Rooted Principle - July 14, 2026

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Welcome back to the Everyday Faith Podcast from Eastside with today's Faith-Rooted Principle. Hey there, welcome back. I'm Isaac Johnson. Today is Tuesday, July the 14th. I hope that you have a fantastic day today. I want to read a quote from uh former Congressman JC Watts, and he was from Oklahoma, and he said this. He said, Compassion can't be measured in dollars and cents. It does uh does come with a price tag, but the price tag isn't the amount of money spent, the price tag is love. Think about that for just a moment. Again, let me read this. He said, uh compassion can't be measured in dollars and cents, but it does come with a price tag. But the price tag isn't the amount of money spent, the price tag is love. And listen, uh, I think this is scriptural, and we'll we're gonna dig into it in scripture here in just a second in John chapter number 15. But love is going to cost something. And that's really the rooted principle of today is that love cost. The cost of love. Uh uh truly, if we love people, uh we'll be willing to make a sacrifice to give to them as out of a heart of love. John chapter number fifteen, let me read these verses to us. John fifteen, verse number eleven, the Bible says, These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment that ye love one another, as I have loved you. And then this statement is made, greater love hath no man than this, and here it is, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Talking about sacrifice you're my friends if you do whatsoever I command you, Jesus said. Think about that. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friend. Love is anything but free. The nature of godly love is that it's willing to make a sacrifice for the good of others rather than being self-focused, so focused on self that I want to get my way, I'm looking at the needs of others. And of course, the ultimate example of that would be our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, with his death, his burial, and his resurrection. And as Matthew tells us, that he came to give his life a ransom for many. Uh, he laid it down for you and I. And this is the kind of love uh that the world really knows nothing about. Most of what the world calls love uh in today's world is not love, it's more lust than it is love. It's an attraction uh more than anything else. Uh and uh it's the self, it's that kind of self-focused behavior. It's what falls short of what God had in mind when he thought about love and when he gives us what love should be. Love requires sacrifice. Really, it's no surprise that the world falls short when it comes to this thing of love. But it should never be the case for us as believers. All of our relationships, uh, from our family to our friends to uh our church, our our church members that are around us, uh, to the lost that we come in contact with, uh, it should be characterized by that kind of divine love that we see in John chapter number 15 and uh what we see in First Corinthians, where uh we're told that love seeketh not her own. And so as we evaluate our love, our love for others, we shouldn't measure uh our feelings or our uh shouldn't measure our love by our feelings or even by our words, but by actions. Are we loving as Christ did? Are we willing to give up uh that which we have every right to claim in order that someone else may benefit? Are we willing to sacrifice truly loving another person or someone else? It's never an inexpensive proposition. Love cost the cost of love. It's impossible to truly love people without being willing to sacrificially give to them. Thanks for listening. Have a great day. Today's conversation has encouraged you, be sure to share it with someone who might need it. And don't forget to follow and subscribe so you never miss an episode. We'll see you next time, right here on the Everyday Faith Podcast.