God So Loves You
Usually I don’t pay attention to the latest in trending news and try to stay away from addressing sensitive topics as they directly involve individual people, but my heart hurt seeing some of the words people have written recently in social media and on blogs- some words that spoke judgement without offering hope, some words that spoke truth, written with conviction and faith but without love. I don’t have all the answers but wonder:
How would Jesus speak to each person in our world today, the ones we judge, the ones we don’t understand but we’re called to love no matter what we think – because that was us before His grace.
How might He speak to you? How might He approach you when you were drawing water at a well or jeering in a crowd with stones in your hands? I believe He would speak to your heart, truthfully yet personally.
When I look at the world, at people I encounter I try to do the best I can, imperfect as I am, to look through eyes of Love. We should stand in truth, not wavering faith but we’re missing the power to reach others without true love.
“What if I could speak all languages of humans and of angels? If I did not love others, I would be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.”
Worship: Wonder from Bethel Music
May we never lose our wonder! May we be just like a child staring at the beauty of our King…
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Editor’s Journal: The Heart Wants What It Wants – How I Can Relate to Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez says in one of her latest songs that the heart wants what it wants. Listening to the lyrics I find myself relating to the song more than I thought I did…do you? Here’s my take of what the heart wants…
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Inspiration & Music Pick: From Haven’t Even Kissed to I’ll Wait For You Moriah Peters Sings Her Love Story
Moriah Peters shared inspiring footage from her wedding in the lyric video above for her beautiful song “I’ll Wait For You” from her album “BRAVE” featuring her husband Joel, one part of the singing duo For King and Country. Their journey is sweet and encouraging – how Moriah allowed God to write their love story and how the pair waited until their wedding day to have their first kiss, which she describes in the interview and her song, (one of my favorites from her previous CD!) “Haven’t Even Kissed” describes below. Moriah is also vulnerable and real about how the life as a music artist is more of a responsibility as it may seem:
“God wants to use our story as an example of what He can do…”
Dear Boys: Jamie Grace on Dating and Her Heartfelt Letter to Guys on Pursuing Relationships
Jamie Grace shares her heart to guys and girls about relationships and love – what she shares is pretty amazing!
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Jamie Grace shares her heart to guys and girls about relationships and love – what she shares is pretty amazing! This is the final chapter of her book Boys, Boys, Boys Thoughts on Dating from a Single (Since Birth) Girl (click here to get a copy).
The Creator of the beat of my heart wants to pick out my husband for me…
I Waited For You: P4CM Artist Janette…ikz Shares her Heart at Her Wedding in the Follow Up To “I Will Wait For You”
She might be best known for her spoken word poem “I Will Wait,” a piece about waiting on God to write her love story, but spoken word artist Janette…ikz now can say “I Waited For You”! Janette…ikz and her husband Matt shared their journey and great tips for singles and couples in the weeks leading up to the wedding. Watch the episodes of their series here…
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Missing Out On Love: David Marvin Shares Encouragement for Singles at The Porch…
David Marvin shares an inspiring word on our the desire for love in this message from The Porch
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Rise: Get Up and Live in God’s Great Story Book by Trip Lee
Most of us spend our youth in a sad state of slumber—sleeping in on life until we’re forced to get up. The problem is that life has already begun. It’s happening right now…
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Love Song Picks: “He Say, She Say” and More from TJ Pompeo
TJ Pompeo, who we interviewed previously, writes some of the best love songs that both inspire us to believe in love and in God’s design for it. TJ recently released a new song “He Say, She Say” featuring Mathai who you might know from a previous season of The Voice. Go to http://tjpompeo.bandcamp.com to download the song and enjoy it above.
Here are some other great love songs from TJ, “If I Have To Wait (The Patient Pursuit)” one of my very favorites, and “Boy Meets Girl” from his EP of the same name. You can get them at his site above.
Dating with Purpose Interviews with Couples and Singles by Ashley Brown
While working on the We Dream of Love relationships series on Dream in Soul and my upcoming book “We Dream of Love” I came across the inspiring interviews by Ashley Brown of Ashley Empowers. Ashley and her husband (featured in the video above) are currently hosting a multi-city tour where she is interviewing couples to participate in her series “Dating with Purpose.”
The series showcases young couples that “date with purpose” to inspire people to keep God first in their relationships despite their past. If you would like to participate in this series or have a recommendation please visit, www.AshleyEmpowers.com. Find more of Ashley’s Interviews on her Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/ashleyempowers
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