"People don't care how much you know till they know how much you care." This phrase still rings true.  In 1 Corinthians, we encounter what has become known as "The Love Chapter." We hear throughout this text that love is an action verb, one lived out and shown. That all the things we, as the church, do mean nothing if they are not rooted in love. So maybe we need to start living love and showing people how much we care. Let us, as a Church, leave a LEGACY OF LOVE 

In John 3:14-21 we hear the very familiar text of John 3:16, but surrounding this text, we hear a call to walk and live in the light. To allow the light of Christ to shine on, in and through us  

In Genesis 33, we hear about an epic wrestling match. Jacob is wrestling with who he has been and what he has done, and he is also wrestling with the man he wants the world to believe he is.   
In this text, we hear how God meets Jacob at the end of his rope, all alone in a dark night, and redeems him through his brokenness. God says you are called and created to be a victor through God's love and grace and to help others know that call as well 

In a world where we are all seeking to be right. Where we view the other as our enemy or someone to be defeated, God says I won't play your game. Why?!? Because you are playing the wrong game. God calls us to lose self, to gain life 

In 1 John 4, we hear our call to love because God is love.  If we desire to share God with this world that is desiring connection and love, let us show them, God, by sharing LOVE 

In Matthew 16, we hear Jesus say that if you desire to be my disciple, you must deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me. While many of us are trying to make a life and name for ourselves, Jesus is saying to "Get A Life"  you must give it up     

In Acts 28 we hear the end of the epic story that is Acts in a fade-to-black moment. But the truth is the story is just be  beginning and challenging us to pick up the pen and write the next chapter

In Acts 27, we hear of a storm that comes up and how, amidst the storm, we are called to cling to the hope and faith that we belong to God and the best of all is God is with us   

In Acts 17, we hear Paul embracing the Common Ground with the people of Athens as he desires to introduce them to the "unknown" God. What would it look like if we sought community over conflict? I would dare say God could change our Common Ground to Holy Ground