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Here is the revelation shaping my life today- love makes me bold beyond my capacity, but never deserts me when my capacity fails me.
Mark 14:27-31 TPT
[27] Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away and desert me. This will fulfil the prophecy of the Scripture that says: I will strike down the shepherd and all the sheep will scatter far and wide. [28] “But after I am risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.” [29] Then Peter spoke up and said, “Even if all the rest lose their faith and fall away, I will still be beside you, Jesus!” [30] Jesus said, “Mark my words, Peter. This very night, before the rooster crows twice a few hours from now, you will utterly deny that you know me three times.” [31] But Peter was insistent and replied emphatically, “I will absolutely not! Under no circumstances will I ever deny you-even if I have to die with you!” And all the others repeated the same thing.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today- we all know we need, desire, and are made for love. But how to be loved seems to be a mystery we are unable to solve, rather than a mystery we simply embrace in all its amazingness and greatness.
1 Timothy 3:16 TPT
For the mystery of righteousness is truly amazing!…… Yes, great is this mystery of righteousness!

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today- Jesus uses a double negative, “you will never ever enter the Kingdom,” to get our attention. This is important, you enter into God’s love, her Kingdom, by being open to love like a child. No other way.
Mark 10:15 TPT
[15] Listen to the truth I speak: Whoever does not open their arms to receive God’s kingdom like a teachable child will never enter it.”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today- love does everything to recapture my heart, with the purpose of doing everything to restore my heart.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14 TPT
[13] We always have to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, for you are dearly loved by the Lord. He proved it by choosing you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit, who set you apart for holiness, and through your belief in the truth. [14] To this end, he handpicked you for salvation through the gospel so that you would have the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – when you get the story of love right, you love right.
1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 TPT
God is continually teaching you to unselfishly love one another……We urge you, beloved ones, to let this unselfish love increase and flow through you more and more.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – how can something as simple as this be so missed, so out of our focus, so sacrificed? Love is the entire goal of life.
1 Timothy 1:5 TPT
[5] For we reach the goal of fulfilling all the commandments when we love others deeply with a pure heart, a clean conscience, and sincere faith.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today- I’m not who I think I am. I become the real me in the beauty of being loved.
Colossians 3:3,9-12,17 TPT
[3] Your crucifixion with Christ has severed the tie to this life, and now your true life is hidden away in God in Christ……Lay aside your old Adam-self with its masquerade and disguise. For you have acquired new creation life which is continually being renewed into the likeness of the One who created you; giving you the full revelation of God. In this new creation life, your nationality makes no difference, or your ethnicity, education, or economic status-they matter nothing. For it is Christ that means everything as he lives in every one of us! [12] You are always and dearly loved by God! So robe yourself with virtues of God, since you have been divinely chosen to be holy.…. Let every activity of your lives and every word that comes from your lips be drenched with the beauty of our Lord Jesus.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – the importance of self is blinding, it rings so true that it is hard to silence its demanding seeking for attention.
Philippians 2:4 NLT
[4] Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – God does not burden me with a list of do’s and don’t’s, he gives me Himself and then sends me to be like Him.
Ephesians 5:1-2 MSG
[1-2] Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behaviour 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.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – Jesus is not a Pharisee law enforcer, he is a life saver.
Matthew 12:1-2 NLT
[1] At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began breaking off some heads of grain and eating them. [2] But some Pharisees saw them do it and protested, “Look, your disciples are breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath.”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – embracing my ugly opens the door to beauty.
Matthew 9:12-13 NLT
[12] When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor-sick people do.” [13] Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – what you do means nothing, be the best in the class, it’s all rubbish because it’s all heart.
Matthew 15:8-9 NLT
[8] ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. [9] Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.'”

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – immense value has been placed on each of us with deliberate and joy-filled intent for our lives.
Ephesians 1:4-5 NLT
[4] Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. [5] God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.

Here is the revelation that is shaping my life today – I, we, must stop telling people how to live and start helping them to live in the intimacy of love.
Galatians 5:1,3-4, 6 NLT
[1] So Christ has truly set us free. Now make sure that you stay free, and don’t get tied up again in slavery to the law. [3] I’ll say it again. If you are trying to find favour with God by being circumcised, you must obey every regulation in the whole law of Moses. [4] For if you are trying to make yourselves right with God by keeping the law, you have been cut off from Christ! You have fallen away from God’s grace. 6] For when we place our faith in Christ Jesus, there is no benefit in being circumcised or being uncircumcised. What is important is faith expressing itself in love.