60: The Secret to Thriving in Life: The Transformative Power of God's Love
In this episode, David Sandstrom delves into the profound power of God's love and its transformative impact on our lives, health, and relationships. He explores the various metaphors used in the Bible to describe our relationship with the divine, culminating in the most intimate depiction of God's lovers.
Sandstrom emphasizes the importance of embracing God's sacrificial, selfless love and completing the "circuit of love" by responding with worship, obedience, and service to others. He highlights how this reciprocal love brings supernatural peace, which is essential for holistic health, and contrasts it with the survival-of-the-fittest mentality of evolutionary theory.
Time Stamps:
01:48 It's not church attendance alone that benefits our health and well-being...it's loving relationships
04:32 God's metaphors for His people
- The Potter and the clay
- The Shepherd and His sheep
- The Father and His children
- The Master and His servants
- His friends
- We are God's lovers
09:05 The different words for love
11:56 The Circuit of love: learning about God from nature
16:36 Biblical basis for the circuit of love
22:57 God's beneficent, sacrificial love vs survival of the fittest
Links:
The Christain's Guide to Holistic Health - David's Book
Charles Darwin's views on not caring for the sick and encouraging the feeble to die
