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Love Is Kind – But Not Indulgent - Especially in a Pandemic

Love Is Kind – But Not Indulgent - Especially in a Pandemic

Excerpts from “The Right Fight: How to Live a Loving Life” by John Kennedy Vaughan“I have rarely met anyone who isn’t kind to those who are kind to them.“Only those whose lives are totally ruled by fear might choose to be unkind to those who are kind to them.“But if we want love ruling our lives, we must be kind no matter how others treat us. Being kind when we don’t feel like it can mean a couple different things. Sometimes it just means what it sounds like: being kind and doing the right thin …
17th May 2020 Kenny Vaughan
What is the Opposite of Fear?  Answer = Love

What is the Opposite of Fear? Answer = Love

"Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive." Colossians 3:13 Fear is one of the most destructive forces in relationships. It never motivates us to do the right thing. 2 Timothy 1:7 says, “God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” Unhealthy fear is not from God. Unhealthy fear includes, fear of rejection, fear of failure, fear from envy, fe …
17th May 2020 Kenny Vaughan
No Better Time to Show Others They Matter

No Better Time to Show Others They Matter

Excerpts from “The Right Fight: How to Live a Loving Life” by John Kennedy Vaughan“I remember that when I was in elementary school, junior high school, and the first years of high school, I had a lot of friends—until all the kids in my age group grew taller and I didn’t. That’s when I went from my classmates scrambling to save me a chair at lunch tables to spending my lunch breaks eating by myself.“For two years, no one wanted to sit with me because I was shorter than my classmates, and it didn …
17th May 2020 Kenny Vaughan
Love Trusts, But Trusts Wisely

Love Trusts, But Trusts Wisely

Excerpts from “The Right Fight: How to Live a Loving Life” by John Kennedy Vaughan“The first thing we want to stop doing when we get hurt or [we lose something or someone] is stop trusting—both God and the person [or thing that] has hurt us.“We want to put up fences and draw boundaries to protect ourselves, but we can’t put up fences and draw boundaries and love at the same time. If we love, we trust; and if we don’t trust, we don’t love.“When we put up fences and boundaries, we are seizing con …
17th May 2020 Kenny Vaughan
Love Yourself in Quarantine - Don't

Love Yourself in Quarantine - Don't

Excerpts from “The Right Fight: How to Live a Loving Life” by John Kennedy VaughanWe Are Not Locked in Our Fearful Choices“Every time we make a choice to act, either in fear or in love, our actions define us at that moment.“If we choose to act in anger, then our anger defines us in that moment. If we feel angry but do not act on that anger, then our anger does not have to define us at that moment.“If we choose to act in love and show kindness, no matter how we feel, we are defined as kind in th …
17th May 2020 Kenny Vaughan
In Our Families, Love Can Change the Face of Quarantine

In Our Families, Love Can Change the Face of Quarantine

Excerpts from “The Right Fight: How to Live a Loving Life” by John Kennedy Vaughan“Our love or our selfishness has its greatest impact upon our children. There is no one we have more influence over than our own children. From birth, they hang on every word we say. I don’t think we normally think about this. We are busy and have so much on our minds that we do what feels right at any one time without realizing how deep our kindness or rudeness can touch our children.“One time, I had decided to r …
17th May 2020 Kenny Vaughan
The Pandemic Brings Out the Best or Worst in Leaders

The Pandemic Brings Out the Best or Worst in Leaders

Excerpts from “The Right Fight: How to Live a Loving Life” by John Kennedy Vaughan“I’ve observed that before people will follow you, they will need to believe three things about you.“First, they need to believe that you have some knowledge of where you are going. Second, they need to know you won’t sacrifice them for the mission. Finally, they need to believe you won’t sacrifice them for yourself. Note that I am not talking about a boss.“The boss is the opposite of a leader. A boss drives peopl …
17th May 2020 Kenny Vaughan

Persevere in This Journey

Excerpts from “The Right Fight: How to Live a Loving Life” by John Kennedy Vaughan“I have heard it said that winners never quit and quitters never win, but so many winners have quit so many times along the way.“The greatest memories in any victory are the times we got back up after quitting. In my fifteen-year journey chasing my dream [of a national water-ski jump championship], the moment it came true may have been the best moment in the journey, but it was only a moment.“The journey was where …
17th May 2020 Kenny Vaughan

Finding Patience in This Pandemic

Excerpts from “The Right Fight: How to Live a Loving Life” by John Kennedy Vaughan1 Corinthians13 tells us: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, 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 is easy to be patient when we feel patient, but what do we do when we don’t feel patient? When we are stuck in a line or trying to explain somethin …
17th May 2020 Kenny Vaughan
Love Makes Even the Pandemic Better

Love Makes Even the Pandemic Better

Excerpts from “The Right Fight: How to Live a Loving Life” by John Kennedy Vaughan“The first shall be last, and the last shall be first. Those are the concepts discussed in my book, ‘The Right Fight’”.“What you do does not matter so much as why you do it—whether your actions stem from a loving desire to put God and the people around you before yourself or from a fearful distrust that love will protect you and a selfish desire to win first.“Focusing on the fruit or the blessings in your life wi …
17th May 2020 Kenny Vaughan