I'll bet I

have your attention now!

Have you ever thought of

what motivates you in most of the things you and I do?

Love, or the lack of it, is certainly one of the strong

motivators.

Have you ever wondered just

why you wanted to win the lottery when it got to all time

highs not long ago? If you really got serious with

yourself, I'll venture to say that "love" had a

lot to do with it and I'll explain why.

Mankind has some very basic

needs, so says "Brother Maslow." He so believed

this that he came up with "Maslow's Hierarchy of

Needs." One of these needs is to be

"loved." It is a trait that we all strive for

whether we know it or not.

Mankind is forever wanting

three things. This is not an exhaustive list but

certainly among the top three. We want to all be loved

and accepted, forgiven for the past, and we want to be

somebody, or in other words "self esteem."

When you think about it,

these are really the reasons people wanted to win the

large lottery. It was perceived that in doing so one

would get instant fame and that the three issues

mentioned above would automatically all fall into place;

loved, forgiven and self esteem.

There is only one place

where I can promise you this will happen, and that is

deeply rooted in the basic gospel message. In receiving

Christ you are loved, forgiven for the past, and have the

highest esteem possible. That, my friends, is far more

valuable than winning more money than you'll ever need!

If one is a believer and

follower of Jesus, he or she will possess a new capacity

and desire for love. This will be a new agenda, and there

will be a capacity for love that didn't exist before. It

is becoming a "new lover," if you will.

I was always taught from

God's word that the life you give away is the one you

find and that if you lose your life for His sake you find

yours.

a wonderful "lover event" would have taken

place in our Fayette Community. Many of the churches on

the south side of Atlanta will have come together to

participate in the world-wide event entitled the

"March for Jesus." There will have been

hundreds and thousands of people who are real lovers, who

set their alarms for an early rising on Saturday and who

inspire their families to have the honor of celebrating

Jesus unashamedly down the streets of Fayetteville, Ga.

I want to one day stand

before my Lord and say that because of His love and

sacrifice for me, I in turn became a lover of mankind.

Remember that love is much stronger than hate and love

will always win in the end! Always be a lover!

Our church will be moving

in August from the American Legion Log Cabin in

Fayettiville to our new land around Senoia, 13 miles

south of Fayetteville on Ga. Highway 85.

The Rev. Dr. Knox Herndon

is the pastor of His House Community Church (SBC) and a

substitute school teacher in the Fayette County school

system, and a former Army chaplain. The church is

currently meeting in the American Legion Log Cabin across

from the fountain on the Square in Fayetteville (but not

for long). Prayer line 770-719-2365; e-mail [email protected] .