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CHANGE YOUR LIFE. CHANGE YOUR WORLD.
 THESOURCE OF  TRUE LOVE
How to put more lovein your life
MARRIAGE IS…
Secrets of a successful union
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
 The coming economic crash
 
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Keith PhillipsD
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February 2003© 2003 Aurora Production AGAll Rights Reserved. Printed in Thailand.
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Unless otherwise indicated, allScripture quotations in
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arefrom the New King James Version of theBible © 1982 Thomas Nelson, Inc.
God only knows why He put so many of this world’smost precious commodities in such hard-to-get-atplaces. If it was to test our wills—to see to what lengthswe would be willing to go and what price we would bewilling to pay to get to them—it worked.Whether probing for oil beneath the deserts of theMiddle East or within the Arctic Circle, or plunging intothe subterranean dark and cold to mine for gold, dia-monds, and other precious metals and gems, the mostdetermined of us brave some of the world’s harshestconditions and risk life and limb to get to the sourceand strike it rich.But even for the fortunate few who succeed, is itreally worth it? How long will their riches last, and howmuch
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happiness will they find in the meantime?When you stop to think about it, their triumphs arereally tragedies if that’s all they’re left with.Isn’t it wonderful, though, that God put the verymost valuable thing in life—the one thing that can trulysatisfy and last for eternity—within reach of everyone?I’m referring to His love, of course. “God is love,” theBible tells us (1 John 4:8). He is love itself—the well-spring from which love in all of its other wonderfulforms flows. Why waste time looking elsewhere whenyou can go straight to the source and find all the loveyou ever dreamed of and more? There are oceans oflove waiting for you, only a prayer away.If you haven’t yet learned how to tap into God’sunending reservoir of love, this issue of
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couldchange your life!Keith PhillipsFor the
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Who still wants it?
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“I am going to give this $20 bill to one of you,” the man said. Immedi-ately he had everyone’s attention. “But first, let me do this.” He proceededto crumple the bill.He then asked, “Who still wants it?” Every hand went up.“Well,” he went on, “what if I do this?” And he dropped the $20 bill onthe ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked itup, now crumpled and dirty, and asked again. “Now who still wants it?” Stillthe hands went into the air.“My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson,” he said.“No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did notdecrease in value. It was still worth $20.“Many times in our lives, we are crumpled, dropped, and ground intothe dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happenedor what may yet happen, you will never lose your value in God’s eyes. ToHim, dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless.”
You are priceless to me
A message from Jesus
My love is unconditional. I love without partiality. I love the unlovely and the difficult to love. I love the sad and the lonely. I love those who arestruggling and those who are lost and confused. My unconditional loveexpects nothing in return. It doesn’t say, “But this one does not return My love, so I will withdraw My love.” My unconditional love never gives uphope; it is enduring, patient, and unfailing. My unconditional love givesand gives and gives again. My unconditional love knows no limits and hasno stopping place. My love will go any distance to love and bring one lost,lonely, battered soul through to victory.Of course you have weaknesses and shortcomings, but I don’t love youany less because of them. My love is unconditional. That means no matter what condition you are in, I love you just as much. My love for you doesn’tdepend on you having a glowing record. Don’t ever think that I love you any less because you aren’t all that you would like to be or think you should be. When I look at you, I don’t see any of your “lacks.” I only see My creationthat I love, and I love you just the way I made you.
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