Love His people

1 John 4:21 (NIV). And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother....... Thoughts on This Verse... For over a week, John has reminded us again and again. We must love our brothers and sisters in Christ. This reminder, however, is the clincher. If we love God, then we must love his children and our brothers and sisters in Christ. Notice that the word isn't''should'' or''will try'' or''want to.'' No, we must. The Bible is careful not to put many''must do'' or''thou shalt'' commands in Scripture. But God's point is clear. Love of each other is not optional, negotiable, or even something to be delayed. God sent Jesus to die for the sins of all of God's children. How can we not love those for whom Christ gave so much? As Paul will say to the Corinthians,''God's love compels us!'' We MUST love. 

The LEO

【獅子座】
1、霸道且控制欲強，其實是沒安全感，喜歡占主導地位，被贊美。
2、愛整潔，即使是獅子男也十分愛整潔。
3、喜歡胡思亂想，性格較極端。
4、淚腺發達，易被感動。喜歡跟愛人身體接觸，恨不得把身體揉進去那種。
5、有些悲觀。有較強的依賴感。

6、偏執，苛求完美。具有雙重性格，很抗拒有人走近。
7、經常表現出不在乎，無所謂的態度，其實內心別扭的很。
8、常表現強勢，其實內心十分脆弱孤獨

獅子很孤獨的，有些話常常不想說出來。而且我們從來不喜歡和別人搶東西，希望在身邊的人都是心甘情願的留下來。人來人往中，要獅子對一個人上心不容易，初接觸獅子的人都被他那種不冷不熱的態度嚇走了。但真正走進獅子心裡的人，就會發現獅子對人好起來是沒有底線的。那些錯過獅子的人，那是你的損失！

Mighty to save

Zephaniah 3:17 (NIV). The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing....... Thoughts on This Verse... God is with us! That's the great message of the story of Jesus (Matt. 1:23). That's the message of hope Zephaniah gives the defeated people of God. God is among us. He is mighty to save. He loves us. He delights in us. He stills the storms of our hearts with his loving touch. He sings us lullabies of joy. God longs to be close to us and invites us to draw near. 

Verse of the day :)

>>> Galatians 5:6 (NIV). <<<
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love....... Thoughts on This Verse... Ever notice how we get to fussing about things that are important, but still aren't the most important things of our faith? So often, when we get to fighting, the most important thing of all gets lost. In the first century, this fight often had to do with Jew/Gentile issues. While race, culture, and heritage are important, what really is most important is faith expressing itself through love. In our high tech world today, isn't it interesting that the most important issue is the same as it was two thousand years ago -- faith expressing itself through love? 

Hello November :)

>>> Romans 8:26-27 (NIV) <<<
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will....... Thoughts on This Verse... Most of us will face very difficult circumstances in our lives. When we do, we will likely feel that our prayers just bounce off the ceiling. Our words will seem empty and useless. We can't seem to verbalize what is on our hearts. We feel like our words are ineffective and insufficient. So what do we do? We trust this promise. We go to God in prayer! Even when we don't have words to say, we offer our hearts to him, trusting that the Holy Spirit takes those thoughts, emotions, and inarticulate frustrations to God. The Spirit makes our hearts known to God, interceding for us according to God's will. Even when we don't have words, the Spirit makes our needs known. What a tremendous reassuring grace!