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“Is God Holding You Accountable… or Are We Just Getting It Wrong?” Final Thought

 Final Thought — Let Love Lead

A Better Gospel Is Not Just Possible. It’s Already True.


If sharing the Gospel feels heavy—like you’re carrying someone’s eternal destiny on your shoulders—pause.


That’s not the Gospel Jesus preached.


He didn’t recruit fear-driven salespeople.
He invited friends into a life of love, freedom and belonging.


So here’s your reminder:


You don’t have to threaten people into heaven.
You get to awaken them to the heaven already alive inside them.


Let love lead.


I may speak in different languages, whether human or even of angels. But if I don’t have love, I am only a noisy bell or a ringing cymbal. I may have the gift of prophecy, I may understand all secrets and know everything there is to know, and I may have faith so great that I can move mountains. But even with all this, if I don’t have love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have to help others, and I may even give my body as an offering to be burned. But I gain nothing by doing all this if I don’t have love.

1Corinthians 13:1-3 (ERV)


Let love—not fear—be the starting point.
Let love—not guilt—be the motivator.
Let love—not pressure—be the invitation.
Let love—not performance—be the measure.


When love leads, clarity follows.
When love leads, shame loses its grip.
When love leads, identity is revealed—not earned.
When love leads, the Gospel becomes what it truly is: good news.


Let love lead how you speak.
Let it lead how you serve.
Let it lead how you correct, connect, create and carry truth.


Jesus didn’t lead with threats—He led with tenderness.
He didn’t shout people into the Kingdom—He loved them into wholeness.


When love leads, transformation is not coerced.
It’s awakened.


So when in doubt, when the message feels heavy, when the room feels resistant, when the theology feels tangled…


Let love lead.
And watch everything change.


Let evangelism sound like this:

  • “You matter.”
  • “You’re not forgotten.”
  • “You’ve always been seen by God.”
  • “You’re already included.”

That’s grace-centered evangelism.
That’s good news worth sharing!


Gospel Thought for Today:


“You are the light of the world… so shine!”
— Matthew 5:14–16


You don’t share the Gospel to scare people into belief.
You share it because light was meant to shine—and love was meant to be known.


Wag

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