06/17/2026
Love begins in our minds and hearts without hypocrisy. But then, sometimes our motivations and desires and fears get mixed in as we go to act in love. For example, the Pharisees in Jesus’s day were doing the right things for the wrong reasons. They were like actors on a stage. Jesus asked them, “Are you loving for the right reasons? Or are you loving for the wrong reasons?” We can ask ourselves the same question as we act in the world today. “What am I hoping to get out of this? Can I love unselfishly?” Let’s not love to “be paid.”
Full sermon: https://youtu.be/4sIZvGdAoRk?si=fBJpAT_kMVwOlihP
Audio: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LgdixDeP4LG5vL6zlANfX?si=G9lntT87Q9Cf0g8gvzz9kA