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THE REALISM OF LOVE

AFFIRM

I lift up my eyes to you, to you whose throne is in heaven. As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy.  Psalm 123:1-2

TEXT

Mark 15: 25-26  (KJV)
And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

READ

The answer was decisive: God cannot forgive sin unless there is the red seal of His own blood stamped on that forgiveness. He can offer forgiveness only in a nail-pierced Hand. The Heart that forgives the brokenhearted must first be broken. Only out of that brokenness can wholeness come. Love substitutes itself, that the loved one be freed. . . The cross is the uncovering of the realism of love.

-E. Stanley Jones

DECLARE

I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. 1 Corinthians 15:50-52

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WHAT IS THIS? Wake-Up Call is a daily encouragement to shake off the slumber of our busy lives and turn our eyes toward Jesus. Each morning our community gathers around a Scripture, a reflection, a prayer, and a few short questions, inviting us to reorient our lives around the love of Jesus that transforms our hearts, homes, churches, and cities.

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