Love changes things. Love makes things better. Where there is Love bad stuff will disappear. You are probably like, yeah right the bad stuff will disappear.

Yep because love is a two-way street. Receiving and giving. Lots of people don’t receive the gift of love because they are distracted by something else that has their attention.

When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child.

Reasoned like a child? Meaning I wanted my own way. When I was a young man, I was an immature man, In My 20’s and My 30s, I was an immature man not fully developed. When I decided to receive love my childish and immature ways came to an end. What do I mean by decided, Mean I came to a resolution in my mind as a result of consideration.

Meaning that I need to receive God’s love. The beginning of knowledge is to fear God. When you fear God all bad stuff comes to an end because Love never fails.

Am I perfect, depending on what you call perfect, by what standards of who's perfection? If I fear the Lord, which I do. My love never fails. In my period of living. I Worship in part waiting for the completeness which is Jesus Christ.

It is written in Mark 2:22. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”

Where there is Love bad things will disappear. Love never fails and Love changes things, When you walk with God face to face we are complete. For now, we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face-to-face the glory of God. I Worship in part waiting for the completeness which is Jesus Christ.

Am I perfect, depending on what you call perfect, by what standards of who's perfection? If I fear the Lord, which I do. My love never fails. In my period of living, I love the Lord. I Worship in part. What remains in my life is faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Today’s episode comes 1 Corinthians 13: 8-13

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

Love always perseveres and love never fails. Never look at the adversity or trauma of your story. We might not understand everything that goes on with us, but God is greater. God's grace takes us out of darkness, not put us in the darkness. When we love God we walk in righteousness no matter what the circumstance is, we continue to love God and walk in righteousness. 

Have or don’t have I will always be content. God will never abandon me and he will never forsake me. Hebrews 13:5 says, keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. 

My faith is in his word. Even in my struggle, if I struggle with mental illness, does it mean God does not love me? Course not. God is faithful. Never question God's faithfulness; we need to question our faithfulness to God. Love never fails and love always perseveres no matter what the circumstance is. We don’t give up living on God's will based on money, any adversity, and struggles, even when everything turns against us.

It is written in Romans 8:35-39 can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.

And I am convinced that nothing can separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

This is God's love for us in the same way our love for God should be the same as he loves us. Look at Job's story and compare it to what you are going through. Learn how Job perseveres and how his love never fails for God.

In this Bible story from the book of Job, there is a wealthy man named Job residing in an area called Uz with his extended family and vast flocks. He is “blameless” and “upright,” constantly mindful to live in a righteous manner (Job 1:1). 

God mentions Job to Satan saying, "There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.” However, Satan contends that Job is only righteous because God has favored him generously. Satan dares God that, if given the approval to inflict suffering, Job will change and curse God. God permits Satan to abuse Job to experiment with this brazen claim, but he forbids Satan to take Job’s life in the manner.

The Tribulations of Job

Over the time of one day, Job is given four reports, each informing him that his sheep, servants, and ten children have all died due to thieving intruders or natural disasters. Job rips his clothes and shaves his head in sorrow, yet he still praises God in his prayers. Satan arrives in heaven again, and God allows him another opportunity to test Job. This time, Job is distressed with terrible skin sores. His wife urges him to denounce God and to give up and die, but Job protests, trying to endure his inflictions.

Three of Job’s companions, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, arrive to comfort him, sitting with Job in silence for seven days out of reverence for his grieving. On the seventh day, Job talks, starting a discussion in which each of the four men shares his reflections on Job’s troubles in poetic descriptions.

Job damns the day he was born, relating life and death to light and darkness. He hopes that his birth had been obscured in darkness and desires to have never been born, believing that life only increases his suffering. Eliphaz replies that Job, who has comforted other people, now reveals that he never actually knew their pain. 

Eliphaz concludes that Job’s pain must be due to some sin Job has acted, and he recommends Job to seek God’s favor. Bildad and Zophar agree that Job must have performed evil to provoke God’s justice and argue that he should attempt to manifest more innocent behavior. Bildad supposes that Job’s children brought their deaths upon themselves. Even worse, Zophar suggests that whatever wrongdoing Job has done he likely deserves more suffering than what he has experienced.

Job Contemplates the Mystery of God

Job reacts to each of these remarks, becoming so angry that he calls his sympathizers “worthless physicians” who “whitewash [their help] with lies” (Job 13:4). He questions why God judges people by their deeds if God can just as easily change or forgive their behavior. It is confusing to Job how a human can truly satisfy God’s justice as his ways are mysterious and exceed human comprehension. Furthermore, humans cannot possibly convince God with their words. 

God cannot be fooled, and Job confesses that he does not even know himself well enough to adequately defend his case to God. Job desires for someone who can mediate between himself and God, or be sent to Sheol, the dark space of the dead.

Job believes that there is a “witness” or a “Redeemer” in heaven who will testify for his integrity (Job 16:19, Job 19:25). The suffering shows too much for Job, and he turns bitter, anxious, and scared. He deplores the injustice that God lets evil people thrive while he and many other honest people suffer.

