"Love Isn't Love Until You Give It Away"

a. You don’t do it just for Christmas, but YOU DO IT EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. GOD INTENDED YOU TO BE SAVED! GO INTENDED FOR YOU TO HEAR THIS MESSAGE! GO INTENDED FOR YOU TO SHOW SOMEBODY GOODNESS AND KINDNESS! I DON’T CARE IF IT’S YOUR BOSS! I DON’T CARE IF IT’S YOUR SUBORDINATES! God intended for YOU to hear the message Love Isn’t Love Until You Give It Away.

b. If you hold on to it, that’s not love! YOU HAVE TO GIVE SOMEBODY SOMETHING. YOU HAVE TO STEP OUTSIDE YOURSELF. YOU HAVE TO BLESS SOMEBODY ELSE! THAT’S THE REAL REASON for the season.

c. Last night at the brotherhood meeting, we asked all the brothers to bring a gift. For whatever reason, some did not bring gifts and that was okay. The purpose was not to receive, but to be a blessing to somebody. So we waited till the end of the meeting and then we passed out gifts. Then we played this little fun game (The Present Swap). As we passed left and right, in the reading of the game, folks ended up with gifts that didn’t even bring a gift.

d. Isn’t that the real reason for the season? To show goodness and kindness to folks you hadn’t thought about lately. Isn’t that the real reason why we are Christians? ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN JUST TO SAY THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAVEN? ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN JUST TO SAY, “WOW! I MADE IT IN. ALLELUIA. ALL THOSE DEVILS WENT STRAIGHT TO HELL, BUT I MADE IT.”

e. Are you a Christian because you will help somebody else across the street? Are you a Christian because you want to bless somebody else’s marriage? God has delivered you and your marriage. DO YOU WANT TO BLESS SOMEBODY ELSE? God brought you out of drugs. DO YOU WANT TO BLESS SOMEBODY ELSE? God helped you to stop lying. DO YOU WANT TO HELP SOMEBODY ELSE? That’s the real meaning of the season.

f. Just because you are poor, it doesn’t mean that you want your kids to be poor does it? You want your kids to do a little better right? Well guess what? God didn’t only bring you through that thing that you’re going through so you can say, “I got the victory!” He also wanted you to help somebody else say I got the victory!

g. Turn to somebody and say, “It’s not about you baby. It’s about helping somebody else.”

h. This sermon won’t be a blessing to anybody unless you show somebody some goodness and kindness. You go and shake somebody’s hand that you’ve never shaken before. You go and hug somebody that you’ve never hugged before. You call somebody and give a kind word that you’ve never called.

i. You should always tell your wife that you love her. That’s a regular thing at my house. As a matter of fact, she probably gets tired of me saying it. I say, “Girl…I love you so much. I can’t tell.” She says, “You can’t tell what?” I say, “How much I love you. It’s so buoyant. It’s so much. It’s so descriptive that words alone can adequately describe the way I feel on the inside and the expressions coming on the outside. It’s just indescribable how much I love you.”

j. Do you feel like that about anybody? Or do you have some dislike in your heart about somebody? When you see him, you just turn your head. You can be delivered from that! Ask me how I know you can be delivered from this. God delivered me! I use to see folks and run the other way. YES SIR! YES SIR! I FOUND OUT THAT HE STILL LIVES. THE LORD IS THE HEAD OF MY LIFE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE ARE NO SPECIAL PERSONS IN HIS LIFE. WHAT HE DOES FOR THE PASTOR, HE WILL DO FOR YOU. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ASK FOR IT. He’ll give it to you because he LOVES! LOVE ISN’T LOVE UNTIL YOU GIVE IT AWAY.