What kind of wake do you leave behind? As a boat creates a wake on the water, so we leave a wake behind, and we can choose whether to create a wake of chaos or of love.
While society reveres the powerful, God values and seeks the vulnerable. This is good news for all of us because all we will all be vulnerable at some time, and we can rest assured that when everything else leaves, God’s love remains.
Jesus doesn’t just invite us into a one-time decision. He invites us into a new way of life, and he wants us to understand that if we are going to…
Jesus presents us with a profound command: love your enemies. This kind of love doesn’t come naturally, and it almost seems impossible. Yet love is a journey, and we can grow into people of love simply by taking our first step.
Jesus told us to love our neighbors as ourselves, not more than ourselves. If we do not learn to love ourselves, we will struggle to love other people and to expand the circle beyond the people who are already inside so that they might experience the life-changing love of Jesus.
Jesus went headfirst into situations that other people intentionally avoided. Some might even consider Jesus’ actions reckless. The Reckless Love series begins an exciting journey of having God move us from where we were in 2024 to who we can become in 2025. Our goal is to “be love” to those around us wherever we go and in whatever season we may find ourselves.