ONLY WITH LOVE!

ONLY WITH LOVE!


Jesus told us this world
IS full of TROUBLE
And it is


Full of bad health conditions=
Full of financial difficulties=
And relationship PROBLEMS=
With many difficult people


“In the world
You will have TROUBLE


But take courage=I
Have CONQUERED the world” John 16:33


John's Gospel invites us
To JOIN Jesus and
His followers


As they FACE their
Own trouble


Jesus and his FOLLOWERS eat=
Drink=and talk
At the Last SUPPER


As Jesus gets ready
To face betrayal and death


Jesus didn't run away
He CONQUERED the world
By moving toward it


He conquered the world
For it is only with love
ONLY IN LOVE


That we can SURVIVE=
Jesus' life-death and
RESURRECTION proved that


“For the Lord is GOOD
And his LOVE
Endures forever


His faithfulness continues
Through all generations” Psalm 100:5


“Hatred stirs up conflict-
But LOVE COVERS
All wrongs” Proverbs 10:12


“For I wrote you
Out of great distress
And anguish of heart
And with many tears


NOT to grieve you
But to
Let you know
The depth of my LOVE
FOR YOU” 2 Corinthians 2:4


Jesus told us we
Would have TROUBLE TOO=
And our life experiences
Make it so


BOTH inwardly and outwardly
We have trouble
BUT he tells us
How to
Conquer the world


ONLY IN LOVE!=
Keep on loving God
Keep on loving others
Just as Jesus did-
WHEN trouble surrounded him


Jesus experienced violence=
Cruelty from others=and hypocrisy
Just as we do


But he did NOT RESPOND
In kind=he responded
By giving back LOVE=
Peace and forgiveness


ONLY WITH LOVE!=
That is
HOW we conquer the world


“No in all these things
We are
More than CONQUERORS-
Through him who loved us” Romans 8:37


So whatever TROUBLE you
Are facing=keep living
ONLY WITH LOVE
And courage


And you will
CONQUER the world
Conquer your troubles
Just as Jesus did


ONLY IN LOVE!


In Jesus' name and in the name of our ALL LOVING FATHER!


Robert P. Wallman
6-2-19




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco