Letting Ourselves Be Loved By God Is

Be Daring Enough To Be Different, Humble Enough To Make Mistakes, Wild Enough To Be Burnt In The Fire Of Love, Real Enough To Make Others See How Phony You Are.

The Word We Study Has To Be The Word We Pray.

Without Fear I Can Acknowledge That The Authentic Christian Tension Is Not Between Life And Death, But Between Life And Life.

What Makes Authentic Disciples Is Not Visions, Ecstasies, Biblical Mastery Of Chapter And Verse, Or Spectacular Success In The Ministry, But A Capacity For Faithfulness. Buffeted By The Fickle Winds Of Failure, Battered By Their Own Unruly Emotions, And Bruised By Rejection And Ridicule, Authentic Disciples May Have Stumbled And Frequently Fallen, Endured Lapses And Relapses, Gotten Handcuffed To The Fleshpots And Wandered Into A Far County. Yet, They Kept Coming Back To Jesus.

The Life Of Jesus Suggests That To Be Like Abba Is To Show Compassion. Donald Gray Expresses This: "jesus Reveals In An Exceptionally Human Life What It Is To Live A Divine Life, A Compassionate Life.