***Why We Reject God's Love Still**

         The God of Christ wants to save us from sin, for he truly loves us. Yet so many of us do not accept this greatest love. Here are the possible reasons I can think of: (1) They don't believe in God. (2) They don't feel the need to be saved. (3) God cannot save them. (4) They can save themselves. (5) They don't understand the whole thing. (6) They don't want to think about the whole thing. Well, I just can't think of any other "good" reason. My belief is that it's the same pride that made Adam and Eve fall at work here.

**Perfect Timely Request**

        Communion experience. After receiving the Lord, it's the perfect time to ask him to transform me completely to his liking!

**Happy Realization**

         The Lord God is all-knowing. Compared to him, we practically know nothing, but he did give each of us the ability to learn. It should be clear that our proper attitude is to listen to him and learn everything from him. This is the way for us to become as wise as the Lord.

**What Makes a Good Prayer**

        Any prayer that comes genuinely from your heart is beautiful to God. It doesn't need to be wordy or said perfectly. When you moan or just think to him, he already understands everything. The Lord always makes everything easy and delightful for us! 

**Requisite for Salvation**

        This is basic and the first thing we must realize before we can be saved. It is that we are sinners and we must repent our sins to God for him to take them away from us. For some, this happens at a watershed moment; while for others, the awakening crystallizes over a period of time. Either way, it sets you on your happy journey to heaven.

**Made to Enjoy the Lord*

         Communion experience. Receiving the Lord was receiving his most profound peace. And heavenly joy followed. This is how the Lord has made us.

**When Shall We Ever Wise Up?**

         In the Gospel reading from Mark 3, a crowd seated around Jesus told him, "Your mother and your brothers and your sisters are outside asking for you." But he said to them in reply, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" And looking around at those seated in the circle he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." So all we need to do is the will of God and we immediately belong to his family! It's straight and simple. But we love to play hart-to-get and inevitably end up making everything complicated for ourselves.

**Giving the Lord His Due*

         Today's Psalm Response from Psalm 24 read "Who is this king of glory? It is the Lord!" All the Lord wants from us is that we acknowledge that he is the Lord, the king of glory, who deserves our reverence and obedience. Is that asking too much? Don't  we wish that our children honor and listen to 7s as their fathers or mothers? 

***How to Be Free from Sin***

         If you're deeply mired in sin, only Christ can set you free, for his love is more powerful than any evil there is. So you must turn to him first, and this could be really difficult for you to initiate in your weak state. But once you get going, it gets easier. In fact, the more you abandon yourself to the Lord, the faster your progress becomes. Eventually, through receiving the Hoy Eucharist and prayers, you reach the point that the beauty and the sanctity of God you experience make all sins loathsome and repulsive to you. Now you are free from sin and spiritually stronger than ever, dwelling in the house of the Lord.

***Don't Be a Loser**

        Satan is one big loser, for it's a foregone conclusion that he'll be totally crushed in the end by the Lord God. So if you follow him now, you are already a dumb loser. no matter how powerful, famous, rich, or smart in the eyes of the world you are.