At The Family Church in Gainesville, Florida, senior pastor Philip Griffin continued his Christmas series last Sunday morning with a message titled Irrational Love...that is, love that transcends our ability to understand it through our capacity for reason. This love is the love of Christ, expressed in the two focus Bible passages of John 3:16 and Ephesians 3:16-19...click on them to read them through the Bible Gateway website. Not only did God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son so that those who believe will not perish, but how wide, long, high, and deep that love is surpasses knowledge...
Dimensions like width, length, height, and depth are little more than intellectual constructions unless they are applied to something. Pastor Philip did just this as he said that God's love is wide enough to reach everyone (Psalms 86:5), long enough to last forever (Jeremiah 31:3, Romans 8:38-39, Psalms 32:10), high enough to be everywhere (Psalms 36:5, Psalms 119:64, Psalms 139:7-10) , and deep enough to meet our greatest needs (Psalms 142:6-7, Philippians 4:19). Philip asked, where do we find our sense of affirmation and self-worth...from others and our own accomplishments and circumstances...or from God? The best answer, he pointed out, is clear: God's love is available for all, is enduring (as opposed to our flawed, human level of patience with others), fills all space, location, and circumstance...and frees us from personal prisons like anxiety, depression, worry, and hopelessness...
The Family Church is located at 2022 SW 122nd Street, in far western Gainesville. You can view this message by clicking on the church's YouTube video website...here's a link to it: [link]. Sunday morning service times (including Christmas Eve) are at 9:30 and 11...next year they change to 9 and 10:30. Looking forward to the Christmas Eve service...
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