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    <title>This is Life with Shawn Johnson - Episodes Tagged with “Agape”</title>
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    <description>The objective of "This is Life" is to help answer the almighty question, "Why?" We all go through life’s ups and downs. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a place where you could listen to everyday people talk about everyday experiences and gain wisdom on how to handle your own life's battles? We can learn so much from each other if we just listen. This life that we have been given is not only a gift, but a tool to use the experiences of this life and make it better for others. It is our duty as mankind to execute the power inside of us to create peace, love and goodness to this world. Every living soul is worth of unconditional love, respect and kindness. God's love knows no boundaries and neither should ours.</description>
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    <itunes:subtitle>Tackling life's ups and downs together with real experiences and real people</itunes:subtitle>
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    <itunes:summary>The objective of "This is Life" is to help answer the almighty question, "Why?" We all go through life’s ups and downs. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a place where you could listen to everyday people talk about everyday experiences and gain wisdom on how to handle your own life's battles? We can learn so much from each other if we just listen. This life that we have been given is not only a gift, but a tool to use the experiences of this life and make it better for others. It is our duty as mankind to execute the power inside of us to create peace, love and goodness to this world. Every living soul is worth of unconditional love, respect and kindness. God's love knows no boundaries and neither should ours.</itunes:summary>
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  <title>Episode 55: LOVE YOUR LIFE! Ecc 9:7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do."</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>If you've grown up in the church like me, you've been taught all your life that in order to love Jesus we have to hate this life.  Actually, the complete opposite is true! God wants us to love this life and everything/every one in it! Take a journey with Shawn as he explains Phileo love VS. Agape Love and why it's important to know the difference.  Never let anyone tell you this life isn't worth living and loving! A live dog is better than a dead lion.  If you're living...YOU HAVE HOPE</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>36:24</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;If you've grown up in the church like me, you've been taught all your life that in order to love Jesus we have to hate this life.  Actually, the complete opposite is true! God wants us to love this life and everything/every one in it! Take a journey with Shawn as he explains Phileo love VS. Agape Love and why it's important to know the difference.  Never let anyone tell you this life isn't worth living and loving! A live dog is better than a dead lion.  If you're living...YOU HAVE HOPE&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1PE 3:10  For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.&lt;br&gt;
11  He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;ECC 8:15  So I commend the enjoyment of life (MIRTH), because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.&lt;br&gt;
16  When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor on earth --  his eyes not seeing sleep day or night -- &lt;br&gt;
17  then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it.&lt;br&gt;
ECC 9:1  So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no man knows whether love or hate awaits him.&lt;br&gt;
2  All share a common destiny --  the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As it is with the good man, so with the sinner; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them.&lt;br&gt;
3  This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of men, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.&lt;br&gt;
4  Anyone who is among the living has hope -- even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!&lt;br&gt;
5  For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.&lt;br&gt;
6  Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun.&lt;br&gt;
7  Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Article Referenced: &lt;a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/agape-and-phileo-love-we-need-both_b_58a1e5d6e4b0cd37efcfeb23" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;https://www.huffpost.com/entry/agape-and-phileo-love-we-need-both_b_58a1e5d6e4b0cd37efcfeb23&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>If you've grown up in the church like me, you've been taught all your life that in order to love Jesus we have to hate this life.  Actually, the complete opposite is true! God wants us to love this life and everything/every one in it! Take a journey with Shawn as he explains Phileo love VS. Agape Love and why it's important to know the difference.  Never let anyone tell you this life isn't worth living and loving! A live dog is better than a dead lion.  If you're living...YOU HAVE HOPE</p>

<p>1PE 3:10  For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.<br>
11  He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.</p>

<p>ECC 8:15  So I commend the enjoyment of life (MIRTH), because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.<br>
16  When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor on earth --  his eyes not seeing sleep day or night -- <br>
17  then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it.<br>
ECC 9:1  So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no man knows whether love or hate awaits him.<br>
2  All share a common destiny --  the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As it is with the good man, so with the sinner; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them.<br>
3  This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of men, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.<br>
4  Anyone who is among the living has hope -- even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!<br>
5  For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.<br>
6  Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun.<br>
7  Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do.</p>