Job wants to face God and protest, but cannot physically find God. He assumes that wisdom is concealed from humans, but he decides to persevere in seeking wisdom by fearing God and evading evil.

God Consoles Job

God eventually intervenes, commanding Job to be brave, and explains various detailed features of his creation. Overcome by the appearance of God, Job recognizes God’s infinite power and accepts the constraints of his human understanding. This response pleases God, but he is upset with Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar for emitting lousy advice. Job reconciles on their behalf, and God forgives them. God then restores Job’s health, granting him twice as much property as before, new children, and a remarkably long life. In the end, Job never completely gave up hope or faith in God as an inspiration to everyone enduring suffering of their own.

Weapon Forms But Love Never Fails

by Trey Knowles

What is obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a psychiatric disorder. That means it affects a person’s mind, emotions, and/or behaviors.

“People with OCD suffer from obsessions and compulsions,” explains Dr. Wilhelm. “Obsessions are recurrent thoughts, but they can also be mental images. Typically, these obsessions cause a lot of anxiety, a lot of distress, so the person tries to get rid of them by engaging in a compulsion.”

Common obsessions include:

• Fear of contamination (making something dirty or poisonous)

• Fears of losing or forgetting something

• Fears of having made a mistake

• Concerns for symmetry or exactness

• Disturbing, intrusive thoughts involving sex, religion, or violence

Common compulsions include:

• Double-checking things, like locks, faucets, or switches, over and over

• Frequent hand washing and/or cleaning

• Repeating something again and again until it feels right

• Replaying past conversations or events

• Praying silently to prevent a feared event from happening

People with OCD may experience other obsessions and compulsions as well.

Risk factors for OCD

OCD can start in childhood or early adulthood. Most people who will have the disorder develop it by around age 25. It's usually a chronic disorder, and it can be managed with treatment.

We don't know for sure what causes OCD, but your family history, psychology, environment, and the way your body works could all play a role. Personality traits like perfectionism may put a person at risk of developing OCD. Stressful life events and psychological trauma may also play a role.

"We know that OCD runs in families, so if you already have a family member who has OCD, you are more likely to develop OCD yourself."

Studies show that people with OCD have some biological traits in common. These include hyperactivity in specific of the brain and an imbalance in some of the brain’s chemical messengers (called neurotransmitters).

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. They love nonsense, B.E.T., B.E.T., awards not of godliness but of foolishness. They became lovers of themselves and they eat their own carcass. Those who watch them and buy their influence also eat their carcass.

Female rappers rape innocent girl’s minds, turning Barbie World into Barbie Dream of lust with sex and money. The men glamorize violence and material possessions that have no life. They idolize themselves with their selfish power of possessions that have no life. Those men who want to be like them, eat their carcass.

No one corrects them, but they applaud their behavior. It’s B.E.T., not N.B.C. If it were N.B.C., they would blame it on the man. They influence their community with bad behavior.

Those who encourage those false Images eat their carcasses. These false images do anything for fame and money, they pass their lust over to share with Adam and the devil has his way with them. Are you going to be that Adam?

Young kids are coveting trying to be like these false images. No one corrects them because their idol too is money. In God, we trust is in their pockets and minds. They trust money over the real God. It’s sad my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, those Images. What do we do with false Images? 

2 Corinthians 10:5 says, we cast down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

It is better to teach than to judge. You can’t judge people who have no understanding. But once you teach them, it’s their fault for rejecting knowledge.

Teaching Is Better  Than Judging 

by Trey Knowles

To persevere means to continue in the course of action even when you are facing difficulty. Never give up. No matter what the circumstance is, I am going to do the will of my Father who is in heaven. Love always perseveres, not giving up. Not doing my own will, but the will of God, whatever it takes to put in place the will of God in my life.

What did I mean, when I say whatever it takes to do the will of God? 

Because Jesus Christ did what he had to do for us, He persevered on the cross, so we can have life.

Whatever it takes. What causes me to stumble or fall short; I must get rid of. Discernment from the Lord is very important. We need to know what is pure and what is impure.

Matthew 5:29 Jesus tells us If your right eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It's better to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Love always perseveres, you are willing to do whatever it takes to do God's will. Abraham was declared righteous when he brought his son to the altar to be sacrificed for God. No matter what the circumstance is obedience and perseverance bring out our love for God.

Matthew 22:36-37 They ask Jesus, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.

Love always perseveres. Despite the difficulty I am going to remain obedient to the Lord, It is written in John 14:15-21 that Jesus tells us.

“If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever-- the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. 

But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 

Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

Despite the difficulty, I am going to remain obedient to the Lord. Because Love always perseveres.

Note: Love is everything; life starts with love because God created you with his love and saved you with his love. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life John 3:16.

What is Love? Here are the attributes of Love.

Answer: It is written in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Note: With the attributes of love, Is the beginning of substance.

The Attributes of Love

by Trey Knowles

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