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Show The World Something Different

“And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever trusts in him may experience eternal life.” - John 3:14-15

It’s not about the confessions we recite, or the speeches we make. Empty words have no power. It’s about lifting up a different example, a model of how to live, and be, and do. It’s about showing the world something different.

The world runs on fear. The world suggests that if we can get enough money, power and status, we don’t have to be afraid anymore. We can hold heads up high anywhere we go. The world suggests that anything we can get away with to get what we want is ok, and we can never have too much.

We lift an alternative way of living, being, and doing. We trust our footsteps to the way of love. We see everyone as our neighbor and do unto them, not as they do, but as we would like them to do to us. We practice kindness, generosity, and forgiveness. We live our lives centered in faith, hope, and love.

Anyone who trusts their footsteps to this alternative way will experience a peace and a wellbeing that the world can’t take away.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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How to Change Our Toxic Environments

“And the LORD said to Moses, "Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live." - Numbers 21:8

The people of Israel had become tired of the seemingly endless journey from Egypt to their promise land. Many of them said they would have preferred slavery than to where they were. They even complained that they were tired of the food that God was providing them to eat.

Their lack of gratitude, their impatience, their negative attitudes and toxic thinking created a toxic environment for them live in. The environment became so toxic that poisonous snakes were everywhere. Many of them died from the snake bites.

What was the remedy? They set up a pole with one of the poisonous snakes on it. Everyone who looked at it was able to live. In other words their healing process required them to recognize all the ways that they themselves were toxic and negative. Everyone who was willing to look could be healed.

In other words we change our toxic environments by first looking in the mirror and changing the toxic person we see staring back at us.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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Life Giving Foolishness

“For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.” - 1 Corinthians 1:18

The so called wisdom of the world has us killing ourselves and each other. The message of the cross in Paul’s thinking is one in which we crucify our old patterns of thought and behavior. This makes space for the Spirit to resurrect and recreate us. We are freed from the slavery of old ways of life. (Romans 6:6)

In particular, (based on Galatians 5) we stop clout chasing (idolatry and sorcery) where we look for money, power, and status to deliver us.

We stop trying to find our solace in sex, drugs, and alcohol. These can distract and comfort for a while but never bring us peace.

We give up our anger, hatred, and jealousy. These can fuel our fires for a while but they only end up consuming us and never bring us joy.

Practicing radical love, compassion, and forgiveness is foolish to those who are being killed by conventional thinking and living. But we know that in these we find the life giving power of God.

I’m Horace McMillon. This is 60 Seconds of Hope. Peace be with you.

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