Transfiguration Sunday: The Climax of Love and Service

Go down to the valley. Go down and serve. That means that the climax of love is serving God and serving neighbor. The climax of love is the experience that mountain was the mountain experience was not made for staying, but for it to empower us to be disciples to go into the valley, to minister with the same transformation love. [00:48:31] (31 seconds)  #LoveIsService

Look. Once you see God's glory, you don't want to live on this earth. Once you see the glory, even sometimes when you have a dream and you dream about heaven, you you feel you want to be dead, then when you wake up, oh my god. Back to reality. When you see the glory, you don't want to leave. Peter said, we're gonna is it okay to make to make a tent around us so that we can stay on this mountain? But Jesus said, no. You are not going to stay here. Go down to the valley. Go down and serve. [00:47:52] (43 seconds)  #GloryCallsToServe

The glory and suffering goes together as believers. And the the the the I mean, it shows us that the suffering of the cross that we are going to encounter is not a sign of defeat, but a demonstration of divine love. That the cross is what was going to lead to the crown. And this is how we prepare for the season of Lent. That we are seeing God glorified. [00:37:28] (41 seconds)  #GloryThroughSuffering

There is no glory without suffering, and a church must always remember that our calling comes with sacrifice. Jesus was going to be glorified to the world. He was going to take the sin of the world. He was going to have the divine exchange. We talked about divine exchange minister Julio last week. He was gonna exchange our cares and give us blessing. But before he had to do that, there is intercession. [00:36:49] (39 seconds)  #SacrificeBeforeGlory

God reveals to us that the climax of love is to hear the voice of God each and every day telling you that you are a child of God. The climax of love is for us on that mountain brings love into our calling and our journey. Some people need to hear this this Sunday morning. Some people need to hear this into their heart and into their soul this Sunday morning. I know you are a child of God, but this morning, you need to hear that you are a beloved child of God. [00:31:03] (41 seconds)  #BelovedChildOfGod

Radiant God, you meet us in moments of mystery and transformation, calling us to listen, to follow, and to give ourselves in love. As we offer these gifts, we confess our impatience with waiting and our longing for clarity even when you speak from the cloud. Let these offerings be more than a habit. Let them reflect the light of Christ we have glimpsed on the mountaintop and the hope we carry into the valleys below. [01:04:50] (41 seconds)  #MountaintopToValley

I pray the prayer that Paul pray for the Ephesians that we may that Christ would dwell in our hearts through faith, that we will be deeply rooted and established in love as God's holy people. May our families, may singles among us, may they know how wide and how long and how deep is the love of God. [00:52:12] (40 seconds)  #RootedInLove

The people in your circles should be able to tell you to get up. When you are down, there should be voices in your life that would tell you, Emily, I know you are struggling, but get up. This is not the end of your life. Get up. Tomorrow will be better than today. Get up. The psalmist said, arise, oh my soul. Be strong and march forward. I want you to hear a voice this morning. It doesn't matter how life is treating you. Get up. [00:46:17] (31 seconds)  #RiseUpTogether