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<div class=WordSection1> <p align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>From the Pastor</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-transform:uppercase'>LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I love to sing along whenever I hear that old Beatles song titled, <i>All You Need is Love.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></i>It was on the  White album and the introduction to the song used a portion of the French national anthem.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The words to the chorus were <span class=GramE><i>All</i></span><i> you need is love; love is all you need.</i><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The Beatles had a more global view and a more mature understanding from a few years before when they sang, <i>Money Can t Buy Me Love. </i><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>And so the question begs<span class=GramE>,</span> are we coming to appreciate a richer perspective on love?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Have we come to realize that for a life of faith, all you need is love?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Consider the beautiful and poetic sounding words of I Corinthians 13:1-13.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Perhaps we could even call it a hymn to love.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>In this season of Valentine s wishes, we are called to a more mature love that goes far beyond romantic or sentimental expressions of love.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Called the love chapter, I Corinthians 13, is lofty in intent and rich in imagery.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The intent of those 13 verses is to bring us to the practice of Christian love not something to aspire to, rather something to live in as a way of life and an ethic for living.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Love is all you <i>need</i>?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>We are marred, scarred, and downtrodden.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Life s bruises have caused us to wonder if we can go on.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Hard hits have shaken our beliefs and made us question if there is reason to hope.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>People, events and circumstances have sapped energy from us.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Washed out, burned out, and exhausted, we are at times ready to just give up.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>But then we remember the first time that God s uplifting and wonderful news for us came to be heard.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>God loves us and wants relationship with us.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>God has gone to the extent of giving his own Son that we might have life in Him.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Isn t that what John 3:16 says?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><i>For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-bidi-font-style: italic'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Love is all</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> you need!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>This is a radical message.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>God s love is ours as we accept this gift of grace, rescuing us from what we were and now being eternally secure in this same love.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Think of it!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Life may mess us over.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Our health may be threatened.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The things we counted on, like job security, retirement, home, may appear to be lost.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It does not matter!<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Why?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It does not matter because what really counts is the essence and quality of love guiding our way into an eternal future.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The radical thing is this shift to a new perspective.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It is a spiritual, emotional and fulfilling awakening.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It is simply living in that love.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Love is all you need.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Live in that love.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Live off that love.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Let love be your passion and possession for that love God offers for you.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";mso-bidi-font-family: "Palace Script MT"'>Pastor Gene <span class=SpellE>Liddick</span></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='margin-left:4.5in;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:.2in'> <td width=170 valign=top style='width:84.95pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:.2in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=603 valign=top style='width:301.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:.2in'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:125%'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Something to Think About:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=170 valign=top style='width:84.95pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:.2in'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:25.9pt'> <td width=170 valign=top style='width:84.95pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:25.9pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=603 valign=top style='width:301.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:25.9pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:125%'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> There is no remedy for love but to love more. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right;line-height:125%'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height: 125%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Henry David Thoreau<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> </td> <td width=170 valign=top style='width:84.95pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:25.9pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> </div> </body> </html>