<p>Article Referenced: <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/agape-and-phileo-love-we-need-both_b_58a1e5d6e4b0cd37efcfeb23" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/agape-and-phileo-love-we-need-both_b_58a1e5d6e4b0cd37efcfeb23</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>If you've grown up in the church like me, you've been taught all your life that in order to love Jesus we have to hate this life.  Actually, the complete opposite is true! God wants us to love this life and everything/every one in it! Take a journey with Shawn as he explains Phileo love VS. Agape Love and why it's important to know the difference.  Never let anyone tell you this life isn't worth living and loving! A live dog is better than a dead lion.  If you're living...YOU HAVE HOPE</p>

<p>1PE 3:10  For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.<br>
11  He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.</p>

<p>ECC 8:15  So I commend the enjoyment of life (MIRTH), because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.<br>
16  When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe man's labor on earth --  his eyes not seeing sleep day or night -- <br>
17  then I saw all that God has done. No one can comprehend what goes on under the sun. Despite all his efforts to search it out, man cannot discover its meaning. Even if a wise man claims he knows, he cannot really comprehend it.<br>
ECC 9:1  So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God's hands, but no man knows whether love or hate awaits him.<br>
2  All share a common destiny --  the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As it is with the good man, so with the sinner; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them.<br>
3  This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of men, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.<br>
4  Anyone who is among the living has hope -- even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!<br>
5  For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.<br>
6  Their love, their hate and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they have a part in anything that happens under the sun.<br>
7  Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do.</p>

<p>Article Referenced: <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/agape-and-phileo-love-we-need-both_b_58a1e5d6e4b0cd37efcfeb23" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/agape-and-phileo-love-we-need-both_b_58a1e5d6e4b0cd37efcfeb23</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 50: CLANG CLANG CRASH CLANG CLANG! Ahhh, the sounds of good intentions without the love of God... </title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:15:00 -0600</pubDate>
  <author>Shawn Johnson</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>We can have all the talents, gifts, blessings, even the  best intentions ....but if we do not have love...we have NOTHING! And not just love, but AGAPE...Unconditional love! A careful study of 1 Corinthians 13 shows us how all things we do should be done on a launchpad of God's love.  Nothing else matters if Love is not our motivation and end goal.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>39:35</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;We can have all the talents, gifts, blessings, even the  best intentions ....but if we do not have love...we have NOTHING! And not just love, but AGAPE...Unconditional love! A careful study of 1 Corinthians 13 shows us how all things we do should be done on a launchpad of God's love.  Nothing else matters if Love is not our motivation and end goal.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;1CO 13:1  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.&lt;br&gt;
2  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.&lt;br&gt;
3  If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.&lt;br&gt;
4  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.&lt;br&gt;
5  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.&lt;br&gt;
6  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.&lt;br&gt;
7  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.&lt;br&gt;
8  Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.&lt;br&gt;
9  For we know in part and we prophesy in part,&lt;br&gt;
10  but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.&lt;br&gt;
11  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.&lt;br&gt;
12  Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.&lt;br&gt;
13  And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>We can have all the talents, gifts, blessings, even the  best intentions ....but if we do not have love...we have NOTHING! And not just love, but AGAPE...Unconditional love! A careful study of 1 Corinthians 13 shows us how all things we do should be done on a launchpad of God's love.  Nothing else matters if Love is not our motivation and end goal.</p>

<p>1CO 13:1  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.<br>
2  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.<br>
3  If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.<br>
4  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.<br>
5  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.<br>
6  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.<br>
7  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.<br>
8  Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.<br>
9  For we know in part and we prophesy in part,<br>
10  but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.<br>
11  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.<br>
12  Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.<br>
13  And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>We can have all the talents, gifts, blessings, even the  best intentions ....but if we do not have love...we have NOTHING! And not just love, but AGAPE...Unconditional love! A careful study of 1 Corinthians 13 shows us how all things we do should be done on a launchpad of God's love.  Nothing else matters if Love is not our motivation and end goal.</p>

<p>1CO 13:1  If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.<br>
2  If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.<br>
3  If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.<br>
4  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.<br>
5  It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.<br>
6  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.<br>
7  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.<br>
8  Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.<br>
9  For we know in part and we prophesy in part,<br>
10  but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears.<br>
11  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.<br>
12  Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.<br>
13  And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.</p>]]>
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