The Phil Files

Sometimes you goof up and don’t learn about it till much later! I messed up on a PowerPoint background years ago. The image wasn’t very good and I had made a typo. For over a decade, churches have used it, even though the word agape was misspelled — this probably went unnoticed and uncorrected because the word was written in Greek. A few weeks ago, someone kindly pointed this out and I began to try to figure out how in the world I was going to change the image. I finally decided it was just too ugly and below current standards, so I started over and replaced the image.

I don’t know about you, but when I’ve tried to go deal with my mistakes in the past, or deal with the mistakes of others that have impacted me in the past, I’ve always found the process messy and painful. I think that is part of Satan’s way of discouraging us from the right thing. In this case, however, I found an image that I felt was much better to work with for the idea and when I was finished, I was moved by the image and the message.

To think that Jesus calls me his friend (John 15:15) and then demonstrates his friendship so powerfully and sacrificially (John 15:13) is almost beyond my comprehension. Jesus is willing to die for me! I know me. I’m pretty sure I’m not worth it. But that’s not the point: Jesus believes I’m worth it. How do you understand that … not just in your head, but also in your heart?

So here’s the image — or at least a smaller version of it, the real images are 1024 x 768. I hope it’s a blessing to you. You can use this, or one of the other related images in the set, for your personal use, on your blog, in church or small group presentations. Just don’t place it on a commercial website or in print. Links to the full size images are below the image. I hope this gets you thinking about how treasured you are by Jesus!

Free Download of Full Size Set from heartlight.org

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