Love Completely

This morning I continued my series: One Month to Live. The message was titled: Love Completely. It is about how to develop healthy and life-giving relationships.

Listen here.

Here are my notes:

Listen! It’s the voice of someone shouting, “Clear the way through the wilderness for the Lord! Make a straight highway through the wasteland for our God! Fill in the valleys, and level the mountains and hills. Straighten the curves, and smooth out the rough places. Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it together. The Lord has spoken!” -Isaiah 40:3-5

The 3 Mountains of Relationships

• The Mountain of “Misunderstanding”
• The Mountain of “Me First”
• The Mountain of “Mistakes”

We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties. –Oswald Chambers

1. Climbing with the Rope of Acceptance

Therefore, accept each other just as Christ has accepted you so that God will be given glory. -Romans 15:7

Acceptance: Stop trying to change me and start cherishing me

Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame. -Genesis 2:25

2. Securing Your Footing with Acts of Love

The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you. –John E. Southard

Consideration

Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. -Philippians 2:4

Cooperation

Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end. -John 13:1

Commitment

For God is working in you, giving you the desire to obey him and the power to do what pleases him. -Philippians 2:13

3. Anchored by Forgiveness

Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. -Colossians 3:13

He who is devoid of power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. –Martin Luther King Jr.

We know what real love is because Jesus gave up his life for us. So we also ought to give up our lives for our brothers and sisters. -1 John 3:16

Begin Climbing the Mountain Today!

Say what you want to say when you have the feeling and the chance. My deepest regrets are the things I did not do, the opportunities missed, and the things unsaid.

Training Update

10 miles at easy at 8:00 per mile at midnight. I ran the F Street hills. A very quiet and peaceful run.