Prayer Requests

ICANRAY: Please pray for Client Eva Doyle recently evicted, She says she needs rent and a deposit for new place, please pray for Pastor Dan as he prepares to be interviews on a local program on WLMB-will air in late February, Pray for $31,000 budget shortfall by September, pray for people who have recently accept Christ to follow through on their decision, Pray for AS-back pain, JK addiction recovery, Several others who have text about health concerns, mental health concerns, and life circumstance. God knows every person's genuine need and we can trust Him, Pray His will be done. Thank you. Any person can be added to receive these prayer prompts by telling them to text ICANPRAY to 419-419-0095. Don't forget to pray for your neighbors by name or however you can. We win in Jesus. If you want to be removed respond STOP ICANPRAY. Responding SETTINGS will allow you to update your profile and choose from other free services. God Bless, P. Dan

Redefining Love

Redefining Love: So the short summary is this: When Jesus spoke of love in the sermon on the mount it seemed like He was talking about love redefined. It seemed this way because some folks had spent some time redefining love since God had set the standard in the first place. They had added "and hate you enemies" to the "Love your neighbor as yourself" that God had given them. They had made love not for everyone and not a thing to be done by everyone. In some cases, they had made it just a word to describe a feeling. These are the same shortcomings of the world's understanding of love today. So, it appears to be redefining love when Christians describe it as For everyone (enemies included,) by everyone (as a command and a choice to follow that command,) and equaling acts of compassion not just feelings. To be a Christian, a follower of the Living Christ is to love others this way (including enemies.) This is hard to swallow because the world has taught that there is another kind of love which there isn't. They have redefined love in a sense and then when we get back to the basics of what it means, it's just hard for them to swallow. Don't buy it. Don't give in to the false belief that there is another kind of love or that love is for some and not for others. That definition will die once and for all when there are no more mysteries and those who follow along with it will go that way too. Love like Jesus.