Love out Loud

   I was thinking about what to talk about tonight.  So me and Ashlee were talking back and forth.  Then she mentioned Love out Loud, and at that moment it was burned into my heart.  Now that's what I'm going to talk about on Wednesday.  

  

   So what is Love out Loud?  Love out loud for me is not just saying it but living it.  See what I mean by that is if you want to love out loud, it's kind of hard to do that to the same people over and over and over.  Loving out loud is going into places, or talking to people that are out of your normal four walls.  To me if you feel a little uncomfortable talking about your faith that means that you are doing the right thing, and Satan is trying to push you away from doing the right thing.

    If you could name one person that walked this earth that truly loved out loud, who would that be?  I say our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  See he wasn't here to make himself comfortable, and make the world full of cotton candy and sugar plums.  No see he would get out of the cool table at lunch and talked to the not so cool or morally grounded girls/guys and all the partiers of the cafeteria.  I'm not making this up, If your looking for proof go to the book of Matthew.

    Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house,  that  behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. And when the Pharisees saw  it,  they said to His disciples, Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? When Jesus heard  that,  He said to them, Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance. (Matthew 9:10-13 NKJV)

    What I get from stories like this one of Jesus, which is one of many in the gospels.  Will show you how Jesus really didn't care what people thought of him, as long as he was doing what was right it was all good.  To love out loud is to know that there are people out there that need to know the true love of Jesus in there lives.  I'm not saying now don't love and help your church friends.  What I am saying is help Jesus help your friends and family that are sick.  Giving them the chance to know the real truth, that is to Love out Loud.  Jesus did say in the bible what would come of the people that love out loud, people that go against the grain of the world.  I got one more group of verse to read and we are going to close on this and go to our breakout groups. Go to Matthew chapter 5.

    And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.  Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.  Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:1-12 NKJV)

   Why I wanted to leave with this was so that you would realize that Loving out Loud is not always sugar plums and gum drops.  But God sees it all and when everything is said and done.  You who do so will reap the benefits of loving God and others.

    To love out loud is an incredible gift you can give to someone. Think about it you have something so supernatural living inside you! GODS LOVE. Love is the key to everything. To truly love you have to have Christ living inside you. Through Him you have the key to brokenness, and all healing.