"A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of." - Luke 6:45
So, this is how it unfolded.
God brought the good thing of His love out of the good stored up in His heart and a long time ago poured it into Ted's heart.
Ted brought the good thing of God's love out of the good stored up in his heart and a couple years ago poured it into Joy's heart, inviting her to church.
Joy came to church and brought the good thing of God's love out of the good stored up in her heart and a couple years ago poured it into the heart of a new support group ministry at our church for parents who have children with Asperger's Syndrome.
And, at times, as many as 63 parents I've never seen before have showed up at our church (not counting the volunteer organizers and cooks) for the support group! There's been a lot of pouring out of hearts.
It's been really good. Amazing good.
So God's good heart, passed to Ted's heart, passed to Joy's heart, joined to other volunteers hearts, passed to 63 hearts, who will pass to other hearts.
God's love makes life really good.
Spread the love, friends, spread the love.
Praise God!
11th Day of Christmas, "Day of Praise"
"For no matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ. And so through him the 'Amen' is spoken by us to the glory of God." - 2 Corinthians 1:20
There's an ad campaign that plays on the fact that people always want more. So the scenes show the person being given something, and immediately they say, "Aaaaaaand?" And then they get the one more thing.
It's a good thing it's not a commercial about God who has revealed himself through Jesus Christ because the commercial would never end.
The promises of God are countless so that no matter how many of them you have listed, you can always say, "Aaaaand?" and there will still be one more.
And it doesn't stop there. "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ." (2 Corinthians 1:20)
What "they are 'Yes' in Christ" means is this: with every promise of God, we can look to Jesus and say, "Really? That's promised to me?!?!" And Jesus Christ looks at us and says, "Yes! That's promised to you!"
God's countless promises are so amazing for our lives that "the 'Amen' is spoken by us to the glory of God" (2 Corinthians 1:20). "Amen" means "so be it" or "let it be true for me," or in modern day lingo it might be "Wow! Bring it on!"
And such an "Amen! Wow! Bring it on!" is "to the glory of God" because it's also like saying, "God is off-the-chart awesome with all these marvelous promises."
This is why we live each moment in the Lord and go to church and read our Bibles "for no matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ. And so through him the 'Amen' is spoken by us to the glory of God." - 2 Corinthians 1:20
So, have a great and glorious day with God!
Praise God!
Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson
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