target of making & nurturing disciples.
Many Christians and Christian leaders have been neutralized by the love of money and materialism. The homage paid to affluence becomes a burden that saps our energy as well as our love for God and other people...Like Jesus and Paul, we can learn to be content with what we have, living modestly in order that we may give liberally to the work of the kingdom and to meet the needs of others.
Instead of focusing on the great men of God, I prefer to focus on the Great God of men.
We learned that what happens when we are alone with the Lord determines how intimate and deep the worship will be when we come together.
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Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
This mindless tolerance, which places observable scientific facts, subject to proof, on the same level as unprovable supernatural fantasy, has played a major role in the resurgence of both anti-intellectualism and anti-rationalism.
Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change.
Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule.
The Right insists that anyone can escape poverty by working hard but that is simply not the case.
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