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Devotional : Love Lasts Forever

February 13, 2017 / Palitha Jayasooriya / 0 Comments

(A Devotional by Pastor Dishan Wickramaratne, Senior Pastor of the People’s Church (Assembly of God), in Colombo, Sri Lanka).

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1 Corinthians 13:13 “Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.”

Paul says it’s going to continue forever. If you want a legacy to last, if you want people to remember you – love. Love lasts. In fact, nothing else does. I hate to tell you this but people are going to forget all your work. People are going to forget all your wealth. People are never remembered for what they earned. They’re remembered for what they gave away. They’re remembered for their love.

Sermon: Torn Between Two Loves

February 11, 2016 / Palitha Jayasooriya / 0 Comments

LOVE FOR GOD

INTRODUCTION

Those who are part of the generation I grew up in would remember the 1977 pop hit ‘Torn Between Two Lovers” sung by Mary MacGregor. It spoke about a lady who was attracted to 2 men at the same time. In the lyrics she tells one of them,

‘It doesn’t mean I love you less’ but ‘there’s just this empty place inside of me that only he can fill’!!!

This raises a question. Can we love 2 things equally at the same time?

Jesus in the passage in 1 John 2:15-17 says, “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” It is therefore clear that Jesus is saying that we cannot love God and the world at the same time. In other words, He’s saying that our love for one will be greater than the other!!