We must mirror God's love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrrors of God's love, so we may show Jesus by our lives
Interpretation
To counteract hatred in the world, one should reflect God's love through one's actions and life.
This quote emphasizes the importance of embodying and reflecting God's love in our daily lives, especially in a world that often displays hostility and negativity. By living out this love, we serve as mirrors that can showcase the essence of Jesus and invite others into a more compassionate and loving existence.
In practice
In a speech advocating for kindness and understanding, this quote could inspire listeners to act more compassionately.
We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in Godβs work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.
And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him.
If you want to hear God's voice clearly and you are uncertain, then remain in His presence until He changes this uncertainty. Often much can happen during this waiting for the Lord. Sometimes, He changes pride into humility; doubt into faith and peace; sometimes lust into purity. The Lord can and will do it.
And for all these people alike, the key to healing turned out to be the same. Each had a hurt he had to forgive.
Today I know that such memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. I know that the experiences of our lives, when we let God use them, become the mysterious and perfect preparation for the work He will give us to do.
God never measures the mind... He always put His tape measure in the HEART
I hope we shall . . . crush in [its] birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations.
Both God's love and God's wrath are ratcheted up in the move from the old covenant to the new, from the Old Testament to the New. These themes barrel along through redemptive history, unresolved, until they come to a resounding climax - in the cross.
Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.
We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been.
We objected to the morality because it interfered with our sexual freedom.
Bad evangelism says: I'm right, you're wrong, and I would love to tell you about it
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