JOURNAL=YOU GOT TO HAVE HEART

JOURNAL=YOU GOT TO HAVE HEART




“Jesus CALLED his disciples to himself-and from them he CHOSE TWELVE-whom he named APOSTLES” Luke 6:13


THE APOSTLES had lots of dirty laundry-so to speak-WHEN looked upon by the outsiders---in others WORDS they were sinners---the SAME as you and I—but we ALL are sinners-including the pharisees-the sadducees-and even OUR pastors and teachers of today


BUT they had something that set them apart-they KNEW that they were sinners and they had the DESIRE to keep on TRYING to get it right-and eventually they did


THEY were ill-suited for the job of APOSTLESHIP-yet Jesus saw this something in them-THIS PURENESS of heart-DO WE (you and I have this same quality)


IF WE DO-Jesus will CALL US to be on his team-to CONTINUE his work in this modern day 21^st century


IT IS a great day to be ALIVE in GOD'S EVERLASTING LOVE for us-and a GREA DAY to be ON THE LORD'S TEAM














WITNESS




8-2-13




YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART










In a movie called “The Replacements”
Gene Hackman looks out at his football squad
And says,
“You gotta have heart---miles and miles of heart”


Hackman plays Jimmy McGinty---the coach
Of a rag tag football team
That is replacing the regular team
Who are out on strike


As the movie ends
The regular team has settled their strike
And are coming back the next week for the playofss
---IF they make them


McGinty-Hackman doesn’t say it
But you almost get the feeling
That McGinty would rather
Go to battle next week
With this rag tag team of losers
Than his regular team


“You gotta have heart---
Miles and miles of heart”


I wonder
If this is how Jesus felt some 2000 years ago


That he would rather do battle
With the “losers” of his day---the Apostles
Than the perennial and accepted religion


HEART---figuratively, the center of a person
That which gives a person direction


The apostles and disciples HAD HEART
They were focused on God and others
They had COMPASSION
They CARED and they LOVED


In Mark 7
Jesus condemns some of the teachers of the law
For following tradition
Without obedience to the LAWS OF GOD
( love, kindness, forgiveness, and compassion )


The Pharisees and teachers question Jesus
About his disciples eating with unclean hands


Jesus responds,


“Isaiah was right
When he prophesies about the hypocrites
As it is written:


These people honor me
With their lips
But their hearts are far from me
They worship me in vain
Their teachings
Are but rules taught by men


You have let go of
The commands of God
And are hanging on
To the traditions of men” Mark 7:6-8


The implication here
Is that the teachers of the day
Were so bogged down in tradition
That they forgot the laws of God


Loving God---loving and caring for others


You gotta have heart
MILES AND MILES OF HEART


The implication here is
That Jesus’ disciples and apostles had heart


They may have not known the tradition
But they knew the law of God---LOVE


The Apostles had heart
Do you and I


Would Jesus look out at us
Like McGinty did of his band of replacement players
Would he look at us and admiringly say


“YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART
MILES AND MILES OF HEART”


My friends
You are the REPLACEMENTS
In today’s world


Would Jesus
Pick you for his team


He would
If you have


MILES AND MILES OF HEART


Robert P. Wallman
3-14-12




Ps WITNESS 8-2-13




9-9-14




Ps and I PICK ALL OF YOU=LOVE YOU MY DEAR FRIENDS
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