what's on your mind?

What keeps you going? There are many different answers to that question. But most often for me that is tied to the purpose that God has given me. He put in my heart things that cannot be removed. It is the passion to serve those who cannot give anything in return. It is a desire to make a difference in the places where people are struggling.

What stays on my mind? That question and answer is similar to the first one, but it is a bit different. Family is one of the most important parts. I miss those who are far away. Julie’s family is a few hundred miles away. My brothers are over 1,000 miles away. Our children are scattered but what a blessing when we get to be together.

The things that consume our minds and hearts are important. Make sure that those things have been filtered through what God loves and cares so deeply about.

God loves people. That is what stays on my heart heart the most. People.

How do we make sure that stays as vital to us as it is to God? How do we make sure that we are hearing God speak?

There is a simple answer that I have shared many times. I have share it in e-devotions. I have preached many sermons about it. Across the desk, across the dinner table, walking down the road … I have shared the importance of staying in the Scripture.

Staying in Scripture will keep us hearing from God and caring about what God cares about the most.

1 John 4:9-10 NLT

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

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