Affectionately Desirous

Excerpt from Ray Ortlund post:  Heart-connection

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The church is God’s alternative to this world of put-downs. Every Sunday we can walk into church with this thought: “The Lord is not bringing me here today to bring anyone down or even pass them by in a smiling but unthinking way. Before I walk out the door, I am going to look deeply into the eyes of at least one other person and, at that moment of grace, give my heart away. God forbid that I would be politely neutral. God grant that this will become relationally intense.”

“Being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us.” 1 Thessalonians 2:8.