Live in Grace, Walk in Love

Jesus didn’t have to take sides. We don’t either. He loved people on every side, and we can too. He didn’t see issues; He saw people.

loving people the way Jesus did is great theology.

A lot of us treat life like a major league playoff game instead of neighborhood T-ball. Instead of rooting for one another to swing for the fences and get a hit no matter how many swings it takes, we keep track of the misses, the failures, the disappointments. We treat life like it’s “three strikes and you’re out.” Jesus says we’re all in no matter

Great leaders don’t have time to think about themselves because they’re too busy scheming ways to love other people and lift them up. Who can you do this for today? Blow their minds. Give them your office, maybe even your car. It’ll sound crazy right up until you do it.

Sometimes in order to obey God, we need to disobey Herod.

Here’s the thing: no one can take from us what we’re willing to freely give.

God didn’t give you influence so you’d lead people better. He gave it to you so you’d love people more.

The measure of the good God is doing in our lives isn’t always how we’re feeling about it. The pain might be a sign of progress, and if we stick with love long enough, we’ll find out the fruit of it is life.

After all, it was a baby who brought us together in the first place, two thousand years ago.