Keeping it reel

The Love Nuke.

Love Nuke. Two words you might not have expected to see next to each other. Both very powerful and likely invoking a gamut of emotions from person to person.

“What exactly is a Love Nuke, Kyle?”

Why, thank you for asking.

First let’s take a look at the nuke. A weapon of mass destruction; the thought of which is likely quite unsettling for the general populace given its innate ability to wipe out an entire city with a single blast. Radiation resulting from a nuclear explosion is also fatal and leaves fallout zones that are often uninhabitable for years. Nukes are such an influential force that, when possessed, provide enough leverage to sway nations and literally change the political, economic, ecologic, psychological, and even geographic landscape of the world.

Now let’s look at love. In stark contrast to reputation of a nuke, love has the ability to shift any and every situation for the better. The bible says…

1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.
1 John 4:18 Perfect love casts out fear.
1 Cor 13: 8 Love never fails.
1 John 4:8 God is Love.

Truly, love is a force to be reckoned with.

It is my prayer for my city, Burnsville Minnesota, that a there is such an explosion of love that entire blocks and zip codes are hit by the shock-wave // that there is such as sudden collision of heaven and earth that the entire culture rapidly shifts towards Jesus in this area // that even beyond the heavenly blast-radius there would be contagious radioactive people, glowing from their encounter with God like Moses coming down from the mountain // that there would be radioactive fall-out zones where more people fall-in love with God // that this area would be so devastated by the love of God that it would be considered uninhabitable by darkness and fear for years // that we would be mutated/transformed into people yielding the supernatural powers of Jesus through the Holy Spirit // that the substance of things hoped for and evidence of things not seen - miracles, healing, forgiveness, peace, freedom, life - becomes the tangible reality to any one crossing the threshold of this city’s influence // that we would be the epicenter of a love nuke and changed forever. Amen.

“…that’s weird, Kyle.”

Read Acts chapter 2. You’ll see what I’m talking about. Be glad I didn’t start to talk about zombies.

Acts 2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.