What is Fresh Manna? God's Word - the Bible, should be exciting and alive to us. God wants to speak to us through His Holy Spirit and give us a fresh word from heaven every day. Fresh Manna is a daily devotional - that nourishment of daily bread from His heart to ours!
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Fresh Manna for the weekend of August 23, 2008
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Extravagant Love! By Renee Burt
Have you ever poured your heart into someone else...you've given them your time, your attention, your love. But then they do something that hurts you, and you pull back from them. And even if they ask for your forgiveness, it can be hard to go right back to how things used to be. In fact, people will caution you at times like that to "take it slow...make them earn your trust again...don't give so much this time...you don't want to get hurt again, do you?" That sounds reasonable in the world's way of thinking, but it's not the way God thinks. Because even though we do things that must make His heart hurt, He never pulls back from us or makes us earn His trust again before He'll love us wholeheartedly. Today's verse says that His love is downright extravagant! When I read that, it just made me love the Lord all the more. And that's how He wants us to love people...extravagantly, without caution! So I'm going to throw caution to the wind today...and enjoy loving others God's way. Hey, let's do it together!
Ephesians 5:1-2 MSG ~ Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn't love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.
Published by Pastor Tim Burt
Copyright© 2008 Tim Burt, All rights reserved.
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About tburt
Pastor Tim Burt
Before joining the staff of Living Word Christian Center, Tim worked for 14 years for Northwest Airlines. He also founded and was President of American Infant Care Products, which marketed his invention now seen everywhere - the first fold-down commercial infant changing table now used worldwide in public restrooms. Tim and his wife, Renee, have been part of the Pastoral Staff at LWCC since 1989, Tim created a Small Group Ministry when the church was about 800 people. Today Living Word is a church of 10,000 people led by Senior Pastors Mac & Lynne Hammond. Tim presently serves as one of Living Word Christian Center's Associate Pastors with oversight of a large and diverse Small Group Ministry which includes Manhood God's Way a monthly Men's Group of over 250 men. His wife Renee leads a Women's Bible Study called Homemakers with over 200 women attending weekly. Tim's responsibilities also include Visitor and Member Relations, Leadership Development, Ministry of Helps, LivingLife for Unmarried People, Pastoral Care and Living Words Bookstore. Pastor Tim is also the State Director of Minnesota for Christians United for Israel.