Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”

We love because He first loved us.

Because we are in this vertical relationship, we cannot help but love.

There is a necessity in us to receive and love others the way He loves us.

The problem many times is that we are trying to work out a horizontal relationship, when we ourselves do not know the love God has toward us.

We need to enjoy that unconditional love which is based on Calvary–on the precious blood, cleansing, and forgiveness.

While we were yet sinners Christ died for us, and that love is poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit.

It is out of this love that we have love with which to love others.

May the Lord show us this kind of relationship that is in the unconditional love of God.

It is by our experiencing His life–by fellowshipping with Him and obeying Him–that the reality of that life will come out in perfect love which casts out all fear and brings in another kind of attitude.

If you will bring to your marriage relationship the unconditional love of God, and not your expectancies, your standards, what you hope she will be, or he will be, then you will not be disappointed.

You will also avoid hurt feelings, lack of communication, and just trying to get along.

None of this will come into your relationship.

But if instead you have a lot of standards and expectancies and dreams, your relationship will eventually fall apart because you brought the wrong thing into it.

Bring perfect love.

Bring the enjoyment that you are having in fellowship with the Lord and in following Him day by day.

Bring that to your relationship.

And then there will be compassion, tenderheartedness, forgiveness, mercy, and enjoying God together.

Until Tomorrow,

With A Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Rodney Wiggins – Darlene’s Husband – Hospice

Ashton Bateman & Family

Amy Garner’s Mom & Dad

Brandon’s Dad

Dan Haines

Dr. Don Davis

Freddie May’s Mom

George Alexander

Jane Hick’ Mom

Jim Mabe

Joan Cronan’s Sister

Linda Hodges’ Sister 

Michael Stanley

John McClain

Ronnie Palmer

Ricky Gipson – Ashley’s Brother

Tom Witcher

Ann Sullivan – Paula’s Friend

Bentley Smith

James Garner’s Friend 

Kim McClain’s Mother

Lonzo Christian             

Ashley Burn’s Sisters

Bill Moody 

Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons 

Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother

Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace

Kenny & Nora Allison  

Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister  

Larry Barker  

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah

Mary Sims  

Marynell Ford

Pastor & Mrs. Driskell 

Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend 

Ricky Stubbs  

Roseleigh Osborn  

Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son 

Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend

Sheila Simmon’s Cousin

Tammy Shellnut’s Mother/Dad