Will Bowen Audio

And now these three remain, Faith, Hope, and Love.

But the greatest of these if love.

Paul wrote this letter to the people of Corinth (located in what we’d now call south-central Greece) where he’d founded a church just a few years previous.

So, as we conclude this series let’s perhaps consider two important questions.

WHY did Paul write this letter in the first place?

WHAT promoted him to instruct the people in the little church to be patient, kind, forgiving, etc.?

The answer to both questions is the same — COMPLAINING!

Paul wrote his letter because the people in the Corinthian church had been writing HIM griping about EACH OTHER!

(Doesn’t this sound like most churches??)

The congregation in Corinth had been barraging poor Paul with letters complaining about each other!

Paul’s letter is a response; not something he just sat down and sent to be inspiring.

No. Paul was tired of the bellyaching!!

And, to sum it all up he used just one word — love.

Love each other.

That’s the highest demonstration of both spirituality and humanity.

Love.

My mom gave me a card for my 17th birthday.

It was one of those nice, elegant-but-fun cards created by Hallmark.

I got a bunch of cards that day and because the one my mom gave me was dense with text I set it aside to read later.

Lying in bed that night I read mom's card and something exploded in my soul!

The card’s cover was adorned with “If” by Rudyard Kipling and this was the first time I had ever read this amazing poem.

I read the poem over and over.

Next, I got out of bed and found my big, square cassette recorder and read “If’ into the attached microphone.

The next day I listened to my own voice reading this poem on my way to school.

I burned it into brain and throughout my life whenever things get hard I find Kipling’s words coming back to inspire and guide me.

Our new JumpStart series is my take Kipling’s classic poem “If."

Come along with me as we explore this beautiful, synopsis of success written 123 years ago.

Today let’s consider…

“If you can keep you heard while all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.”

My mom gave me a card for my 17th birthday.

It was one of those nice, elegant-but-fun cards created by Hallmark.

I got a bunch of cards that day and because the one my mom gave me was dense with text I set it aside to read later.

Lying in bed that night I read mom's card and something exploded in my soul!

The card’s cover was adorned with “If” by Rudyard Kipling and this was the first time I had ever read this amazing poem.

I read the poem over and over.

Next, I got out of bed and found my big, square cassette recorder and read “If’ into the attached microphone.

The next day I listened to my own voice reading this poem on my way to school.

I burned it into brain and throughout my life whenever things get hard I find Kipling’s words coming back to inspire and guide me.

Our new JumpStart series is my take Kipling’s classic poem “If."

Come along with me as we explore this beautiful, synopsis of success written 123 years ago.

Today let’s consider…

“If you can keep you heard while all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.”

And now these three remain, Faith, Hope, and Love.

But the greatest of these if love.

Paul wrote this letter to the people of Corinth (located in what we’d now call south-central Greece) where he’d founded a church just a few years previous.

So, as we conclude this series let’s perhaps consider two important questions.

WHY did Paul write this letter in the first place?

WHAT promoted him to instruct the people in the little church to be patient, kind, forgiving, etc.?

The answer to both questions is the same — COMPLAINING!

Paul wrote his letter because the people in the Corinthian church had been writing HIM griping about EACH OTHER!

(Doesn’t this sound like most churches??)

The congregation in Corinth had been barraging poor Paul with letters complaining about each other!

Paul’s letter is a response; not something he just sat down and sent to be inspiring.

No. Paul was tired of the bellyaching!!

And, to sum it all up he used just one word — love.

Love each other.

That’s the highest demonstration of both spirituality and humanity.

Love.

My great mentor, Earl Nightingale, told a wonderful story in one of his broadcasts.

Nightingale related the story of two men who nearly had a traffic accident.

One of the men was in his 20s and the other man was in his 70s.

The two were both turning at an intersection and nearly collided.

The old man shouted and ranted at the younger man.

The young man took the abuse and then said, “Old man, why don’t you grow up?“

We see a lot of old people in our world but we don’t see a lot of grown-ups.

Growing old is inevitable.

Growing up takes work.

However this world needs grown-ups.

Your family needs grown-ups.

Your business needs grown-ups.

In today’s jumpstart, learn the power of leaving the ways of childhood behind you.

Life is a mirror.

What you see when you look out of your eyes is different than what I or anyone else sees.

Because, you see what his first inside of you.

If inside of you there is beauty and joy and peace, then you’ll see that when you look into the world.

If inside of you there is panic fear, worry, dread, condemnation, judgment, or any of a myriad of other things, then that is what you’ll see in the world.

Don’t be like the woman who applied make-up to the mirror wanting things to improve.

Change what is inside and what is outside must also change.

Think about being a loving person as a bracelet.

The bracelet is comprised of beautiful beads with names like patience, kindness, understanding, forgiveness, restraint, and more.

The beads are all connected.

So, what happens when one bead — just one, is missing?

That’s right, the bracelet falls off.

To be loving is to strive for completeness — to express ALL of love’s qualities because if one—just one is missing, we’re not loving.

Today’s video will open your mind and heart to be fully loving 24/7.

You probably like to learn, am I right?


I'm always listening to a podcast or an audiobook that will help expand my knowledge.


Why? Because knowledge is power and you never know when some obscure fact you learned will help your life go along a little smoother and a little easier.


Now, here's the weird thing I've noticed -- most of the things that I learn about and often even put into practice with some modicum of results become less relevant over time.


Let me give you an example.


For years I wanted to trim my waistline so I studied and applied the high protein Atkins diet.


I lost weight and was convinced this was the way to stay healthy.


Now, I'm vegan -- LOL !!


This is what is meant in the passage we've been studying by the phrase "Knowledge will pass away."


What we know for sure today, we'll often question tomorrow, and consider ridiculous next week.


But there is one constant:  LOVE....

You know, it seems like everyone wants a crystal ball to see into the future.

This is not only true today, but it was also true 2,000 years ago when Paul penned his first letter to the people at the church he founded in Corinth.

Back then, people REALLY believed that the future is an inevitable thing that is not changed by current conditions.

No, for Paul and his contemporaries the future was set--a fait accompli.

To them, history was a book and they lived on a certain page.

The pages yet to come were already written and could not change.

More importantly, they believed that certain people had the gift of prophecy and could know these future pages in the unfolding book of reality.

Being a prophet was the greatest gift of all -- but there's something even more important to them and to us.

Love.

Love is the greatest super-power there is and sometimes it's hard to pull off.

This video will help you suit up and show up as the loving superhero you're meant to be.

First Corinthian’s 13 is one of the most beautiful pieces of writing in all literature that is why it is read it most weddings.

We now move into what I call Act 3 of this beautiful passage from the Christian Bible.

Now that we have found out what love is, we discover how are enduring love is compared to everything else.

For “where there are tongs they will be stilled.”

Just as it was set in the movie “2001A Space Odyssey,”

“No words...there are no words.“

Some experiences simply transcend words.

Truly profound experiences always transcend words and nothing is more profound than love.

Discover a greater capacity for love that transcends even the loftiest of words in today’s video.