Service

It is more blessed to give than to receive

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We live in a
world in which many people care only for themselves and their families. Some
don’t care who they have to step on, figuratively speaking, to get ahead and
make it to the “top of the ladder.”

Although the
gospels don’t quote Jesus as saying this, per se, Luke, in his later history of
the church, the book of the Acts of the
Apostles, does. It is found in Acts 20:35. The most usually quoted
version of the entire verse is from the Authorized
King James Version of 1611:

“I
have showed you all things, how that so laboring you ought to support the weak,
and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Jesus said that
in order to be His true followers we must show love to everyone, even our
enemies. He taught that peace of mind comes from sharing His blessings with
those in need, both spiritually and financially.

Love

Love will find a way

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I used a version of
this in my newspaper article yesterday. I felt it appropriate for my fellow
Templars as well. On Valentine’s
Day our hearts turn to what should be our daily focus: Love. This old maxim means
that people who are in love will overcome any adverse circumstances in order to
be together. It was the title and topic of a popular 1983 song by Lionel Riche
on his ‘Can’t Slow Down’ Motown studio album, and other songs, both before and
after, by various other artists.

Faith

Are we up to the challenge?

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In December our thoughts turn to the birth of our dear Savior and bringing light and peace into our hurting world. Several of the sayings that we have come to know were made popular in Christmas stories. One of these was having one’s work cut out for them. We are living in a day of dread, division, disaster and disease. This common
saying has been linked to the tailoring business as far back as the early 17th
century.

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1 Corinthians

The Greatest Commandment

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Don’t let judgment cloud your love

35  Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 36  Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37   Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38  This is the first and great commandment. 39  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.