Aaron Snow

Son, Husband, Father, Pastor. I Love Jesus, his message & his people. Family, Crossfit, Sports & Business are the things that keep me entertained.

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A way of Life!

“So you should earnestly desire the most helpful gifts. But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.” 1 Corinthians 12:31

I have been reading 1 Corinthians this past week and something hit me in Chapter 12, I mean really hit me. I never noticed how Paul ended chapter 12 and how beautifully it leads us into the heart of his letter to the Church in Corinth in chapter 13. He’s says!

But now let me show you a way of life that is best of all.” 1 Corinthians 12:31b

Wow, what an invitation, what a statement. As I read that “Let me show you a way of life that is best of all” it became my filter as I read Chapter 13:1-13

“If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless. When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely. Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.”

He says, let me show you a way of life that is best of all and concludes this portion of his letter by encouraging us above all, no matter what, regardless of your gift, position or how much knowledge you have, above all else LOVE.

Paul taught us a way of life that is best of all, is LOVE

Would it be said of us that we live a way of life that is best of all? A life of LOVE?

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Thanksgiving: Is the expression of gratitude, especially to God. An attitude of gratitude Are we people that Give Thanks or are we people expecting to be thanked? Are we people that Give Thanks or are we people living for thanks? We live in a world that runs on accolades, compliments and praise. Don’t get me wrong accolades and compliments are good but have they become what we live for? It’s been said that if we live for man’s compliments, then we will die from their criticism. Living a life of Thanksgiving changes everything. We no longer have to live to be good enough for mans compliments and hope we’ll be noticed. But rather we can live with the assurance of knowing as David said time and time again, “Give thanks because He is Good and His steadfast love endures forever”. We can live knowing when God created us He said we are Very Good. Friend, you are Very Good and God loves you and has an incredible life for you. My prayer is that you know that this Thanksgiving season. And if nothing else you can Give Thanks knowing you’re Loved so much that God would sacrifice His son for you so that you can experience that life. So what are your Giving Thanks for? What does your Thanksgiving look like? #givethanks #thanksgiving #c3northatl #c3natl #lightandlife #wearec3 #jesusisking (at C3 North Atlanta) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5SqyO8Hf7t/?igshid=ktobm8d1gk7y

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Did someone say MOMO?!?

I have heard, received questions and talked too many over the last couple days about the latest noise around MOMO. While I am no expert or have a degree in psychology, I do pride myself on using the word of God as a great filter on how to raise our kids. So let me just say this: TALK TO THEM. Pull everyone together around the table for dinner and ask them what they have heard, what they know and think they know and then educate them on how to respond and navigate through this issue and so many others that our youth are faced with today. The bible says we are to raise our children in the way they should go, if our kids aren't going in the way we dreamt or believe they should be going, it’s not too late to give them new direction, guidance and boundaries. But you have to be willing to talk with them, listen to them and then guide them with each and every conversation. We are their parents and guardians, not their friends or social club. Parenting is not always fun and easy, but important if we are to truly raise our children to be the difference makers God created them to be.

The Bible also says love God and then to love your neighbor, let’s not mistake our neighbors to only be the family next door. Let’s see our wives and kids as our immediate neighbor’s and start loving them the way that Christ loves us.

Having said all that, I'd like to share some very good, sound and thought out info that our principal shared with us that I found to be helpful as you research and educate yourselves before you talk with and guide your kids.

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Praying and believing this will help you open new doors of communication with your families and kids.