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“Love without truth is sentimentality; it supports and affirms us
but keeps us in denial about our flaws. Truth without love is
harshness; it gives us information but in such a way that we
cannot really hear it. God's saving love in Christ, however, is
marked by both radical truthfulness about who we are and yet
also radical, unconditional commitment to us. The merciful
commitment strengthens us to see the truth about ourselves and
repent. The conviction and repentance moves us to cling to and
rest in God's mercy and grace.”
Timothy Keller, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Scripture
If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but
don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.
If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his
mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I
have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps,
but I don’t love, I’m nothing.
If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the
stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve
gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I
believe, and what I do, I’m bankrupt without love.
1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Message
Song
Righteous Rock Larry Norman
http://youtu.be/zn0kWX8w-2c
One, two, three...
You can be a righteous rocker
Or a Holy roller
You can be most anything
You can be a Leon Russell
Or a super muscle
You can be a corporate king
You can be a wealthy man from Texas
Or a witch with heavy hexes.
But without love, you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love.
You can be a brilliant surgeon
Or a sweet young virgin
Or a harlot out to sell
You can learn to play the blues
Or be Howard Hughes
Or the Scarlet Pimpernel
You can be a French provincial midwife
Or go from door to door with a death-knife.
But without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love.
(Break)
You can be a woman feeler
Or a baby stealer
You can drink your life away
You can be a Holy Prophet
Get a blessing off it
You can fast for fifty days
You can shake hands with the devil
Or give your life to God on the level.
But without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love.
(You could be a righteous rocker, that's right)
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Forget your hexagram, you'll soon feel fine
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Stop looking at the stars, you don't live under the signs
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love.
Don't mess with gypsies or have your fortune read
Keep your table on the floor and don't you listen to the dead
You can't hitchhike your way to Heaven
The devil's closed the roads
You live once, you die once
With no re-incarnate episodes
You can't hitchhike to Heaven
Or get there by being good
The rules were set down long ago
When the spikes went in the wood
The rules were set down long ago
When the spikes went in the wood
The rules were set down long ago
When the spikes went in the wood.
Without love you ain't nothing
You ain't nothing without love
Without love you ain't nothing.
(There ain't no way of getting around it)
(Without love you ain't nothing)
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
You ain't nothing without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Without love you ain't nothing
Without love
Sentence Prayer
Father;
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly
Humble me that I may fly
Birds fly because they travel lightly
Lighten my burdens that I may fly
Prayers fly to your throne, because of love
Deepen my love so my prayers may be heard
Amen
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