I found this while looking for some verses. And it was very challenging so I've posted it up to share with everyone.

Most of the time, when we look at the New Testament, we focus on the verses that make us feel good, that comfort and encourage us. But we must not also forget that Jesus taught many things that ask a lot from us. And just because we don't read it or remember it does not mean it isn't there.

It was never His goal for us to live comfortable lives here on earth. If we do get that along with the rest of His many blessings, that is all well and good.

But He wants from us our everything. When we become Christians and say we are Christians, it is not only by name that we proclaim whose we are. Just as we cannot say we are students and not study, or say we are workers and not work... we cannot be Christians and not follow Him.

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Leanne C , March 8, 2011

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love."
- 1 John 4:18

The word "love" here is agape. It means charitable love. Charity, in this verse, must not be confused as "benevolent giving." It means an unlimited loving-kindness, despite any circumstance. It is God's love for mankind. Charity glorifies and reflects the nature of God. It is self-sacrificial, in its most extreme. This is God's sacrifice: that he came down and died for man, that man may have eternal life.

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Kebs Yo, March 5, 2011